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Smaug
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given your answers so far I suspect it might be a british thing - and i'd like to think an old no longer used british thing.

it's the type of thing they used (or may still use, heaven forbid!) at schools when I was there, around 20-25 years ago.

As you quoted, it's more like greese proof paper than any type of aborbant paper, it,erm, just wiped away, didn't absorb anything.

it's foul.

and i've never seen it for sale to the general public, just in schools and government buildings and the like.

maybe it's just something the government produces itself for it's buildings Wink


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they used to print stuff on the end of each sheet. "hampshire county council" "now please wash your hands" and that kind of thing.

it's like tracing paper. horrible stuff, as Smaugy says. very un-absorbent.


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GMZoe
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re: hard toilet paper, check out the article Neil linked to in his blog
 
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Thanks, all.

I found the mention in Neil's journal this morning, before checking the board. Doubletrust.net found it right easy. My mini-obsession with 'hard tp' is now put to rest!

Props on your board here, lots of good info & opinions. I've a long way to go to read all of Neil's work, nice to know this place is here and the members are friendly!

See ya around,

Raven
 
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St.CountZero
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quote:
Originally posted by GMZoe:
This one I answered myself:
Chapter 13: "Faster than you can say Jack Robinson"
I hadn't come accross that phrase before, so I looked it up:
phrase origin link


you know, regarding the second theory from that link... very unlikely. The phrase doesn't even exist in French.
 
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It smacks of being a phrase that simply developed, with "Jack Robinson" just being something you say quite quickly.


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yep.
 
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*runs in and hugs the Count*


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*HUGS!!!*
 
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Bless is an expression in English that used to be used solely by old ladies, or about babies, but has come about in the last five years or so, to be used by girls very much like Daisy. It's a cross between an "I'm listening to you" noise and a way of saying "I like you" - that's the best way I can describe this new variant.
 
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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by GMZoe:
This one I answered myself:
Chapter 13: "Faster than you can say Jack Robinson"
I hadn't come accross that phrase before, so I looked it up:
phrase origin link


you know, regarding the second theory from that link... very unlikely. The phrase doesn't even exist in French.


I like the Richard Brinsley Sheridan idea better - just because he's an excellent writer in his own right and immanently quotable...
http://www.wordorigins.org/wordorj.htm


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