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HtoHe
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« Reply #15 on: 10:09:49, 19-09-2008 »
Quote from: harmonyharmony on 09:14:27, 19-09-2008
Apparently, people from Hartlepool (my mum tends to pronounce the 'Hartle' as if it rhymes with 'martle') are/were known as 'monkey-hangers' but rarely to their faces.

I believe someone calling himself h'Angus the Monkey stood for election there recently, having previously had a career as the football team's mascot.  That's pretty in yer face, innit?  He won, too, according to this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1969635.stm
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« Reply #16 on: 10:17:27, 19-09-2008 »
An adopted Hartlepudlian told me never to call a native Hartlepudlian a Monkey Hanger to their face.
Perhaps it's ok if a native Hartlepudlian calls another native Hartlepudlian a Monkey Hanger.
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« Reply #17 on: 10:20:52, 19-09-2008 »
Quote from: Morticia on 09:52:49, 19-09-2008
Popping back to animal matters, this thread has reminded me of the film The Hour of the Pig that I saw some years back. After a bit of googling here's what Wiki has to say about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hour_of_the_Pig
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The pig, however, belongs to a band of Gypsies passing through town who appeal to Courtois to save the pig, as it is their only source of food for the coming winter.
Bleak prospects for the pig then...

I'm sure they could have come to a compromise - they could have delayed the trial till winter then burnt it at the stake - just until the crackling was about spot on, then passed it back to the gypsies.

Where's Solomon when you need him eh?
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« Reply #18 on: 11:57:55, 19-09-2008 »
Never struck me until now, but how does 'pool' become 'pudlian' in the adjective? Could be seen as somewhat belittling (well, a pool's bigger than a puddle, eh no?)
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« Reply #19 on: 22:31:09, 19-09-2008 »
Quote from: Ron Dough on 11:57:55, 19-09-2008
Never struck me until now, but how does 'pool' become 'pudlian' in the adjective? Could be seen as somewhat belittling (well, a pool's bigger than a puddle, eh no?)

Well Ron - I think this looks more like "puddle" than a "pool"!

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« Reply #20 on: 22:33:06, 19-09-2008 »
Quote from: Baz on 22:31:09, 19-09-2008
Quote from: Ron Dough on 11:57:55, 19-09-2008
Never struck me until now, but how does 'pool' become 'pudlian' in the adjective? Could be seen as somewhat belittling (well, a pool's bigger than a puddle, eh no?)

Well Ron - I think this looks more like "puddle" than a "pool"!

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« Reply #21 on: 22:42:25, 19-09-2008 »
Milly, I have a suspicion that it's something  you wouldn't want to eat. Even with onions...
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« Reply #22 on: 22:44:23, 19-09-2008 »
The image seems to be a 'GUT' from the BMJ's website.
Yummers.
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« Reply #23 on: 08:21:24, 20-09-2008 »
Quote from: harmonyharmony on 09:20:42, 19-09-2008
It comes from the French (IIRC) so it's really Hart-le-pool, like Chester-le-Street.
Hence the pronunciation (which I'd personally reproduce as Hartly pool)

Gosh the double standards of these Monkey Hangers nowardays, I ask you!  First they use French to name their town, and then they hang a monkey in the belief that it is a Frenchman.....

There's more to this spying lark than first meets the eye, I can tell you that!

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