Fun_People Archive
21 Jun
Unverified and Lost Associations
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 95 11:16:04 PDT
From: Peter Langston <psl>
To: Fun_People
Subject: Unverified and Lost Associations
[While some of these are a bit lame, others are extremely subtle, or perhaps
extremely lame... or perhaps both. In any case, I find the possibility that
greater knowledge of British slang would make them uproariously funny has a
piquant effect... -psl]
Forwarded-by: bostic@CS.Berkeley.EDU (Keith Bostic)
Forwarded-by: Dave Del Torto <ddt@lsd.com>
From: Andrew McKenzie <h3o@veda.is>
[...]
The following are listed as "unverified and Lost Associations" in the
directory of Bristish Associations 1994,5.
association of sun tanning organizations ltd. <-- stayed out too long
bicycle polo association of great britain <-- spokesman left flat
british and european geranium society <-- never showed
british llama society <-- wised up
clergy against nuclear arms <-- couldn't handle rods
flying farmers association <-- finally landed
handle makers association <-- held in inquiry
the hatpin society of great britain <-- went on ahead
llanwenog sheep society <-- ran out of condoms
national sulphuric acid association ltd <-- bathed
original pearly kings and queens association <-- whited out
pillbox study group <-- got tanked
poldark appreciation society <-- taken for granted
saint helena aviation development group <-- flown the coop
swedish-english literary translators association <-- booked a flight
token correponding society <-- writer's cramp
tupperware assoc. <-- records sealed
the vikings (norse film and pageant society) <-- gone fey
united kingdom circuit for indian classical music ltd<-- off tuning
welsh baseball union <-- on strike
whiteface dartmoor sheepbreeders association <-- blackface gene got in
So there.
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