Yeah, funny how we 'all' speak 'English'...
We get such a giggle from references in US sitcoms etc.
fanny
noun: fanny
1. Britishvulgar slang - a woman's genitals.
2. North Americaninformal - a person's buttocks.
verb: Britishinformal
1. mess around and waste time. "they were fannying about in the
street"
and there are loads more.
John K
Australia.
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From: 'Terry S' via neonixie-l
To: neonixie-l
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2017 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Four NL-8091 on ebay
Cracked a fruity?
I had to google that.
A friends little kids used to say that when they passed gas!
On Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 9:50:12 AM UTC-5, johnk wrote:
Well you said/he said "My old man had a saying: 'Cheap at half the
price!'.
"
BUT I suspect that you mean he might have said Cheap at Twice the Price
when
he meant a bargain. Dear at Half the Price is said too for when it ISN'T a
bargain..
I can remember when I was doing tech work at a radio station and the
Blurb-writer and Production team made an advert for a client where they did
say "Cheap at half the price" and were trying to be making the point how
cheap the product/service was. They actually needed to say the other
version
to make their point. I got sworn at and told to stick to my own job. It
went
to air. The sponsor cracked a fruity!
There is a similar pair of sayings on another topic but it escapes my
memory
right now.
Maybe I should be selling my Systron Donner clock.
John K
Australia.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Andrews" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2017 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Four NL-8091 on ebay
> Heh. I swear the 'Make an offer' button wasn't there when I first saw
> this. But then there were only four up for sale then too.
>
> Even at half price, these are too rich for my blood - bearing in mind
> this is the price for a single tube!
>
> My old man had a saying: 'Cheap at half the price!'. Well, not in this
> case (for me, if you have the disposable income for these, or can see
> an investment opportunity, go for it).
>
>> On Jun 8, 2017, at 7:48 AM, Alic <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Don't hesitate to make an offer, since the option is available ;-)
>> I think the price is meant to be "up to".
>>
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