"Check to see if my bicycle is still there"

[Dennis R. Preston]

No, no, no. Not throw a peacock but "show a peacock's tail" (throw up).

Poor Barry.

dInIs

>I'M GOING TO CHECK TO SEE IF MY BICYCLE IS STILL THERE--My tour
>guide said this is going to the bathroom, perhaps like "see a man
>about a dog."  He could be wrong, though.
>
>THROW A PEACOCK--Throw up.
>
>NICKNAMES:
>DIRTIES--Gypsies
>PEPIKI--Czech
>SZWABY, SZKOPY--Germans
>
>GRILL BAR--Another bar.
>
>NEW YORK CITY PIZZA--A chain.  See www.pizzanewyork.pl.
>"DON PABLO" PIZZA--Most of the pizza places have the normal pies,
>but I noticed that several have a "Don Pablo" pizza.  My guide never
>heard of it.  I didn't see the ingredients listed.
>
>PROVERB:
>"Pissing without farting is like a wedding without an orchestra."
>(That's the best "Polish proverb/saying" my guide could come up with
>today--ed.)

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Dennis R. Preston
Department of Linguistics and Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
preston at pilot.msu.edu
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