Yes it is

Posted by Diarmuid on April 01, 2001 at 20:40:53:

In Reply to: Snopes.com says thats an urban legend though posted by Cory on March 30, 2001 at 19:54:31:

Not just English but patriotic american.
Ben Franklin's word for the act was to "roger" which he did with every available female

: Snopes.com is one of the best sites on the internet for proving or debunking urban legends, myths, folklore, and rumors. Here's a link to it.

: By the way, whats so sick about Roger the Cabin Boy? Is Roger slang in England?

: -Cory

: : I am always interested in cultural differences, especially linguistic ones.

: : Here there was a programme called 'Captain Pugwash', a kids cartoon about a group of rather congenial pirates.

: : Two of the characters were Seaman Staines and Master Bates.

: : We also had a programme called 'Rainbow' where a male froglike character called Zippy, regularly went to bed with a pink male hippopotamus type character called George who carried a handbag and wore curlers in bed.

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