The monetary value of a marmoset as opposed to a pony
*nods to Roota*
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 16:57, 25 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

A marmoset is 1 eighth the value and should be paid in stolen Nazi gold

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:05, Reply)

I've been looking forward to going home to watch the Indiana Jones Trilogy all day.
I'm glad they didn't try to make a fourth one.
(TheColonel, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:07, Reply)

No, they didnt "try" one bit
bastards
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:15, Reply)

whatchutalkinbout, willis?

(Bret Mong Keys Eggs has wet his weapon, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:05, Reply)

£8.75, I think

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:08, Reply)

you're all wrong
it is 3 groats and a ducat
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:12, Reply)

It's a federal offence to keep a marmoset within city limits
SHUT THE FUCK UP DONNY!
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:17, Reply)

I just found this:
www.businessballs.com/moneyslanghistory.htm#slang money meanings and origins

Can't see Marmoset though.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:18, Reply)

That looks like a fascinating article.
As a recent graduate I did a few days' work for a really fucking shifty friend of a friend who ran a ticket agency, essentially running around the West End picking up and dropping off tickets for gigs and shows etc for this shady Paddy, for him to rip off coachloads of Japanese tourists.

He had an indecipherable slang term for all different sums, so he could openly discuss the real cost or selling prices of tickets over the phone, right in front of his victims. To the untrained ear he was talking pure gibberish.

It interested me as I could imagine the lineage of this behaviour going back to Hogarthian times and beyond: the crafty geezer stitching up out-of-towners.

Sorry - I've just realised how dull this post is.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:31, Reply)

Its more interesting than baiting Darth below
I'm going to tell him to fuck himself in a few minutes.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:32, Reply)

Needs more examples

C- can do better, if you applied yourself
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:35, Reply)

Story of my life, that is.
One that really perplexed me was a 'rofe' - having glanced at that article I see that it represents £4, and is backslang.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:37, Reply)

I like the McGarrett
*does surfing mime*
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:41, Reply)

My father fucking LOVES surfing

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:43, Reply)

I love this
I can throw up the most nonsensical bobbins and people will respond in kind. Brilliant :-)
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:24, Reply)

Yes, you can control all our lives
at the touch of a mouse.

What would you like us to do next?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:27, Reply)

Find that McIntrye bastard
and either make him funny somehow or dismember him

While I watch with a whisky and a grin
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:30, Reply)

Yes Master

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:31, Reply)

*braces for verbal barrage*
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:40, Reply)

It's not the verbal barrage you need to worry about, with that one.
He's fucking nails...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:44, Reply)

*runs to remove location from profile*
He was very complimentary about you earlier too
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:48, Reply)

Nottingham's not far enough away sonny boy
But I've got to go home now and have my tea, otherwise mummy will be really cross.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:55, Reply)

Sonny boy?
How old are you?! Although I will grant you that my ridiculously immature demeanour may have led you to believe that I'm five
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 18:00, Reply)

Old enough not to get caught

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 19:18, Reply)

Darth, old son,
you ask that question a lot.
We all know why.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Thu 18 Feb 2010, 9:53, Reply)