Phil Carmody a écrit:
> That truly is the worst wording ever.
> (or is it just UK slang to 'top yourself'?)
Um, it is, and in fact I have no idea what it means
(but I don't need it explained, please; I'll look it up myself).
I guess along the same lines is the followng item from the BONG Bull:
> ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
> THE BURNED-OUT NEWSPAPERCREATURES GUILD'S NEWSLETTER
> BONG Bull
> Copyright (c) 2001 by BONG. All rights reserved
> ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
> TO SUBSCRIBE: Send a blank e-mail to bong-l-subscribe@topica.com.
> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Address it to bong-l-unsubscribe@topica.com.
> (Note: That's bong-ELL, not bong-ONE.)
>
> [...]
> GOOD TASTE WHEN CALLED FOR. Morris Price <mandep@email.com> who was
> outed in the previous issue as one of the inventors of word processing,
> observed stifled sniggers in the lottery ticket queue last week. A
> certain Hello! magazine graced its front page with a teaser headline:
> LEONARDO DICAPRIO'S GIRLFRIEND
> GISELE PROUDLY SHOWS HER RING.
> In case you needed to be told: "ring" is coarse UK slang for, er,
> "anus."
> "You don't have to be dirty-minded to write headlines, but there is
> need of an awareness of what dirty-minded people might make of your
> efforts," Morris cautions.
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