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# simpleton
means someone who is stupid or foolish
dictionary.reference.com/search?q=simpleton&r=67
its not a very common insult, but i wouldn't go around calling people it in the street. except on the isle of sheppey
(, Thu 12 Jun 2003, 12:12, archived)
# ow
i'm sorry no offense meant.


I thought simpleton was a wordplay derived from singleton.
(, Thu 12 Jun 2003, 12:13, archived)
# no worries
i'll take foolish please.
(, Thu 12 Jun 2003, 12:14, archived)
# what did you think simpleton meant?
out of interest.
(, Thu 12 Jun 2003, 12:18, archived)
# i thought it didn't
mean anything, that humpty dumpty just wanted to say something cruel, and the first thing that flashed through his mind was simpleton.


which is of course related to singleton.
(, Thu 12 Jun 2003, 12:21, archived)
# You're mad you are.
;O
(, Thu 12 Jun 2003, 12:36, archived)
# No.
Humpty Dumpty was Playschool.
Valerie Singleton was Blue Peter
(, Thu 12 Jun 2003, 12:40, archived)