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* {{PP|134|25}} "Swossage!" | * {{PP|134|25}} "Swossage!" | ||
| − | Mr. Punch traditionally craves sausages (as do all of his rivals) and steals them whenever he gets a chance. The strange sausage or "banger" described here (banger being an English sausage) seems to be in the shape of an aerial bomb or missile. | + | Mr. Punch traditionally craves sausages (as do all of his rivals) and steals them whenever he gets a chance. The strange sausage or "banger" described here (banger being an English sausage) seems to be in the shape of an [[w:aerial bomb|aerial bomb]] or missile. |
A running joke in some versions of the show is that Punch is unable to pronounce the word "sausages" and instead calls them swossages, squashages, etc. Sometimes he is half-aware of this disability and illogically tells the audience, "I can't say sausages, so I say swossages." | A running joke in some versions of the show is that Punch is unable to pronounce the word "sausages" and instead calls them swossages, squashages, etc. Sometimes he is half-aware of this disability and illogically tells the audience, "I can't say sausages, so I say swossages." | ||
[[Category:Chapter 14]] | [[Category:Chapter 14]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:36, 17 November 2017
- (134:25) "Swossage!"
Mr. Punch traditionally craves sausages (as do all of his rivals) and steals them whenever he gets a chance. The strange sausage or "banger" described here (banger being an English sausage) seems to be in the shape of an aerial bomb or missile.
A running joke in some versions of the show is that Punch is unable to pronounce the word "sausages" and instead calls them swossages, squashages, etc. Sometimes he is half-aware of this disability and illogically tells the audience, "I can't say sausages, so I say swossages."