Bostonians abroad: Packies
By adamg - Mon, 10/01/2007 - 9:28pm.
Noelle reports:
I just moved to San Fran, and I asked what time the packies closed - my coworker told me that the airport will ship packages 24/7.
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wrong link?
link goes to "Packie", not to Noelle's blog.
Right link (for a change)
It's the last comment on that page.
If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body, Would You...
Just a quick reminder that in most of the English-speaking world "packie" will be heard as a racist slur against South Asians. I am haunted by the thought of well-meaning and friendly Hub types buttonholing Londoners or Torontonians, shouting "Hey you, where's the packie at?" and getting bloody noses.
Could be worse
At least he wasn't asking where he could get some fags.
Conversely
My wife looked at her British boss kind of funny the first time he asked her for a rubber.
British hospitality
I determined the British were more friendly than reputed when our hosts offered to knock my friend Christine up in the morning.
And did they offer her
Some spotted dick?
Which, for some folks, at least...
Is preferable to toad in the hole.
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
Jimmies
It's just like the term "jimmies". When I first moved to the Northeast and got an ice cream cone, I was surprised that I could get condoms on top for 50 cents! By the way, we call "jimmies" "sprinkles" back home (Kentucky).
my wife just ran down to the
my wife just ran down to the packie to get some rubbers because we are picking up some fags tonight