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"how's your father?"
« on: June 18, 2005, 03:22:58 PM »
a new  expression  to me anyway..

has anyone  had a bit of "how's your father?"  lately?    ;D ;)
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Re: "how's your father?"
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2005, 03:51:49 PM »
I have!  I have! ;)

And I really think that's one of the cutest expressions there is, too.
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Re: "how's your father?"
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2005, 03:54:18 PM »
I have no idea what that means?  Though I do like (here in England) -- 'Bob's your uncle.'
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Re: "how's your father?"
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2005, 04:01:24 PM »
Quote from: carolyn_b on June 18, 2005, 03:54:18 PM
I have no idea what that means?  Though I do like (here in England) -- 'Bob's your uncle.'


How's your father = sex.

Don't know why, don't know how - er, the saying, that is.
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Re: "how's your father?"
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2005, 06:48:53 PM »
Really!?  How weird!  Guess I will have to use that on my trip home now :P
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« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2005, 07:49:05 PM »
I knew what it meant, but didnt know where it came from...

I googled and found this:   'how's your father?' catchphrase associated with the British music-hall comedian Harry Tate (1872-1940).   Apparently, he would exclaim it as a way of changing the subject and in order to get out of a difficult situation.   The phrase either subsequently or simultaneously took on a life of its own meaning the same as a 'thingummy' or anything the speaker did not wish to name. From that, in phrases like 'indulging in a spot of how's-your-father', it became a euphemism for sexual activity.
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Re: "how's your father?"
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2005, 09:00:48 PM »
Alrighty then....
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Re: "how's your father?"
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2005, 12:54:08 AM »
Hasn't anyone seen Austin Powers?  That's where I learned it!
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Re: "how's your father?"
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2005, 07:52:24 AM »
Nope!  :)
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Re: "how's your father?"
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2005, 09:43:29 AM »


yep, that's where I first heard it, too!
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« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2005, 10:47:19 AM »
Quote from: StuzGirl on June 19, 2005, 12:54:08 AM
Hasn't anyone seen Austin Powers?  That's where I learned it!

I don't remember that!  It didn't register if I heard it though ;)
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Re: "how's your father?"
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2005, 11:42:17 AM »
I can't remember from the first two but in AP III Austin's father says it or Austin says it to his father . . . one of the two.
So, I guess I'm officially outting myself as a huge AP fan ;)
Isn't that veeerd?
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Re: "how's your father?"
« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2005, 12:25:15 PM »
Quote from: carolyn_b on June 18, 2005, 03:54:18 PM
I have no idea what that means?  Though I do like (here in England) -- 'Bob's your uncle.'

I like that, since Bob is my uncle.  :P
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Re: "how's your father?"
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2005, 12:36:04 PM »
Quote from: twistedncynical on June 19, 2005, 11:42:17 AM
I can't remember from the first two but in AP III Austin's father says it or Austin says it to his father . . . one of the two.
So, I guess I'm officially outting myself as a huge AP fan ;)
Isn't that veeerd?

It is in the first one. Doesn't he say something like "I like to give my undercarriage a bit of a how's your father"? Lol.  ;D I loved that movie.
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Re: "how's your father?"
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2005, 12:39:34 PM »


Oh yeah! You're a better AP fan than I am ;)  I just love that Mike Meyers - he's like buttah!
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