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Title: Spuds to die for
Post by: DD. on December 20, 2018, 07:36
Just browsing through the Sapro varieties of spud and came across this.

You may have to read carefully, but to give you a clue, the typo is quite big.

Sarpo Una (http://sarpo.co.uk/portfolio/sarpo-una/)
Title: Re: Spuds to die for
Post by: mumofstig on December 20, 2018, 08:12
Hahahahaha!  Just goes to show that spellcheck doesn't catch all our mistakes ;)
Title: Re: Spuds to die for
Post by: JayG on December 20, 2018, 08:29
Well spotted DD - presumably they are the perfect ammo for spud guns, although not sure how lethal...  :unsure:
Title: Re: Spuds to die for
Post by: DD. on December 20, 2018, 08:48
Well spotted DD - presumably they are the perfect ammo for spud guns, although not sure how lethal...  :unsure:

Probably not very, but they could take your eye out. (See what I did there?)
Title: Re: Spuds to die for
Post by: sunshineband on December 20, 2018, 09:18
Spud guns at dawn it'll be then  :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Spuds to die for
Post by: JayG on December 20, 2018, 09:22
Well spotted DD - presumably they are the perfect ammo for spud guns, although not sure how lethal...  :unsure:

Probably not very, but they could take your eye out. (See what I did there?)

Ooh, nasty, you might well have had your chips.
Title: Re: Spuds to die for
Post by: Goosegirl on December 20, 2018, 13:46
I thought that was a new addition to the M&S Per Una range of clothing!  :lol: :( >:(
Title: Re: Spuds to die for
Post by: Growster... on December 21, 2018, 06:18
Well spotted DD! Had to look twice for that!

But why is a spud called a 'Una', when it does two things?

And why does it run after a baker at the end? Does it have yet another roll in life?

(I just thought I'd chip in before getting my coat...)
Title: Re: Spuds to die for
Post by: Goosegirl on December 21, 2018, 14:48
Um, is it me or have I read it wrong because the name Sarpo is correct. I would not recommend anyone to eat Sapropots unless you really really wanted to give someone a jolly good roasting! Mr G, what are the two things that a spud does apart from being used to stick up the exhaust pipe of a newly-married couple or being cut in half, etched out in various patterns then dipped in paint so children can make their own stamps?
Title: Re: Spuds to die for
Post by: Growster... on December 22, 2018, 06:29
It is you, Goosey...

Look again please - DD couldn't have been more BOLD than give you a clue!

The last time I thoughtt about the spud up the exhaust trick was in a Saint story by Leslie Charteris, when Simon Templar does exactly that!