RapierFugue -> RE: Funniest line from an egomaniac? (10/15/2008 6:17:30 AM)
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ORIGINAL: KMsAngel quote:
fill yer boots oh. i thought just kiwi's and scots did that? baaaa I’m what you might call “widely travelled”. This is mostly because I get lost very easily. PS: IIRC it’s actually an English term, dating from the times when stagecoaches were used in Merry Olde Englande. When the coachmen stopped at each inn, they had VERY little time to see to the horses and leave enough time for serious “quaffing” of ales, so they threw back as many pints as possible, as fast as possible, and to save time would – er – urinate in their boots, tipping them out later, when back on the coach. I think that’s it, but my memory’s notoriously bad. Might have been military types in the Napoleonic Wars, for similar reasons of speedy drinking.
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