Carol Maddin
Carol Maddin voted up Yin And Yang's answer
What do you think of the advice,
"It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide" ???

I followed a wonderful British-American thread on Blurt yesterday, discussing "Two nations - divided by a common language," which made me think of this British saying from the classics of Ask.com. 

It dates from British author Margery Allingham, her 1938 mystery novel THE FASHION IN SHROUDS. This staple of the Queen's English is now enshrined in the Yale Book of Quotations, as well as MAD Magazine 1950's.

So what do you think of this advice, would you heed it?

My friend, with where my mind is today I wouldn't even begin to know where to pretend to come up with an answer. But I love ya and don't want you feeling worried like in the chat so the only thing my mind saw was a couple hunched over trying to give each other a … Read more

Carol Maddin
Carol Maddin voted up Didge Doo's answer
What do you think of the advice,
"It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide" ???

I followed a wonderful British-American thread on Blurt yesterday, discussing "Two nations - divided by a common language," which made me think of this British saying from the classics of Ask.com. 

It dates from British author Margery Allingham, her 1938 mystery novel THE FASHION IN SHROUDS. This staple of the Queen's English is now enshrined in the Yale Book of Quotations, as well as MAD Magazine 1950's.

So what do you think of this advice, would you heed it?

I remember the question from Ask. I had to do a bit of a search to remember the interpretation.

Crackers was obvious and still in use. It's just crazy. A Rozzer, as anybody who watches BBC TV will know is a Peeler. That just left dropsy and snide to look up and they don't apply … Read more