AmexRuislip
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Have been watching a few of the carry on films lately, and was wondering what's the best euphemism or double entendre that you have heard or seen.
I'll start it off.....
I'll start it off.....
The music halls seemed to provide many of them for straight-laced Victorians such as...
'She sits among the cabbages and peas'
Kenneth Williams sings 'The Marrow Song. (Oh What A Beauty?)
And finally one of the most famous sporting ones. If someone can find the original TMS commentary, that would be great...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etmukKLR-pM
I was walking along this narrow mountain pass - so narrow that nobody else could pass you, when I saw a beautiful blonde walking towards me. A beautiful blonde with not a stitch on, yes, not a stitch on, lady. Cor blimey, I didn't know whether to toss myself off or block her passage.
When I was a lad I recall my dad telling me about music hall comic and “cheeky chappie” Max Miller, who was well known for his risqué, blue humour. Double entendres such as the one below (a gem!) earned him a ban from the BBC from 1932 to 1937.
“I was walking along this narrow mountain pass – so narrow that nobody else could pass you, when I saw a beautiful blonde walking towards me. A beautiful blonde with not a stitch on, yes, not a stitch on. Cor blimey, I didn’t know whether to toss myself off or block her passage.”
It's generally accepted now (I believe) that this one never happened. Sorry.And finally one of the most famous sporting ones. If someone can find the original TMS commentary, that would be great...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etmukKLR-pM