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Lexxi Gynoid
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03-26-2009 17:47
So how is it used? Say George is teasing Harry... is George taking the piss on Harry? Sounds icky... I normally hear it as someone asking someone else "are you taking the piss?" asking them if they are mocking them, teasing them. So it would be Harry asking George "are you taking the piss?" _____________________
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Oryx Tempel
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03-26-2009 17:55
I normally hear it as someone asking someone else "are you taking the piss?" asking them if they are mocking them, teasing them. So it would be Harry asking George "are you taking the piss?" Thanks.  |
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Ciaran Laval
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03-26-2009 18:02
So how is it used? Say George is teasing Harry... is George taking the piss on Harry? Sounds icky... George is taking the piss out of Harry. |
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eku Zhong
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03-26-2009 20:58
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Isablan Neva
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03-26-2009 21:08
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Tania Hutchinson
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03-26-2009 21:13
Wow, did this thread ever take some unusual twists and turns.
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Marcus Perry
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03-26-2009 22:32
Brown Bag: You buy something at an adult store and it is packaged in a brown, nondescript bag so no one can see that you are buying adult material.
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LittleMe Jewell
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03-26-2009 22:38
Brown Bag: You buy something at an adult store and it is packaged in a brown, nondescript bag so no one can see that you are buying adult material. _____________________
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eku Zhong
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03-26-2009 22:48
its also how ppl hide bottles of booze when they trying to pretend they not getting drunk in the park..
brown bag.. plain brown wrapper... bag over her head.. all carry connotations of shame in some ppls mind. _____________________
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Pserendipity Daniels
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03-27-2009 02:49
Wonder if they call it a ticklist then, instead of a checklist. Pep (but a person who tickles another is also called a ticklist) _____________________
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Clarissa Lowell
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03-27-2009 09:09
Well I haven't seen the old references, but in the latest blog on the matter they reference 'brown bag discussions'. I'm guessing this is the same phrase used before, which this thread refers to?
A brown bag discussion would be an informal one. As in, during lunch hour at work, bring your brown bag (brought from home sandwich etc.) outside, sit under a tree, and talk. (politician is a man of the people when he rolls up his sleeves) |
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SJackB Northman
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03-27-2009 09:19
I know that LL seems so proud that they are now fully international and quite right.I have just read the blog and there are several references to brown bag . I think this must be an Americanism which I don' grasp.I did a search and came up with the usual.In UK we say paper bag and that can be used for ugly people. LOL Can you explain what it means in the blog?  Hard to tell if you got an answer from all the replies (all very good, by the way)...brown bag sessions are common practice in corporate America to bring people together in a conference room over lunch and have a semi-formal information exchange, education session or whatever while the participants eat. Usually scheduled on a regular basis, like the first Monday of each month. The downside is the mess made by all the lunch that gets spit out during heated discussions in mid-bite, in my experience. As noted, brown bag refers to the common way that Americans package their lunches when bringing them from home. Hope this helps. Jackie. |
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Nika Talaj
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03-27-2009 09:20
I've heard Germans refer to "brown bag lunches", as in casual lunchtime meetings where you're expected to bring your own food. I wonder, did they pick it up from Americans, or is this more a business-culture vs. general culture language gap? Certainly I've never heard an American homemaker refer to a 'brown bag lunch".
Thots? (p.s. In my experience, brown bag lunches are usually optional meetings like seminars. If a company EXPECTS you to attend a working meeting during lunch, really they should provide food, even if only the cheapest takeout). |
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Clarissa Lowell
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03-27-2009 09:27
Certainly I've never heard an American homemaker refer to a 'brown bag lunch". They might, if they were describing making their kids' lunches for school. Some kids bring lunch in a lunchbox but many just use a small brown paper bag (second-hand) from a store. You can also buy packs of them, lunch-size, at many grocery stores. Typically you can fit a juice box, sandwich (usually in a plastic baggie bought for that purpose) and a snack like a piece of fruit of bag of chips (crisps) in a brown paper bag. Some workers bring their lunch this way to save on cost; Bill Gates supposedly always did this. And a lot of school kids do, too. It's been a popular way to save money rather than buying a cafeteria/fast food lunch since probably the 1950s, here: "brown bagging it". |
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Paola Delpaso
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03-27-2009 09:34
I've heard Germans refer to "brown bag lunches", as in casual lunchtime meetings where you're expected to bring your own food. I wonder, did they pick it up from Americans, or is this more a business-culture vs. general culture language gap? Certainly I've never heard an American homemaker refer to a 'brown bag lunch".  |
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Clarissa Lowell
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03-27-2009 09:57
I should also add that it doesn't necessarily mean someone's cheap/thrifty/broke if they brown bag it. Some just prefer their own food, or like to save time or eat at their desk rather than go out, or stand in line.
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Scott Savira
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03-27-2009 10:07
Fanny.
In the States we understand that as someone's rear-end. In the UK... Lol... I was always fond of telling my British friends "When kids act up their parents threaten to smack their fanny." |
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Clarissa Lowell
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03-27-2009 10:50
Must've cracked up every time a tourist asked another, "got your fanny pack?"
Love when Graham Norton has the oddly named products on his show. There are two chocolate companies in the U.S. I think called Fanny. Fanny Mae, and Fannie Farmer. -- What I came to post was - animals brown bagging it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMWi7CLoZ2Q (any excuse, any excuse) |
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