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Thread #128511 Message #2878710
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
03-Apr-10 - 09:50 AM
Thread Name: Why shout 'MacIntire'? - Old Dun Cow
Subject: RE: Why shout 'MacIntire'?
The rhyming slang for fire I learned was 'Jerimiah', not MacIntyre.
MacIntyre is a large firm of builders... there have been experiments in shouting 'Wimpey', 'Bovis' and other firms but they haven't caught on...
I get the feeling that the sour grapes is more at "ill-behaved audiences' who 'interject irreverent comments'during songs. We'll be into the 'Free toast' before you know it...