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May-23-2007 01:44

I have just found out what a "merkin" is.

May-23-2007 02:50

I thought that this thread was going to be something serious, I guess it could be but not in the way I expected.

May-23-2007 04:33

i dont know what a merkin is, why dont you enlighten me?

May-23-2007 06:24

I think it's probably a shortened name for mercantile. You know, like - "Arthur and I needed a new plow, so we headed to the 'merkin'"

May-23-2007 07:40

I know what a firkin is too... Maybe mirken was just invented to have something to rhyme firkin with.

May-23-2007 07:42

Now that I know...

I wish I didn't

What ho and toodle pip!

May-23-2007 07:43

I know what a gerkhin is. Is it like that? Only with an m? And no h?

Betcha I'm spot on.

May-23-2007 07:55

Haha Fid... I think the question here is: What ho did you learn that from?

Now that you know, I figured you deserve one of your own. So I plucked a little chest hair, borrowed a little kindergarten paste and presto! Instant modesty :)

http://www.worldofwigs.com/images/costume/5-63-210x.jpg

May-23-2007 08:36

Hum. A gerkin is a pickle. *nods at headless pickleman* Am I close?

May-23-2007 08:42

Yes, but only in the sense that both involve things that really should be soaked in vinegar for a long, long time before being handled :)

May-23-2007 13:09

*Fiddler is still laughing at Crunch*