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Originally posted by kramerat school i got called Stick... for being tall and skinny when i was 11 and it stuck like glue....
even the teachers ended up calling me that...
So you were the answer to that "what's brown and sticky" joke. I always wondered.
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at school i got called Stick... for being tall and skinny when i was 11 and it stuck like glue....
even the teachers ended up calling me that...
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For those who have not figured it out: McVities make Ginger Nuts.
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Originally posted by gingerjedi'copperknob'
Kids are geniuses
Copperknob
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Originally posted by gingerjediI forgot 'duracell' & 'copperknob'... McVitie sounds quite quaint, did you go to a posh tolerant school?
All boys. Day boys and boarders.
Tolerant? My arse.
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Originally posted by wendigo100No, he went to Eton.
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Originally posted by gingerjediI forgot 'duracell' & 'copperknob'... McVitie sounds quite quaint, did you go to a tolerant school?
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Originally posted by The Lone GunmanGingas got called McVitie at my school.
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Originally posted by gingerjediGinger, gingernut, gingercnut, gingerbollocks take your pick really...
I always pointed out that if I was black they wouldn't be so cruel, then again two of my black mates had (and still have) nicknames of 'chimp' and 'bongo' and it never bothered them.
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Ginger, gingernut, gingercnut, gingerbollocks take your pick really...
I always pointed out that if I was black they wouldn't be so cruel, then again two of my black mates had (and still have) nicknames of 'chimp' and 'bongo' and it never bothered them.
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Originally posted by TonyEnglishArfur - because of my surname and the cr@p actor from the telly. It had the Aarrrthur phase when Willo the Wisp was on the telly and Arfur when Minder was at it's peak.
Mind you, I'd probably be called Gordon Brown!
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Arfur - because of my surname and the cr@p actor from the telly. It had the Aarrrthur phase when Willo the Wisp was on the telly and Arfur when Minder was at it's peak.
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