it's being in a ape costume AND a sailor suit that really gets you in trouble
I love calling Geordies 'monkey swingers'. They instantly respond 'no, thats them lot from Hartlepool'. It amooses me greatly.
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I once had a lass from Essex explain to me with great conviction
that the people of Hull had killed a monkey for being a Frenchman...
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