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Re: Tapestry or embroidery ?

From occam <occam@nowhere.nix>
Newsgroups alt.usage.english
Subject Re: Tapestry or embroidery ?
Date 2026-07-11 11:13 +0200
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On 11/07/2026 09:59, Hibou wrote:
> Le 11/07/2026 à 08:16, occam a écrit :
>>
>> As for historical accuracy:
>>
>> "Oxford academic Prof George Garnett counted 93 penises in 2018 – with
>> 88 belonging to horses and another five to men."
>>
>> I'd like to know which  department funds Prof Garnett's research. There
>> are plenty of clever dicks at the University of Oxford.
> 
> 
> It may just have been a linguistic problem. I expect the Normans had
> French accents, of a sort, and were pleased with their conquest - and a
> French accent makes it difficult to hear the difference between
> "'appiness" and "a penis".
> 

<smile> Yes, I hadn't thought of that. It's worthy of a
'Not-the-Nine-O'Clock News' sketch.

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Tapestry or embroidery ? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-10 08:59 +0200
  Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-10 13:14 +0200
    Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-11 09:16 +0200
      Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-07-11 08:59 +0100
        Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-11 11:13 +0200
          Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-07-12 18:22 +0100
            Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2026-07-12 15:47 -0400
      Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-12 23:09 +0200
        Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-13 00:29 +0100
  Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-10 21:10 +0100
    Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-10 23:32 +0200
    Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-07-11 09:41 +1000
      Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-11 02:06 +0100
        Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-07-12 18:24 +0100
  Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-07-11 08:48 +0100
    Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-11 11:27 +0200
    Re: Tapestry or embroidery ? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-07-11 17:41 +0100

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