@ WW - LOL! Yeah, Ass doesn't work in the plural, at all...i can't help but think fondly (er..or not!) of donkey rides on on the front at Blackpool!

This whole thing got me thinking of something that occurred once on a flight to America. There was a couple (American)with four children (who were, btw, like, the best behaved children in the world, far better behaved than *i* was on the flight anyway! )...when the plan landed, and everyone was grabbing their bags and bits and pieces, i heard the Mother say to the children, loudly "Don't forget your fanny packs"....i stopped dead in collecting my stuff together and thought 'whhhaaattt did she say??', i was horrified!!

Minutes later, i noticed what the kids all duly picked up, realized the VERY different meaning the word fanny has in America, as compared to the UK...and cancelled the child abuse report!

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