Posted by dorayme on 12/16/03 11:29

> From: Neredbojias <neredbojias@neredbojias.com>
>
>> Here, an "old geezer" usually means "an old man", "geezer" remaining unused
>> and undefined.
>
> A taxidermist from Adelaide told me once that in Australia, a "geezer"
> was someone who de-feathered gooses. Of course this was a long time
> ago, but I'm sure the words "feather" and "goose" were in there
> somewhere.

Perhaps I overstated things, "geezer" on its own is not unheard
of down under, just rarer... As a child, I used to misspell the
word for geyser (my mother used the word for a bathroom water
heating appliance). I know how off topic it would be if I
explained how come I ever had to write it down so I better leave
it till I need text to illustrate a point in html/css...
(instead of a boring old Lorem Ipsum...)

dorayme

oh yeah, I know that taxidermist you mention, he does my cats...
He is a bit of a bullshit artist...

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