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FannyCornforth

Keeping with the alcohol theme, has anyone tried one of the variations of Jack Daniel's?
There's a cinnamon one, a honey one and a new Apple one.
I'm not usually a fan of whiskey, but they do sound tempting.

Now you’re talking Fanny !

Re sweet Fanny Adams
I imagine that its use developed to be a more socially acceptable of saying sweet f* all.

my granny was Frances but always called Fanny!

Just discovered who Sweet Fanny Adams was; an 8yr old English girl who was brutally murdered in 1867 by a solicitors clerk.
I though the phrase referred to mean nothing or very little. No idea it was anything to do with an 8yr old being murdered!

Keeping with the alcohol theme, has anyone tried one of the variations of Jack Daniel's?
There's a cinnamon one, a honey one and a new Apple one.
I'm not usually a fan of whiskey, but they do sound tempting.

In my defence charleygirl we are an hour ahead of you here so not quite gin on my cornflakes

MawB2 damson gin sounds delicious

Yes, do you think it was intentional?
I'm inclined to think so

BlueSky

Fanny Craddock?

Apparently at the end of a programme demonstrating how to make doughnuts or something Johnny said “good luck with the recipe and may all your doughnuts turn out like Fanny’s”

Deepest Devon MawB2

Good god I've missed this schoolgirl (person) banter! And all because of a lot of old Fannys!

Gives a whole new meaning to “getting wrecked."

MawB2

Ellianne

Crikey girls . I've just been out and found it!

Gives a whole new meaning to “getting wrecked” !

PS Ellianne you didn’t see those at Snape Maltings did you?

Ellianne

Crikey girls . I've just been out and found it!

Gives a whole new meaning to “getting wrecked” !

Oooh yes!!! I remember Fanny Fernackerpan being mentioned in a jokey way in my childhood. Thought it was made up within my family!

Good work Ellianne!
Apparently, there was a Gracie Fields song called Fred Fernackapan, and Fanny was his wife.
Incidentally, my dog is called Gracie, so there is a tenuous circularity.

Crikey girls . I've just been out and found it!

There is a Farrow and Ball colour called Cornforth white . Suddenly seems more interesting!.

No babies named Fanny these days ?. Wonder why? Welcome to GN FC it’s a bit like wild swimming on here, just plunge in and enjoy the experience.

Incidentally I feel sorry for the Pre Raph’s women. Most of them came to sad ends. Par for the course in those days I suppose. Some were equally, if not more talented than the men.

Who was Fanny Fernackapan?

Seemed to be mentioned a lot during my childhood.

Julian Clary!
That Fanny must have been about 130 when she died.

Well done HAZBEEN!
You win a life supply of innuendoes!

Who could forget Fanny Craddock and poor henpecked Johnnie!

Sorry, FannyCornforth, we seemed to have digressed.
The name Fanny is bringing back memories.

Just plunge in. Some people seem to check their emails for pointers to what is going on but I never have.
I suppose it's a similar format to Mumsnet but smaller.

Julian Clary!

Hi FannyCornforth welcome to GN! It can be rather hard to get going and understand some of the humour at times but most posters are a really supportive lot! I have had good and bad responses over the 4 years since I joined and until recently didn't post very often but have discovered if you stay away from some of the more controversial threads such as News and Politics it can really be worth it on here.

Fanny Craddock?

Quiz time.
Who owned Fanny the Wonder Dog?