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Subject: Re: [OM] swans
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:20:40 +0000
Urban dictionary repeats this (nice) mythical explanation about the
Meccano sets of our youth...
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dog's+bollocks&defid=1524248



On 11/02/2014, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I looked up “bollox” on my Mac Look-Up Machine, and saw that it was 1)
> there, and 2) meant what I thought it meant, though I believe there is an
> alternate spelling of bollocks?
>
> But then this was at the end. Interesting.
>
> Conversely, the word also figures in idiomatic phrases such as “the
> dog'sbollocks", "top bollock(s)", or more simply "thebollocks" (as opposed
> to just "bollocks"), which will refer to something which is admired,
> approved of or well-respected.
>
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Certified Neanderthal
>
> On Feb 11, 2014, at 6:35 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 2 points for you, Bill:
>>
>> 1.   See my response to Ken’s bollox.
>> 2.   The answer about boiling geese (or swans) is no.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 11 Feb 2014, at 00:20, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> My point exactly
>
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