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Thread #11086   Message #81551
Posted By: Bert
25-May-99 - 09:39 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Forbidden or unlucky words?
Subject: RE: Forbidden or unlucky words? (Mostly BS)
Mo,

I've not heard of that one.

"Rabbits" is Cockney rhyming slang for "crutch" whic Americans call "crotch". The Two Ronnies did a "Rock Song" spoof one time and the one memorable line was "He's got bad habits, he don't clean out his rabbits" I don't think many people caught the meaning though.

When we were kids, on the first day of the month we'd say (With appropriate actions of course) "A pinch and a punch for the first day of the month"
There were a couple responses to this, "A pinch and a kick for being so quick" and "A punch in the eye for being so sly"

In Youth Hostelling circles in the fifties & sixties a mens room was refered to as George the lafdies of course being Georgina.

Bert