A Conversation for Ticks

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Post 1

Jimi X Started conversation Sep 6, 2006

"Wetting an old dog-end and squeezing the yucky juice onto the tick is also reputed to work well."


Can I get this translated into American English please? smiley - erm

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Post 2

Sho - employed again! Posted Sep 6, 2006

a dog-end is a cigarette butt.

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Post 3

Skankyrich [?] Posted Sep 6, 2006

And a tick is something you get when you give the right answer smiley - ok

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Post 4

Jimi X Posted Sep 7, 2006

Is dog-end rhyming slang or just a bit of colourful language?

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Skankyrich [?] Posted Sep 7, 2006

It's colourful language, Jimi. I've always presumed that it's because it looks like the hind leg of a dog, but the more I think about it, the less I'm sure.

Would you like me to Curate in a footnote to explain?

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Post 6

Sho - employed again! Posted Sep 7, 2006

can I have a smiley - star instead of a tick?

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Post 7

Skankyrich [?] Posted Sep 7, 2006

Ooh, go on then. Have two smiley - smiley

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