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Rachelswipe says: My niece - after months of begging - was finally allowed to get a hamster, and her grandfather was utterly horrified to learn that it had been called "Nipples", a pretty good name for a pet if you ask us. Alas, it was only the more mundane "Nibbles" - what have you misheard or misunderstood, with truly hilarious consequences?

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You typed 'worth' there.
When spoken after a numerical value of pounds, it naturally suggests a monetary value, as opposed to a weight.
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Mon 1 Sep 2014, 13:56, 1 reply)
It does
but then he's American so one naturally makes allowances...
(I helped save b3ta! arsefez is back, Mon 1 Sep 2014, 14:31, closed)
Fair enough.
Them wot hasn't speaching proper.
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Mon 1 Sep 2014, 14:37, closed)
Loike wot us does.

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