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To: fuzzylogic

Cobbers? Gobblers? I don’t get the British slang. Doesn’t make sense. Not funny.


5 posted on 11/13/2025 6:33:56 AM PST by FatherofFive (We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor)
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To: FatherofFive

Some of it is Cockney rhyming slang; ‘cobblers’ means nonsense or load of nonsense.

‘Auntie’ is a euphemism for the BBC.

They probably don’t ‘get’ some of our slang either.


6 posted on 11/13/2025 6:42:38 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: FatherofFive

Then why comment? Clearly many disagree. It makes perfect sense to those that understand the content.

...so many lacking humor here.


11 posted on 11/13/2025 7:01:27 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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