JollyK - 3:50 pm on Apr 30, 2006 (gmt 0)

If you're after insults, I know some jim-dandies. (Have you ever been called a duckaloof before? wink )

Oh my lord. "Duckaloof" is my new, all-purpose insult. I don't know what it means, but who cares?

As a side note on creative insults, an acquaintance used to use things like "Ya Big Girl's Blouse!" and "Ya Pancake!"

I'm about as clueless on those as I am on "Duckaloof," but they sure sounded pejorative when uttered by a 6-foot-four, 250-pound dude from Scotland.

Oh, and Liane: great story. Talk about lesson learned! My parents drummed it into my head that I was NEVER to say that mom and dad weren't home. It was always, "He/She's busy/in the shower right now, can I take a message?"

JK