Lies Your Parents Told YouI once overheard a neighbour use the phrase "nig nog". I asked my father what it meant. As quick as a flash he said, "It's a type of biscuit. A bit like a hobnob." Can you beat this? BTW: We're keeping this thread open for an extra week as we're enjoying the stories so much.
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Fraser has joined the Moomins., Wed 14 Jan 2004, 13:29)
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Hang on...I can just imagine the McVitie's marketing meeting in the late 80s.
Jocasta: "My mummy gave me this recipe right, for the biscuits to DIE for, yah?"
Trevelyn: "Graaaaaaate. What are they called?"
Jocasta: "Nig Nogs! Isn't that hilaaaarious?"
Linette: "Oh, yah, just superb, but we've just bagged the equal opportunities campaign here at Fortescue and Watermelon. I don't think that would sit well with the IC3s."
Castella: "Okaaaay, we need two words. Short and snappy. Cracky like the biccy, yah?"
Durkin: "Blib blobs?"
Jocasta: "Nibble Nobs?"
and so a legend was born...
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