To: smokingfrog
And when exactly did “fishmonger” become an insult?
11 posted on
10/03/2014 9:43:51 PM PDT by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: Telepathic Intruder
13 posted on
10/03/2014 9:57:13 PM PDT by
Oztrich Boy
(In Soviet Russia, Police say "please" when demanding papers.)
To: Telepathic Intruder
I’d say that insult would be a reference to the distinctive odor a fishmonger would have had in Shakespeare’s day.
15 posted on
10/04/2014 3:32:54 AM PDT by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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