Little Minx

Maybe least said soonest mended? Keep smiling (paint it on if necessary) and move on! I was told off for saying "chinese, japanese, what are these? Chubby knees" when changing DGS's nappy oops! But got over it and moved on!!!

Be careful not to over-think it Thistledoo. Put it in a balloon and let if float away.

Thistledoo why does your cat wear trousers? Is it THAT cold where you live?

Soutra never heard the Chinese etc saying before but I like it!

My husband has a new iPad and grandson was helping him set it up.One of the choices was 'What was your nickname when you were young?'.My husband blushed and said, ''I can't tell you''. As my husbands name is Nigel you can probably guess what it was. How sad.

You could point out (gently) that you do not move in circles where people actually refer to cock-teasers, so you have not met the word in its latest incarnation. (He seems to move in those circles, though. Perhaps it is not politic to mention that.)

I must be very dim - I can't imagine a rude shortened form of Nigel...

Neither can I. Are you going to give us a hint, Hunt ?

My husband has Nigel as his middle name so do tell as I may be able to use it.

We have a Nigel in the family, intrigued now.

Nope....not getting the Nigel. Mind you 'naughtiest' name I knew as a child was the one we had for the boy down the road...Nicholas.....always known to us as 'knickerless'....not that he was mind you, his Mum was far too proper for that....she had covers on her spare loo roll..

I don't get Nigel either! Waiting with bated breath.

I "drop bricks" all the time e.g. I call a computer memory stick "a stiffy" because they followed on from "floppy disks".

I cannot even see an anagram in Nigel. I bet Hunt has gone off shopping and just left us all to speculate.

grannyknot So what is the story about Nigel?? talking of Nicholas (Nickerless) there is an estate agency around Telford called Nick Tart. If your surname was Tart, would you call your son Nicholas? Just say it out loud....

We always used to titter at Nicholas Parsons' name - someone would always add 'shouldn't climb trees'!

Just talking to my OH about this and he said did you know a cougar isn't just a mountain lion any more?
If you Google it the first definition is a predatory older women looking for sexual relations with younger men.

I have a male friend whose surname is Bates.
He says he was the object of unmerciful teasing in his youth, being addressed as Master.......

I think we should reclaim "the language of old" .

Mamie it makes me wonder - why give cougars a bad name? Do the animal equivalent females stalk younger males?

My old colleague Mr Hunt, a very serious and worthy probation officer, braved the taunts from offenders for over 30 years as they routinely asked for him at reception. Good old Mike!

Of course all this unintended 'double entendre' or hijacking of perfectly decent words is usually best dealt with by a wry smile directed towards anyone who takes offence and the phrase 'I think that says more about you than me' announced in a withering tone yet accompanied by a good sold wink

oops I meant solid!

Oh dear, when...didn't his parents think?

(No good him changing his name to 'Mick' either - just as bad )

He's in his 70s now. Perhaps it never occurred to his parents when he was born.

Probably not.