[HPFGU-OTChatter] Another missed joke
Catherine Keegan
keegan at mcn.org
Thu Mar 14 15:14:47 UTC 2002
At 02:22 PM 3/14/02 +0000, you wrote:
>Question for US (well all non-British) members: do you use the
>expression 'take the piss' to mean to mock, or wind up, usually good-
>naturedly?
*blinks* Never. I've heard "piss up a rope" i.e. something that's
impossible. "Get pissed" for getting drunk. "Pissy" as in a bad
mood. "Piss on your/my wheaties" for destroying/belittiling someone's ideas.
Catherine in California
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