Lies that went on too longWhen you lie you often have to keep lying. Share your pain. When I was 15 I pretended to be 16 to help get a summer job. Then had to spend a summer with this nice shopkeeper asking me everyday if I was excited about getting my GCSE results. I felt like an utter shit. Thanks to MerseyMal for the suggestion.
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rob, Thu 8 Mar 2012, 21:57)
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This could be the same as marmeladeWhich DOESN'T come from 'Marie malade' becuase Queen Marie of Spain liked to eat it when she was sick...
...well, I'm fairly certain it doesn't. I'm sure I remember hearing this on QI once.
Just one of those odd coincidences that make life so much fun.
(, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 11:09, 2 replies)
Marmeladecomes from the old english verb 'to marmelise' meaning to smash or beat up, e.g. 'If I catch you playing in my garden again I'll marmelise you, you pesky little kid' (The Beano, August 1963)
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Well it could be.Except I didn't make that up on usenet in the mid-nineties.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 22:25,
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