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Oggy Donating Member (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-04 08:51 AM
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Wednesday's Steve Bell cartoon

Are lies also called porkies in the US? This comes from cockney rhyming slang Pork Pies = Lies. Anyway enjoy the cartoon, which will explain my comments above.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/stevebell/0,7371,1140611,00.html
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dfitzsim Donating Member (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-04 02:21 PM
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1. Ha!
Nice one. Lies aren't called porkies in the U.S.. Here he'd be pushing "Tony's Buffalo Chips" or some other slang for manure. :-)

There was a time when I really liked your PM (circa 2000). What the hell happened ...
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Oggy Donating Member (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-04 05:44 AM
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2. He let his mask slip.
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dfitzsim Donating Member (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-04 11:12 AM
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3. I feared as much.
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