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Explain joke, please
Enlightenment request.
Today's "Pearls Before Swine" comic strip revolves around "Go Team" being spelled out on camera as "Go Mate". It's obviously a bit of a Janet Jackson moment ("Sir, we've got the F.C.C. on line one").
"Go Mate" means nothing to me, and must be a US-specific reference. (Is "Mate" a brand of condom, perhaps?)
Explain, please..the strip's at
http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/index.html
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 22 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van)
Today's "Pearls Before Swine" comic strip revolves around "Go Team" being spelled out on camera as "Go Mate". It's obviously a bit of a Janet Jackson moment ("Sir, we've got the F.C.C. on line one").
"Go Mate" means nothing to me, and must be a US-specific reference. (Is "Mate" a brand of condom, perhaps?)
Explain, please..the strip's at
http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/index.html
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 22 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van)
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[nq:1]Enlightenment request. Today's "Pearls Before Swine" comic strip revolves around "Go Team" being spelled out on camera as "Go Mate". to me, and must be a US-specific reference.
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[nq:1]Enlightenment request. Today's "Pearls Before Swine" comic strip revolves around "Go Team" being spelled out on camera as "Go Mate". ... to me, and must be a US-specific reference. (Is "Mate" a brand of condom, perhaps?) Explain, please..the strip's at http://www.comics.com/comics/pea
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[nq:2]Enlightenment request. Today's "Pearls Before Swine" comic strip revolves around ... a brand of condom, perhaps?) Explain, please..the strip's at http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/index.html[/nq]
[nq:1]Read it as "Go" (and) "Mate", and then think of a coarser word for th
[nq:1]Read it as "Go" (and) "Mate", and then think of a coarser word for th
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[nq:1]On 06 Feb 2005, Tony Cooper wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Read it as "Go" (and) "Mate", and then think of a coarser word for the action of mating.[/nq]
[nq:1]Oh; OK thanks. (That's not as much of a pop-cultural reference as I expected it to be!)[/nq]
It's an excellent example of a person - the strip's creator - trying to come up with a topical joke..and not quite pulling it off.
[nq:2]Read it as "Go" (and) "Mate", and then think of a coarser word for the action of mating.[/nq]
[nq:1]Oh; OK thanks. (That's not as much of a pop-cultural reference as I expected it to be!)[/nq]
It's an excellent example of a person - the strip's creator - trying to come up with a topical joke..and not quite pulling it off.
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[nq:2]On 06 Feb 2005, Tony Cooper wrote Oh; OK thanks. (That's not as much of a pop-culturalreference as I expected it to be!)[/nq]
[nq:1]It's an excellent example of a person - the strip's creator -trying to come up with a topical joke..and not quite pulling it off.[/nq]
Unsheathed his pencil to little avail, eh? Must have run out of lead. But Harvey's memory will find stimulation at:
[nq:1]It's an excellent example of a person - the strip's creator -trying to come up with a topical joke..and not quite pulling it off.[/nq]
Unsheathed his pencil to little avail, eh? Must have run out of lead. But Harvey's memory will find stimulation at:
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re: "Go Mate" as FCC-actionable
[nq:2]It's an excellent example of a person - the strip's creator - trying to come up with a topical joke..and not quite pulling it off.[/nq]
[nq:1]Unsheathed his pencil to little avail, eh? Must have run out of lead. But Harvey's memory will find stimulation at: stores.ebay.co.uk/xDirect-Store Mates-Condoms[/nq]
The brand name must have been a folk memo
[nq:2]It's an excellent example of a person - the strip's creator - trying to come up with a topical joke..and not quite pulling it off.[/nq]
[nq:1]Unsheathed his pencil to little avail, eh? Must have run out of lead. But Harvey's memory will find stimulation at: stores.ebay.co.uk/xDirect-Store Mates-Condoms[/nq]
The brand name must have been a folk memo
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[nq:1]On 06 Feb 2005, Mike Lyle wrote[/nq]
[nq:1]re: "Go Mate" as FCC-actionable[/nq]
[nq:2]Unsheathed his pencil to little avail, eh? Must have run out oflead. But Harvey's memory will find stimulation at: stores.ebay.co.uk/xDirect-Store Mates-Condoms[/nq]
[nq:1]The brand name must have been a folk memory of some type.. Do you think that's meant to be the reference (rather than to "ma
[nq:1]re: "Go Mate" as FCC-actionable[/nq]
[nq:2]Unsheathed his pencil to little avail, eh? Must have run out oflead. But Harvey's memory will find stimulation at: stores.ebay.co.uk/xDirect-Store Mates-Condoms[/nq]
[nq:1]The brand name must have been a folk memory of some type.. Do you think that's meant to be the reference (rather than to "ma
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[nq:1]On 06 Feb 2005, Mike Lyle wrote[/nq]
[nq:1]re: "Go Mate" as FCC-actionable[/nq]
[nq:2]Unsheathed his pencil to little avail, eh? Must have run out of lead. But Harvey's memory will find stimulation at: stores.ebay.co.uk/xDirect-Store Mates-Condoms[/nq]
[nq:1]The brand name must have been a folk memory of some type.. Do you think that's meant to be the reference (rather than to "m
[nq:1]re: "Go Mate" as FCC-actionable[/nq]
[nq:2]Unsheathed his pencil to little avail, eh? Must have run out of lead. But Harvey's memory will find stimulation at: stores.ebay.co.uk/xDirect-Store Mates-Condoms[/nq]
[nq:1]The brand name must have been a folk memory of some type.. Do you think that's meant to be the reference (rather than to "m
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Harvey Van Sickle filted:
[nq:1]"Go Mate" means nothing to me, and must be a US-specific reference. (Is "Mate" a brand of condom, perhaps?)[/nq]
It's a South American herbal tea that's supposed to make you randy (though the labels just say it "rejuvenates")..r
[nq:1]"Go Mate" means nothing to me, and must be a US-specific reference. (Is "Mate" a brand of condom, perhaps?)[/nq]
It's a South American herbal tea that's supposed to make you randy (though the labels just say it "rejuvenates")..r
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[nq:2]Enlightenment request. Today's "Pearls Before Swine" comic strip revolves around ... a brand of condom, perhaps?) Explain, please..the strip's at http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/index.html[/nq]
[nq:1]Read it as "Go" (and) "Mate", and then think of a coarser word for th
[nq:1]Read it as "Go" (and) "Mate", and then think of a coarser word for th
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[nq:1]Enlightenment request. Today's "Pearls Before Swine" comic strip revolves around "Go Team" being spelled out on camera as "Go Mate". ... to me, and must be a US-specific reference. (Is "Mate" a brand of condom, perhaps?) Explain, please..the strip's at http://www.comics.com/comics/pea
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