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Re: Euphemisms

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From: Trevor Mettam
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 00:00
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In article <345470E8.746@ibm.net>, Mike Dale <mdale@ibm.net> writes:
>Hi, I wonder if anyone would like to share with me and anyone else who
>is interested any humorous or unusual euphemisms they know.  I would
>especially like to hear any non-English ones (in translation please!)
>
>Some that I know, mostly well-known are:
>
>(1) For going to the toilet/rest room:
>
>	Gone to answer a call of nature;
>	Gone to the Aunt;
>	Gone to splash his boots;
>	Gone to hold hands with his best friend;
>	Gone to shake hands with the unemployed;
>	Gone to do his business; (Usually applied to animals??)
>	Gone to point Percy at the porcelain; (From the film "The adventures of
>Barry McKenzie'???)

	Gone to Drain the Lizard;
	Gone to do a Snake's Hiss;
	Gone to Squat the Pot (this one from a rough Aussie female);


>(2) For homosexuality:
>
>	That way inclined;
>	From the other side of the church;

	A Toilet Trader (from "Withnail & I")
	

>(3) For that little drip that forms on the end of a runny nose:
>
>	Johnson's at the door;
>
>
>(4) For drunk:
>
>	Tired and emotional;

	Blotto;
	Maggotted;
	Paralytic;
	Sloshed;
	Wrecked;
	Doused;
	Had a long Liquid Lunch;


>(5) For pregnant:
>
>	In the family way;
>	Has a bun in the oven;

	Up the Duff;
	Up the Stick;


>(6) For Sex:
>
>	The most fun you can have without laughing; (From 'The Paul Hogan
>Show')

	Ride the Wild Baloney Pony (from "Grumpy Old Men")
	Rumpy Pumpy (from "Blackadder")
	Playing 'Hide the Sausage'
	Waterbed Sports.
	Horizontal Lambada.

and:	'IT'  (I think this says it all)


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From: trevm@syd.csa.com.au (Trevor Mettam)
Subject: Re: Euphemisms
Date: 1997/10/27
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