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  1. Would you possibly have some Grey P ... oops ... a link so we can see this specimen?
  2. Alternatively, "Say goonight, Dick" but under those circumstances, that might not have been a good idea
  3. I hate to ruin this frivolity Long ago, I was introduced to a book of manners: The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival & Manners by J.P. Donleavy He used a term "Pukka" puk·ka also puck·a (pk) adj. 1. Genuine; authentic. 2. Superior; first-class. [Hindi pakk, cooked, ripe, from Sanskrit pakva-, from pacati, he cooks; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.] The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. pukka, pucka [ˈpʌkə] adj (esp in India) 1. properly or perfectly done, constructed, etc. a pukka road 2. genuine pukka sahib [from Hindi pakkā firm, from Sanskrit pakva] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003 One of his examples: On the occurance of smelling a Fart in a close elevator: [Goofus]: I want outta here, Pronto!; or, in Pukka, [Gallant]: I say, that is uncommonly foul.
  4. I should behave myself. * Plotz is to explode, but commonly used to mean faint. * It is spelled verklempt. Another quote is useful here: A flash back, in Blazing Saddles, when Black Bart is relating his childhood: Shvartses! (Blacks!) (To Indian raising tomahawk): No, no, zayt nisht meshuge! (Don't be crazy!) (Raising arms to the heavens in stereotypical Indian pose): Loz im geyn! (Let him go!) Cop a walk, it's alright. Abi gezint! (As long as you're healthy!) Take off! (To other Indians): Hosti gezen in dayne lebn? (Have you ever seen such a thing?) They darker than us! Woof!
  5. A man true to my own heart! Don't forget to get your HPV and HIV vaccines!
  6. It's nice to find a tough Jewish boy. Enugh said.
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