Knickers & Dosh

Brought to you by Briticisms I enjoy, because I can't seem to form full sentences today.

bloody: a cuss word you can slip past American censors

bum: somehow less tacky than your butt

cack: crap

candy floss: makes cotton candy sound dentist-recommended

car park: an entertaining place for your car to wait for you

dosh: money that sounds like dessert

flat: easier to say than "apartment"

flog: to sell aggressively, as in to beat people over the head with ads

kerb: the "k" more accurately reflects my feelings when I trip on one

knickers: so much classier than underwear

ladder: accurate description for a run in your nylons

lift: what an elevator does

loo: nicer than a bathroom

maths: short for mathematics instead of "math." One math, two maths?

off your trolley: out of your mind.

on holiday: more festive than a vacation

on the pull: on the make; out to pick up a date

park the leopard: more exotic than blowing chunks

pile of pants: load of crap

scarper: to escape

slag: to dis

torch: makes every flashlight occasion a cave-crawling-amongst-mummies occasion

Photos today? YES

Today around the world: August 4 is Coast Guard Day in the U.S., a day for protecting your eye-opening soap.