I thought the Prince Albert of the joke was Victoria's husband.
You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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Connie Neil - Feb 06, 2011 4:37:33 am PST #13193 of 30000
brillig
Beverly - Feb 06, 2011 10:25:57 am PST #13194 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
"Do you have Prince Albert in the can?" was a fairly common question asked of shopkeepers and tobacconists. Phone pranksters used it so they could add, "Then let him out!" and hang up and giggle. IDEK, back in the early days of telephone kids made their own fun.
The tobacco was named after HRH Victoria's husband, and his (purported) likeness was used on the container, implying the person who used the product was as discerning and refeened as royalty. Or something.
I could explain the other use of "Prince Albert," but I fear it would chase away the two of you who are still reading this.
Atropa - Feb 06, 2011 10:27:12 am PST #13195 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I could explain the other use of "Prince Albert," but I fear it would chase away the two of you who are still reading this.
Let them run. I'm still here! Explain!
Amy - Feb 06, 2011 10:29:52 am PST #13196 of 30000
Because books.
Oooh, I'll do it!
It's a men's piercing, in a very particularly sensitive part of the anatomy.
Laga - Feb 06, 2011 10:30:39 am PST #13197 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
heh heh We could whitefont PA. It's a genital piercing. For the fellows .
Laga - Feb 06, 2011 10:31:49 am PST #13198 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
duh, forgot where I was posting for a moment.
I think I learned, "You better let him out before he suffocates" from a book called How to Eat Like a Child and Other Lessons in Not Being Grown Up. Does anybody else remember that book?
Beverly - Feb 06, 2011 10:32:58 am PST #13199 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
::points:: Jilli made me do it!
A PA is a penis piercing. Two theories on why it was done:
1. Albert was a randy beast, and HRH had him done as part of a chastity restraint.
2. Albert had an unruly member, and tied the ring to his leg to improve and maintain the drape of his trousers.
Atropa - Feb 06, 2011 10:37:45 am PST #13200 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
2. Albert had an unruly member, and tied the ring to his leg to improve and maintain the drape of his trousers.
That was the story I've always seen referenced.
SailAweigh - Feb 06, 2011 10:44:48 am PST #13201 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
"Unruly member." Oh, I am so twelve.
le nubian - Feb 06, 2011 11:00:02 am PST #13202 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
unruly member
what does this mean? it stood at attention all the time?