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Can you think of any disparaging funny harmless names to call people ,such as " Moon calf ,Jabber Nackle or Hobbidy Oik....

Can you name the films they were used in and the actor that said them. . :) 

Posted - April 16, 2019

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  • 4624
    I was called "Hairy" at boarding school.

    Due to my father's insistence that "a woman's hair is her crowning glory" - he was born in 1902 - my hair had not been cut since I was born. At 12, the plaits hung to half way down my thighs. When it was loose I looked like Cousin It from The Adams Family.

    The tone of voice was always affectionate so I didn't mind.
      April 17, 2019 12:57 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    I feel exactly as you do...how can you take offence when things are funny and not meant to offend.....:) 
      April 17, 2019 2:37 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    A fliberty gibbite, a will 'o the wisp, a clown


    (How do you solve a problem like Maria?
    How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
    How do you find a word that means Maria?
    A flibbertigibbet! A will-o'-the wisp! A clown!)

    How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria lyrics

     
    Album: The Sound of Music

    She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee
    Her dress has got a tear
    She waltzes on her way to Mass
    And whistles on the stair
    And underneath her wimple
    She has curlers in her hair
    I even heard her singing in the abbey

    She's always late for chapel
    But her penitence is real
    She's always late for everything
    Except for every meal
    I hate to have to say it
    But I very firmly feel
    Maria's not an asset to the abbey

    I'd like to say a word in her behalf
    Maria... makes me...laugh

    How do you solve a problem like Maria?
    How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
    How do you find a word that means Maria?
    A flibbertigibbet! A will-o'-the wisp! A clown!

    Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
    Many a thing she ought to understand
    But how do you make her stay
    And listen to all you say
    How do you keep a wave upon the sand?

    Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
    How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?

    When I'm with her I'm confused
    Out of focus and bemused
    And I never know exactly where I am
    Unpredictable as weather
    She's as flighty as a feather
    She's a darling! She's a demon! She's a lamb!

    She'd out pester any pest
    Drive a hornet from its nest
    She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl
    She is gentle! She is wild!
    She's a riddle! She's a child!
    She's a headache! She's an angel!
    She's a girl!

    How do you solve a problem like Maria?
    How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
    How do you find a word that means Maria?
    A flibbertigibbet! A will-o'-the wisp! A clown!

    Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
    Many a thing she ought to understand
    But how do you make her stay
    And listen to all you say
    How do you keep a wave upon the sand

    Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
    How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?

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    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at April 17, 2019 3:31 PM MDT
      April 17, 2019 9:52 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    I never realised that you were a poet and could wax lyrical...:) 
      April 17, 2019 3:47 PM MDT
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