#74958
07/04/2002 2:32 PM
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I hope this hasn't been discussed because I'm too lazy to look it up. But, if it hasn't, why is punch pleased?
Many thanks,
WW, who is pleased as punch today
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#74959
07/04/2002 2:39 PM
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old hand
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#74960
07/04/2002 2:51 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Geoff, did you just make that up? You know I'm gullible and I'll believe you unless you set me straight, me and my little brown jug trimmed in red, white, and blue!
WW
PS: Who was the puncher? Punch or Judy? I have mental images of one of them hitting the other one over the head with a stick of some sort...
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#74961
07/04/2002 3:02 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Dear WW: h;ere's URL about Punch and Judy: http://www.punchandjudy.com/
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#74962
07/04/2002 3:12 PM
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veteran
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...and another Punch & Judy site, with a slightly more USn perspective: http://blindkat.fateback.com/other/tobit.htmlIt appears that "pleased as Punch" did originate with this popular little deformed wife-beater   So is the spontaneously mixed drink "punch" named after the word (meaning "thump", as it does pack a wallop) or the motley character? Or both?!
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#74963
07/04/2002 3:36 PM
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enthusiast
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enthusiast
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"Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker."
"Nembutol numbs it all, but I prefer alcohol."
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#74964
07/04/2002 3:53 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Nembutal is passé. The date r ape drug of choice is now "Roofies" http://www.emergency.com/roofies.htm Hope we have no users on the board.
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#74965
07/05/2002 1:25 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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"Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker."
"Nembutol numbs it all, but I prefer alcohol."
But sex doesn't rot your teeth.
TEd
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#74966
07/05/2002 2:18 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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You've lead a sheltered life, TEd 
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#74967
07/05/2002 2:24 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Ted:But sex doesn't rot your teeth.
The Commnado:You've lead a sheltered life, TEd
My, oh my, that puts a total new light on english dental practices and oral hygene... i thought i knew all there was to know about some things.. but now i will be forced to take lessons from the Commando... i knew i should have snuck into his room one night!
drats! well there is always next year!
Please, sir, i would like to register for a private tutoral.
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#74968
07/05/2002 5:16 PM
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