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  1. Original post
    Tony Raven
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    The Oxford English Dictionary is on the brink of recognising one of the
    biggest problems of helmets it would seem:

    DRAFT ADDITIONS MARCH 2005

    helmet, n.

    * helmet hair colloq., (a) a hairstyle resembling a helmet, typically
    smooth and relatively short and often held rigidly in place with
    hairspray or a similar product; (b) a disarranged or flattened head of
    hair caused by wearing a helmet; cf. *hat hair s.v. HAT n.; so
    helmet-haired a.

    --
    Tony

    "The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
    right."
    - Lord Hailsham

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  2. John_Kane
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    Tony Raven said:

    The Oxford English Dictionary is on the brink of recognising one of the
    biggest problems of helmets it would seem:

    DRAFT ADDITIONS MARCH 2005

    helmet, n.

    * helmet hair colloq., (a) a hairstyle resembling a helmet, typically
    smooth and relatively short and often held rigidly in place with
    hairspray or a similar product; (b) a disarranged or flattened head of
    hair caused by wearing a helmet; cf. *hat hair s.v. HAT n.; so
    helmet-haired a.

    Are't you breaking the Official Secrets Act or something by leaking
    this? OTOH it may be handy if we have to go to the legislature.
    «Madame Chair, the problem is serious enough that it is recognized by
    the OED»
    John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

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  3. POHB
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    * helmet
    Noun. The head of the penis, being similar in shape.

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  4. Ambrose Nankivell
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    POHB said:

    * helmet
    Noun. The head of the penis, being similar in shape.

    I was going to hit you for that one, but only managed a glansing blow.

    --
    Ambrose

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  5. wafflycat
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    "Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    POHB said:

    * helmet
    Noun. The head of the penis, being similar in shape.

    I was going to hit you for that one, but only managed a glansing blow.

    Well, on the plus side, and in the same vein, he didn't get shafted.

    Cheers, helen s

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  6. Danny Colyer
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    POHB said:

    * helmet
    Noun. The head of the penis, being similar in shape.

    In future, I fear I may experience difficulty in refraining from
    referring to my helmet cover as a foreskin.

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    <URL:http://www.colyer.plus.com/danny/>
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  7. Tony Raven
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    Danny Colyer said:
    POHB said:

    * helmet
    Noun. The head of the penis, being similar in shape.

    In future, I fear I may experience difficulty in refraining from
    referring to my helmet cover as a foreskin.

    What does that make me with neither helmet nor cover?

    --
    Tony

    "The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
    right."
    - Lord Hailsham

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  8. Mike Causer
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    Tony Raven said:

    What does that make me with neither helmet nor cover?

    Lingally disadvantaged.

    Mike

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  9. Peter Keller
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    wafflycat said:


    "Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    POHB said:

    * helmet
    Noun. The head of the penis, being similar in shape.

    I was going to hit you for that one, but only managed a glansing blow.

    Well, on the plus side, and in the same vein, he didn't get shafted.

    Cheers, helen s

    Which vein? The thick wriggly one?

    Peter

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  10. Nick Kew
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    Tony Raven said:
    Danny Colyer said:
    POHB said:

    * helmet
    Noun. The head of the penis, being similar in shape.

    In future, I fear I may experience difficulty in refraining from
    referring to my helmet cover as a foreskin.

    What does that make me with neither helmet nor cover?


    Well, if forewarned is forearmed, I leave foreskinned as an
    exercise for the reader.

    Hand optional.

    --
    not me guv

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  11. Tony Raven
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    Nick Kew said:


    Well, if forewarned is forearmed, I leave foreskinned as an
    exercise for the reader.

    Something about bicycles being for play?

    --
    Tony

    "The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
    right."
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  12. Just zis Guy, you know?
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    On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:20:57 +0000, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>
    said in <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Well, if forewarned is forearmed, I leave foreskinned as an
    exercise for the reader.


    Something about bicycles being for play?

    This is getting prepuceterous.

    Guy
    --
    http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

    "To every complex problem there is a solution which is
    simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

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  13. Alan Braggins
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    In article said:
    Danny Colyer said:
    POHB said:

    * helmet
    Noun. The head of the penis, being similar in shape.

    In future, I fear I may experience difficulty in refraining from
    referring to my helmet cover as a foreskin.

    What does that make me with neither helmet nor cover?

    Female?

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