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SHOCKED!
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Fiddler's Green
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May-23-2007 01:44
I have just found out what a "merkin" is.
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biggie528
Lucky Stiff
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May-23-2007 04:33
i dont know what a merkin is, why dont you enlighten me?
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Ceres Trajan
Old Shoe
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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'"
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Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer
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May-23-2007 07:40
I know what a firkin is too... Maybe mirken was just invented to have something to rhyme firkin with.
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biggie528
Lucky Stiff
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May-23-2007 07:42
Now that I know...
I wish I didn't
What ho and toodle pip!
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AraLives
Battered Shoe
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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.
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crunchpatty
Old Shoe
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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
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Sara Lou
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May-23-2007 08:36
Hum. A gerkin is a pickle. *nods at headless pickleman* Am I close?
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crunchpatty
Old Shoe
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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 :)
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Fiddler's Green
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May-23-2007 13:09
*Fiddler is still laughing at Crunch*
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Fiddler's Green
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May-23-2007 13:12
The BBC has a program about obscure words - there is an adult version being done and one episode is going to be "400 years of the Merkin"
The scary thing is that the Mem Sahib knew exactly what one was straight away - I blame the "Jam and Jerusalem" crowd myself....Helen Mirren has a lot to answer for.
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