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- From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
- Subject: Re: Men & maids
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- References: <20199.2b383628@ul.ie> <Bzqtvy.67I@demon.co.uk> <bjones-231292121235@130.13.26.204>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 06:24:30 GMT
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- In article <bjones-231292121235@130.13.26.204> bjones@denitqm.uswest.com (Brent Jones) writes:
- :In article <Bzqtvy.67I@demon.co.uk>, gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham
- :Toal) wrote:
- :> Well bowl me over - I had a batman once who was a woman.
- :> G
- :> (I bet that's stumped you)
- :
- :If I remember my Sax Rohmer correctly, a "batman" is some sort of personal
- :servent, usually with the connotation of an indiginous native working
- :for a colonial administrator. Close?
-
- Well done! You didn't fall for the cricketing misdirection :-)
-
- Yes, I had a female batman when I was on an officer training course with
- the Royal Artillery at Larkhill just up from Stonehenge.
-
- G
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