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]]>The Brits are quite aware of that particular meaning of "prick." In fact, they have been for a few hundred years or so.
I quote The Bard:
Mercutio: 'Tis no less, I tell you, for the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon.
]]>Funny thing was that half of the audience were cross-dressers and wouldn't have cared if he DID swing that way.
]]>... and I'd HIRE the package designer, if it were my company!
]]>Made me remember a friend who once famously stated he needed to take a drag of a fag before a college test.
Weird looks were liberally given to him, especially since it wasn't even in the US, but an english-speaking class in mexico, so british slang was absolutely unknown.
]]>Ainsley Harriott. TV chef type geezer from the UK. Very bouncy and really rather annoying, but seemingly well-meaning with it.
]]>Wait... BOIL the sausages and then put them on the grill? Boil them? Noooo!! You can't boil sausages like that. Just grill 'em, they'll turn out lovely!
]]>Hehehehee... I remember, many moons ago, a (fellow Brit) friend of mine trying to come up with the worst possible lines he could utter to horrify people on his forthcoming trip to New York. "Smoking a fag", "wasting all those fags", rubbers (in various situations) and the phrase "knock up" were all included. He was most disappointed to find that no matter what he said, the only reaction he could get was of the "I just loooooove your accent!!" variety.
]]>"Prick with a fork" made me snigger. And I'm a Brit. It means exactly the same to us anglo types as it does to, well, anyone from any other English-speaking country.
]]>ARGH! Why did this end up as a reply to JDAC? That's not who I was replying to....
But since you mention it, JDAC, yeah, Ainsley can be as annoying as all get-out.
]]>@Rectilinear Propagation: Hearted!
]]>No need for that. :(
]]>Errr.... I'm from the UK and am well aware, as is everyone else in the country, I can assure you, of the "other" meaning of the word "prick". Really.
]]>(Not all pencils have erasers...)
]]>Man, I NEEDED that belly-laugh... not sure my colleagues appreciate it though. :-D
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]]>If you prick with a fork, juice is not the only thing that will be lost......
"OUCH!!" There goes that Viagra moment!
]]>@speedwell, avatar of snark: Secret's in the sauce.
]]>Hahahahahahah.. it's the UnCola!
]]>Most packages warn you of this...
]]>something that isn't gray and upappitizing out of the UK . . . um, Keira Knightley? Kate Beckinsale?
]]>"Jerkoff with an eating implement"
]]>@mavrick67:
and is it just me, or do those sausages look gray and totally unappetizing?
Looking at the perfectly clean bottom edge of the label, this is obviously a photoshoped pic.
Still pretty funny though . . .
]]>@Rectilinear Propagation: Noooo... what's worse is the idea of whether the "special recipe" actually contains Ainsley Harriott.
]]>Well I guess this is probably obvious to most of you.
This product and its packaging were made in the UK, where they don't seem to understand that the word "prick" has another meaning in the US. I'd fire the package designer, if it were my company.
]]>@hypnotik_jello: "Just?" No, no, they're far, far more than that.
]]>He can be annoying, but I wouldn't go as far as calling him a prick.
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