Re: Booze Cruise
Brian Watson
"Tom Barry" <il...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> tims next home wrote:
>>
>> I am sure that the office of the mayor never thought that anything like
>> this would happen.
>>
>> After all, there wasn't a history of parties on the tube
You might like to take a look on YouTube before you repeat that assertion.
>> so I doubt that anyone thought that someone would arrange one on the last
>> day.
It was well publicised in plenty of time for suitable action (good
people-management skills deployed around the Circle Line and a few
suitably-placed police vans for the excessive revelers) to be taken.
> Considering the Mayor is an intelligent man with some idea of the English
> character,
Y'see, that's where you're going wrong; with that assumption at the outset.
I look forward to Doris' "wise" words on the subject once he gets back to
the office.
--
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."
redcat
>>
> I look forward to Doris' "wise" words on the subject once he gets back to
> the office.
>
What is the meaning and intention behind changing "Boris" to "Doris"?
rc
Brian Watson
"redcat" <red...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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He is what is known colloquially as a "bit of an old woman."
Since "Doris" and "Boris" are so similar in sound and "Doris" is a name now
rarely used, but was commonly given to girls about 80 years ago, it seemed
an appropriate substitution.
Should I be crossposting this to alt.english.usage, Cat?
:-)
James Farrar
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>"redcat" <red...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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>> Brian Watson wrote:
>>>>
>>> I look forward to Doris' "wise" words on the subject once he gets back to
>>> the office.
>>>
>>
>> What is the meaning and intention behind changing "Boris" to "Doris"?
>
>He is what is known colloquially as a "bit of an old woman."
>
>Since "Doris" and "Boris" are so similar in sound and "Doris" is a name now
>rarely used, but was commonly given to girls about 80 years ago, it seemed
>an appropriate substitution.
In other words, it was a childish insult.
redcat
No, Brian. No crossposting necessary; nor cross dressing. I feel if
Boris Johnson is to get a drubbing, his name should be used. Imagine if
someone attempted to besmirch him with the name "Brian", since his name
begins with a "B" and Brian was a name commonly given to boys 70 about
years ago. This would signal he's "a bit of an old man".
Makes about as much sense as "Doris" and would make a Brian or two feel
singled out at the old pub.
For your edification, here are some not "old woman" women named Doris:
Doris Duke, Doris Day, Doris Lessing, Doris Roberts.
Cat
Adrian
were saying:
> For your edification, here are some not "old woman" women named Doris:
> Doris Duke
Which one? There's two in Wikipedia, one born 1912, the other 1945
> Doris Day
Born 1924
> Doris Lessing
Born 1919
> Doris Roberts
Born 1930
Some bunch of not "old women".
redcat
You just don't get it, do you?
Adrian
>>> Doris Day
>> Born 1924
>>> Doris Lessing
>> Born 1919
>>> Doris Roberts
Ah. They don't seem old to you, because they're younger than you are.
Gotcha.
It's the only reason I can think of why five women with an average age of
82 somehow don't count as "old women".
Brian Watson
"James Farrar" <james.s...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Correct. Accurate, nonetheless.