From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Wed Sep 14 2005 - 05:03:09 PDT
"It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide" is from "Mad Magazine
Takes a Look at British Movies" but now we need to find out what British
movie is being quoted. As they say on MSNBC "We will report BACK as soon as
we have more info." (Ever try to report "ahead"?)
apb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce C. Beattie" <bruce@EECS.Berkeley.EDU>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Translation
> Funny you should say that Arthur, I remember bringing a sitar back from
> india to give to
> my brother.
> As for the translation, I will have to talk to my friends accross the
pond.
> Bruce
>
> m35products wrote:
>
> >Close, but no sitar.
> >
> >Crackers=crazy
> >Rozzer=cop
> >Dropsey=bribe
> >Snide=counterfeit(money)
> >
> >apb
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bruce C. Beattie" <bruce@EECS.Berkeley.EDU>
> >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:31 PM
> >Subject: [MV] Translation
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>One of our illustrious members produced the following phrase, which I
> >>thought
> >>was a bit of a stretch for most of us colonials. So I asked a friend for
> >>a translation
> >>and this is what I got:
> >>
> >>"It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsey in snide"
> >>
> >>Crackers *means * crazy
> >>Rozzer *means *police officer
> >>Dropsey *means *getting away .....
> >>Snide *means *sly underhanded, crafty...
> >>
> >>Bruce MVPA 23824
> >>
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