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GUEST,Curious Clouseau's post
Date: 08 Feb 06





(Tune: "A Policeman's lot is not a Happy one)

There's a sailor lying drunk and feeling peaky
Feeling peaky!
In the gutter where the pavement curvy gripsKirby Grips
Curvy grips!Kirby Grips!


And he cries my boat the Pinafore is leaky
For is leaky!
What the navy needs is more efficient ships
Fish n chips!
When Lord Nelson lay a dying at Trafalgar
At Trafalgar!
What did the gallant captain Hardy do
Howdy Do!
Oh he kissed his leader sadly on the poop deck
On the poop deck!
There has never been a fond caress so blue!
S so Blue! Esso Blue!



Kirbigrip
kirbigrip
Kirby grip

Kirbies



A type of hairgrip with one straight side and the other bent into ridges to prevent slipping. Also (colloq) called Kirby.

Etymology:

1920s: named after Kirby, one of the original manufacturers, Kirby, Beard & Co. Ltd.



ESSO BLUE:

Domestic paraffin [kerosene] popular in the 1950's for heating mostly, & sometimes for small lamps, & containing a blue dye.

Advertising jingles:

'They asked me how I knew
It was Esso Blue
I of course replied
With lower grades one buys
Smoke gets in your eyes.'

Joe, the tongue-tied Esso Blue paraffin salesman who called himself the 'Esso Blee Dooler'.

Joe was created in 1958 when paraffin was a relatively common household fuel, but its use steadily declined over the years, as did Joe.