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AlohaDawg

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Need some translation help
« on: October 07, 2004, 12:17:31 am »
Woman Impales Buttock on Coiled Bedspring


Slink, two things:

1) 12 1/2St  - does this mean 12 and a half stone? How heavy is that?

2) "Everyone took the Mickey". What does that mean?
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« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2004, 12:42:40 am »
Quote from: "AlohaDawg"
Woman Impales Buttock on Coiled Bedspring


Slink, two things:

1) 12 1/2St  - does this mean 12 and a half stone? How heavy is that?

2) "Everyone took the Mickey". What does that mean?

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« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2004, 01:01:10 am »
And he outdoes himself!

Indeed.

"The hooligans are loose, the hooligans are loose..."
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« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2004, 03:58:22 am »
How is taking the micky any different than "Taking the piss."?
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« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2004, 11:09:40 am »
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How is taking the micky any different than "Taking the piss."?


Its not really, it just sounds stupider, quainter and more English, is all...
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