Quick Brit Speak Question: 2:1 in his MA

[davewitley]

Dungrollin wrote:
> > > 
> > > (Dung as in Mundungus as in tobacco, rollin as in too cheap to 
> > > buy pre-fab fags, and Dungrollin as in... oh. <Eyes 
overflowing 
> > > ashtray> It appears that that attempt to give up was 
> > > unsuccessful.)
> > 
> > 
> > Carol dares to respond:
> > Ah. Britspeak again. I thought, erm, do I dare say this--that it 
> > had to do with rolling dung of the variety produced by the dung 
> > beetle. You're an entomologist, aren't you, or did I dream that 
up?
> 
> Dungrollin:
> No, you didn't dream it, I work on dung beetles. Lucky 
coincidence, 
> eh?

And, to add to the laborious explanation of jokes...

I knew perfectly well about the dung beetle connection when I asked 
the original question - it's just that 'Dungrollin' reminds me of 
those spoof house names like Dunroamin that people choose when they 
retire.  Thus, a lawyer might live in a house called Dunsuin, a 
doctor Dunleechin, and so on.  I assumed that Dungrollin had picked 
this name deliberately with that in mind, because of the missing 'g' 
at the end.

David