Question for the UK Fellas

[smolloy]

Really? I've heard it said on the Simpsons and I think Family Guy once or twice. It always cracks me up.

It's great when someone on a US show says "fanny", not realising that that translates into something completely different across the Atlantic

[budman7]

genuine humour knows no nationality and can be appreciated by people of all nationalities and cultures.

A little off-topic, but I thought Mr. Bean was one of the best shows ever.
What other character can make something so simple as changing into a bathing suit in front of a blind man into a LMAO episode?

[carlosponti]

Really? I've heard it said on the Simpsons and I think Family Guy once or twice. It always cracks me up.

Wanker, bugger, and bloody I have heard about in different places here not just in TV either. Had a Dept. head that used to Say Bloody.

[bigtomrodney]

Had a Dept. head that used to Say Bloody.

I heard once that the curse 'bloody' doesn't actually have anything to do with blood but rather is a contraction of 'By Our Lady'. Odd one that.

[carlosponti]

i would love to know the origin I always assumed it had something to do with Queen Mary I who was catholic and was killing protestants.

[fingal]

Wanker, bugger, and bloody I have heard about in different places here not just in TV either. Had a Dept. head that used to Say Bloody.

Many many years ago I visited my Aunt and Uncle, and there was an episode of Mork and Mindy on TV. One of the characters in that episode was called, 'Arnold Wanker'. I could hardly stop laughing because I thought, 'The script writer isn't an American: must be a British writer having a laugh.'

The idea was that Mr. W. had died, but Mork 'jump started him' back to life. Ha haaaaa!!

Wanker is also an English language surname; according to the 1990 census, "Wanker" is the 53,492nd most common surname in the United States.[10] Several American TV shows have used this surname, either referring to or in ignorance of its other meaning. The sitcom Married... with Children featured a character whose maiden name was Wanker. An episode of Mork & Mindy featured a character called Arnold Wanker and aired unedited on UK television. An inept stuntman in the Australian Paul Hogan Show was called Leo Wanker, despite the alternative meaning being well known in Australia.

[carlosponti]

that is pretty funny.