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Is the vicar coming to tea?
I poured some juice into glasses for us this evening, and because they were only about 80% full, Jeanne asked me this rhetorical question. I got the allusion immediately - my father would have said "You'd sell more if you filled 'em" - but I had never heard it before. Her explanation was that the space between the liquid and the rim of the glass forms a circular band resembling a vicar's dog collar. Is this a well-known phrase and explanation?
wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall
Quiet part of Hertfordshire
England
wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall
Quiet part of Hertfordshire
England
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[nq:1]I poured some juice into glasses for us this evening, and because they were only about 80% full, Jeanne asked ... rim of the glass forms a circular band resembling a vicar's dog collar. [/nq] I've heard it, but with a different explanation.
- [nq:1]I poured some juice into glasses for us this evening, and because they were only about 80% full, Jeanne asked ...
- rim of the glass forms a circular band resembling a vicar's dog collar.
- [/nq] I've heard it, but with a different explanation.
- Since a visit from the vicar usually involved the offering of "a drop of sherry", an offer that would undoubtedly be accepted enthusiastically by the rather partial parson person, then little more than a drop was what was would be poured by the prudential parishoner.
- Otherwise you'd be out of sherry before the afternoon was out.
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[nq:1]I poured some juice into glasses for us this evening, and because they were only about 80% full, Jeanne asked ... rim of the glass forms a circular band resembling a vicar's dog collar. Is this a well-known phrase and explanation?[/nq]
I've heard it, but with a different explanation. Since a visit from the vicar usually involved the offering of "a drop of sherry", an offer that would und
I've heard it, but with a different explanation. Since a visit from the vicar usually involved the offering of "a drop of sherry", an offer that would und
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[nq:2]I poured some juice into glasses for us this evening, ... vicar's dog collar. Is this a well-known phrase and explanation?[/nq]
[nq:1]I've heard it, but with a different explanation. Since a visit from the vicar usually involved the offering of "a ... what was would be poured by the prudential parishoner. Otherwise you'd be out of sherry before the afternoon was out.[/nq]
That sounds
[nq:1]I've heard it, but with a different explanation. Since a visit from the vicar usually involved the offering of "a ... what was would be poured by the prudential parishoner. Otherwise you'd be out of sherry before the afternoon was out.[/nq]
That sounds
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[nq:1]That sounds like solid, thrifty, working class practice, especially in't Midlands and the north, except for the sherry. Vicars didn't ... I know, for the Richmal Crompton books told me so. wrmst rgrds Robin Bignall Quiet part of Hertfordshire England[/nq]
I was thinking about "him" the other day: "William Brown, you're a menace to the community."
Cheers, Sage
I was thinking about "him" the other day: "William Brown, you're a menace to the community."
Cheers, Sage
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