Posted by Bob Wombat at myoon0.connect.com.au on February 06, 2002 at 02:34:33:
In Reply to: Hope this helps. posted by Hib€rnian Psycho on February 06, 2002 at 02:03:33:
: Insults, from the kings of rude, the French. :)
: "Shake Yourself" is probably the slang in France.
It might be, but it doesn't put the point across in the way I was hoping.
Buggerit . . . all I want to do is couple the concepts of masturbation and artistic pretentiousness in one little French word! If we have a word that does that, why can't they?
I dunno. Maybe the joke'll appeal more broadly if I just use 'wank', but I was hoping to be more subtle than that.
Argh! Why does comedy have to be so fuckin' HARD?
Cheers.
Adam.