David: >An ad campaign a few years ago for Toyota New Zealand featured it quite >heavily: >
Now, that's funny!!! Hey I'll admit I'm not part of the PC (politically correct) crowd <g>. It is almost as funny as this one (I think it was Aussie): http://www.mme-ia.com/humor/video/lv03.mpg Easily entertained... Mitch David Savage wrote: >It's pretty mild language here. I tend to utter it when something stuffs up. > >An ad campaign a few years ago for Toyota New Zealand featured it quite >heavily: > ><http://www.videofoundry.co.nz/ianman/humour/bugger.html> > >>From what I've read it received 100+ official complaints in NZ and 1 here in >>Oz. > >I guess there are more prudes in New Zealand ;-) > >Dave > >On 10/4/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I don't know what the issue is other than prudishness. >> >>To bugger someone means to have anal intercourse with them. Seems to >>be this parlance that is more British English than American English, >>though. To call something a "nasty little bugger" is often used in >>American English to mean something small, insect like, an annoyance, >>or "cute little bugger" is a form of curmudgeonly endearment. >> >> > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.12/462 - Release Date: 10/3/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net