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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9872891, member: 111"]Heh, thank you, just more nonsense from the author, making up a Dutch phrase - suspect she made up quite a bit in her article, though she does say that she consulted authorities "with meagre success", as they indicated they were unfamiliar with 'monkey spoons'. Suppose if no one is familiar with something you can just manufacture your own little story...</p><p><br /></p><p>So far as I know, 'sucking the monkey' is an old British term, referring to sailor's use of a straw to steal from a keg or draining a coconut, then filling it with rum, drinking surreptitiously through a straw. I have some bits about 'sucking the monkey' in my files, will hunt them up and post in a bit.</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9872891, member: 111"]Heh, thank you, just more nonsense from the author, making up a Dutch phrase - suspect she made up quite a bit in her article, though she does say that she consulted authorities "with meagre success", as they indicated they were unfamiliar with 'monkey spoons'. Suppose if no one is familiar with something you can just manufacture your own little story... So far as I know, 'sucking the monkey' is an old British term, referring to sailor's use of a straw to steal from a keg or draining a coconut, then filling it with rum, drinking surreptitiously through a straw. I have some bits about 'sucking the monkey' in my files, will hunt them up and post in a bit. ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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