tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post5623441057130563385..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Vulgar words of 1811Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-29457371778589818612012-02-26T15:07:18.057-06:002012-02-26T15:07:18.057-06:00To the weaving one above, with apologies in advan...To the weaving one above, with apologies in advance....<br /><br /> Those using the cheap Chinese merkin,<br />suffer spasms of twitchin' and jerkin'.<br /> Blame that toxic waste that holds it in place<br />Also causing a rash on the gerkin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-72578710300846120632012-02-24T12:24:56.065-06:002012-02-24T12:24:56.065-06:00It seems Michelle Malkin's name accurately ref...It seems Michelle Malkin's name accurately reflects my opinion of her.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_MalkinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-39829866473595918632012-02-23T08:42:07.352-06:002012-02-23T08:42:07.352-06:00Interesting. I just did a quick search and found ...Interesting. I just did a quick search and found this -<br /><br />http://www.thefrisky.com/photos/10-famous-merkins-on-screen/Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-39827654513408373962012-02-23T07:50:20.479-06:002012-02-23T07:50:20.479-06:00I've heard the word merkin used recently in an...I've heard the word merkin used recently in an article about some movie. Apparently, in certain nude scenes, merkins are still used... and still called merkins.andiscandishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409153642285844201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-10569035174851538762012-02-22T21:12:21.697-06:002012-02-22T21:12:21.697-06:00In the novel, the Moonraker is Hugo Drax's &qu...In the novel, the Moonraker is Hugo Drax's "super atomic rocket with a range that would cover nearly every capital in Europe-the immediate answer to anyone who tried to atom-bomb London". It's intended to defend the UK, but under the guise of a test firing into the North Sea, Drax targets London...Iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-71354449970490473382012-02-22T20:14:48.591-06:002012-02-22T20:14:48.591-06:00I think there is a world-class limerick waiting to...I think there is a world-class limerick waiting to be written using merkin, gerkin, and jerkin. I have not yet been successful.The Weaving Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18013097834290174056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-11026350606100840972012-02-22T16:02:38.929-06:002012-02-22T16:02:38.929-06:00Does anyone know how the phrase was used or whethe...Does anyone know how the phrase was used or whether it was explained in Ian Fleming's novel of the same name?Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-73680082174599007292012-02-22T15:58:01.998-06:002012-02-22T15:58:01.998-06:00The phrase "moonraker" has a more intere...The phrase "moonraker" has a more interesting origin: <br /><i>There are variations on the legend of Moonrakers and the location of the legend is claimed by many locales within Wiltshire and a couple outside.<br /><br />The form told by Wiltshire's detractors is that a traveller came upon some drunken Wiltshire men one moonlit night. They were trying to rake a round glowing object from a pool. The rakers claimed it was a large cheese they were trying to retrieve; the traveller declared it was obviously a reflection of the moon. No imagination, travellers.<br /><br />Wiltshire's own variant on this is that smugglers detected an approaching Exciseman (revenue agent) on a bright moonlit night. In order to waylay suspicion the smugglers dumped the contraband (usually barrels or kegs of French brandy) into a nearby pond. When the Exciseman had gone they began to fish out the barrels with hay rakes. However, the Exciseman came back and asked them what they were doing. They told him it was surely obvious, they were raking out the cheese they could see in the water. The Exciseman laughed at them for being so stupid and rode off. The "moonrakers" left off raking the moon, laughed at the Exciseman's naivety and continued to recover their kegs.<br /></i><br /><br />I suppose some smartarse from a neighboring county put this about: perhaps he was the unimaginative traveler?a progressive crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05135136349294909242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-59604020983414585532012-02-22T15:41:03.505-06:002012-02-22T15:41:03.505-06:00Ah - moonrakers. Not just Wiltshire, but said of a...Ah - moonrakers. Not just Wiltshire, but said of almost any village by another village just up the road. I heard that the inhabitants of Broseley (just over the river from here) throw rocks at the full moon.Skipweaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454297424665652387noreply@blogger.com