Someone paid £240k for this....

[figmo]

One word: dickhead. ("work questionable")

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[littlebuhnee.livejournal.com]

*spits her juice out and laughs*

That's great!!

[cellio]

This has "hoax" written all over it to me, but nothing at Snopes so far. (Among things, I would be very surprised if that particular slang dates to the 16th century.)

[bardiclug.livejournal.com]

Well, it was reported on Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/plate_dc which lends it some credibility over Yahoo.

I think it's funny either way - although much funnier if true. :)

[aliza250.livejournal.com]

it's certainly a conversation piece.