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sugar Apr 7th, 2002 07:13 PM

Call me stupid...squid vs pound?
 
what's the difference between 100 squid and 100 pounds in the UK? Call me stupid.

Ok Apr 7th, 2002 07:15 PM

You're stupid.<BR><BR>100 squid are what they throw on the ice in Detroit.<BR><BR>100 pounds is what it took Paul Bunyan to drive in 100 nails.<BR>

sandy c Apr 7th, 2002 07:18 PM

hi sugar,,<BR><BR>do you mean 100 quid?

sugar Apr 7th, 2002 07:18 PM

i meant quid or quidd or whatever. i'm always hearing them interchanged, what gives?

Squid Apr 7th, 2002 07:22 PM

HERE IS YOUR SQUID/GIVE ME A 100 POUNDS<BR> <BR>... A man walks into a restaurant and orders squid.<BR>"Certainly Sir," says Jervaise the waiter, "Would you like to choose your squid from the tank over there?"<BR>"I'll have that little green one with the moustache" says the customer.<BR>"Oh no!" replies Jervaise "but he's my favourite! - He's so small and cute and friendly. Surely you'd prefer one of the bigger, meatier ones?"<BR>"No" says the customer "It's got to be that one".<BR>So Jervaise gets the little green squid out and puts him on the chopping block, raises his knife and ....... the little squid looks up and smiles, twitching his bushy moustache into a big friendly grin!<BR>"It's no good", says Jervaise, "I can't do it. I'll have to ask Hans who does the washing up. He's a big, tough brute - he'll be able to do the evil deed."<BR>So out comes Hans, while Jervaise disappears off in tears. Hans picks up the knife, raises it to chop the little squid's head off and...... once again the little friendly squid looks up and smiles, wiggling his little legs and twitching his little moustache. So Hans, too, finds it impossible to kill him.<BR>The moral?<BR>.<BR>.<BR>.<BR>.<BR>Hans that does dishes is as soft as Jervaise with mild green hairy-lip squid.<BR><BR> <BR>

sandy c Apr 7th, 2002 07:25 PM

hi sugar,<BR><BR>per websters, "quid" means one pound sterling. 100 quid means 100 pounds.<BR><BR>sandy c

sugar Apr 7th, 2002 07:31 PM

so what's the difference? we only have one dollar, how come they have two names for one dollar?

DearSugar Apr 7th, 2002 07:33 PM

dollar<BR><BR>buck<BR><BR><BR>both are dollars

Umm Apr 7th, 2002 07:35 PM

But i'll betcha a buck y'er wrong, greenback-head.<BR>

Salty Apr 7th, 2002 07:37 PM

buck, greenback, samoleon(sp), smackeroos same concept

squid Apr 7th, 2002 07:37 PM

what is a green back head?

sugar Apr 7th, 2002 07:38 PM

wow, my fauxpas. i forgot about all those other names and i just thought of another "benjamins"

$$$$$$$$ Apr 7th, 2002 07:42 PM

exactly! benjamins<BR><BR>and<BR>C note<BR>ace<BR>bone<BR>clam<BR>peso<BR>scrip<BR>bi ll<BR><BR><BR>

lisa Apr 7th, 2002 07:53 PM

quid is slang for pound, just as buck is slang for dollar.<BR><BR>Hope that helps.

xxx Apr 7th, 2002 08:20 PM

I didn't understand that squid joke.

100poundsquid Apr 7th, 2002 08:23 PM

i didn't get the squid joke either

retriever Apr 7th, 2002 08:28 PM

It's British, You had to be there.<BR><BR>'Hands that do dishes can feel soft as your face with mild green Fairy Liquid' was one that had us rolling in the aisles and was to feature Patsy Kensit with the classic 'Mummy, why are your hands so soft?'. <BR><BR>from http://www.sixtiescity.velnet.com/Media/Media.htm

asyou Apr 7th, 2002 08:56 PM

Stupid!

top Apr 8th, 2002 05:51 AM

to the top of the lexicon<BR>


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