The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #26329   Message #318088
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
13-Oct-00 - 12:03 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Rainbow Connection
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection

There was a department store in London founded by a Frederick Gorringe
-which rhymes with orange.

It was called Gorringes, which rhymes with oranges. So does "porringers".

A porringer is another name for a porridge bowl. As in Goldilocks.