I'm so relieved

Started by TehBorken, May 09 08 07:00

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TehBorken

I was really woried for all the small-breasted women out there, but it turns out they'll be okay. Actual screen capture from the BBC News page.


 
The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music.

P.C.

[FONT size=4]LOL ![/FONT]

  I think this story should have followed......

   [TABLE width="100%"] [TBODY] [TR] [TD vAlign=center align=left bgColor=#330099][img style="WIDTH: 293px; HEIGHT: 46px" height=119 alt="tsdbanner.gif (5952 bytes)" src="vny!://www.straightdope.com/pics/tsdbanner.gif" width=466][/TD][/TR][/TBODY][/TABLE] [P align=center]A  [BIG][FONT color=#ff0000]Staff Report[/FONT] [/BIG]by the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board

 
 [H2 align=center]What's the origin of "spotted dick"?[/H2] [P align=center]


 Dear Straight Dope:

 Can you shed any light on the etymology of "Spotted Dick"? It's a British concoction, a steamed, log-shaped suet pudding studded with currants, hence the "spotted." But why the "dick"?

 The first explanation that leaps to mind seems highly unlikely, but I haven't been able to find a detailed and credible account of how this venerable dessert really did get its name. The best I found in over 40 pages of Google results was someone who thinks he read somewhere that the words "dick," "dog" and "duff" when applied to puddings were all derivatives of the word "dough." OK, "duff" and "dog" seem pretty plausible linguistic mutations, but even allowing for strange regional British accents, "dick" seems a little bit of a stretch. My British parents are also at a loss to explain. --Jayne

 SD Staff Dex replies:

 We just tackled the origin of "Dick" as a nickname and a few other usages--a riding whip, an apron, abbreviation for "dictionary," a policeman, a declaration, and (of course), the penis.

 With all these varied usages, you got a problem with "dick" being also derived from "pudding"? My sources all pretty much agree with the derivation, without being specific how. However, I can see "pudding" become "puddink" becoming "puddick" and then just "dick."

 The word "dick" has appeared in any number of strange places. Around the 1840s, "dick" was used to mean a type of hard cheese; when treacle sauce was added, it became "treacle dick", and finally when currants or raisins were added (looking like little spots), the "spotted dick" was born.

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Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Sportsdude

I was going to post this, but I had enough goofy articles in a day. lol

But hey "Those were some Great Tits we saw today that landed in our laps."

felt like saying that. lol
 
"We can't stop here. This is bat country."

weird al

  "dick" seems a little bit of a stretch. My British parents are also at a loss to explain. --Jayne

[span style="font-weight: normal;"]Jayne doesn't get dick. Finds it a stretch.  The double-entendres here are  too easy to spot.[/span]
 

P.C.

[SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"]Jayne doesn't get dick. Finds it a stretch Go figure eh? The double-entendres here are  too easy to spot.[/SPAN]


  HAHAHHAAA

  "Look Dick, see Spot run."

"Look Jane, look look look."

Run Spot, run.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

weird al

Speaking of double-entendres, I love these. They've been around forever, but what the hey:

vny!://funnies.paco.to/Headlines.html
 

P.C.

Some of those are good weird al....heeheeeee

   [H2]Some become unintentionally suggestive[/H2] [UL] [LI]Queen Mary having bottom scraped  [LI]Is there a ring of debris around Uranus?  [LI]Prostitutes appeal to Pope  [LI]Panda mating fails - veterinarian takes over  [LI]NJ judge to rule on nude beach  [LI][FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffbf"]Child's stool great for use in garden [/FONT] [LI]Dr. Ruth to talk about sex with newspaper editors  [LI]Soviet virgin lands short of goal again  [LI]Organ festival ends in smashing climax [/LI][/UL]    
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

weird al

I like "Farmer Bill Dies in House"  because it makes it sound like such a slow news day.  

P.C.

Pitiful.....lol

  I like this one too....

  Something went wrong in jet crash, experts say

  Do ya THINK ???
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Lil Me

lol
 Just catching up on the latest news here.
 So...great tits are not endangered.
 Caould you imagine if they were?
 We'd have to mount a campaign to SAVE GREAT TITS.
 
 Btw, what makes great tits "great"?
   
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

P.C.

Erm.....there are TWO of them ? [img onclick="selecte('eh.gif');" alt=emoticon src="vny!://www.pushupstairs.com/images/emoticon/blehnet/eh.gif" border=0]
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

weird al

  "Eye drops off shelf"

One of my faves, actually saw this in the Vancouver Sun, the header for a story about the then head of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Jean-Claude Parrot:

Parrot to Speak at Rally
   

weird al

Btw, what makes great tits "great"?

It's subjective really, and can only be determined by careful evaluation.
 

P.C.

So....do you do volunteer work ?

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Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Lil Me

Maybe Weird Al has the "Field Guide to Great Tits".  
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein