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Posted May 15, 2002 by BadZen
In Australia, pants are trousers, trousers are pants, underpants go underneath them, and a "melvin" is a "wedgie".

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Posted Jun 11, 2002 by cafram - in the states.
...and then, of course, there's the atomic wedgie winkeye

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Posted Jul 19, 2002 by Kes
<eyeswater> cdouble

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Posted Nov 16, 2004 by TRiG (Ireland) Human rights under attack in Uganda. Look it up. Excellent coverage on the blog "Box Turtle Bulletin"
I'd never heard of 'Melvins' before reading this article. I've always known them as 'wedgies'.

(I'm from the republic.)

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Posted Dec 20, 2004 by Captain_Sanity
Clearly the author invented the term "melvin" - marvelous name though it is. Wedgies around the world.

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Posted Dec 20, 2004 by cafram - in the states.
nono! 'Melvin' is in Bill and Ted - the one with the Grim Reaper.

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Posted Jan 12, 2005 by TRiG (Ireland) Human rights under attack in Uganda. Look it up. Excellent coverage on the blog "Box Turtle Bulletin"
Define, please.

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Posted Sep 15, 2005 by TRiG (Ireland) Human rights under attack in Uganda. Look it up. Excellent coverage on the blog "Box Turtle Bulletin"
"Bill and Ted - the one with the Grim Reaper"

What on earth are you talking about, cafram?

And while you're about it, what's an atomic wedgie whan it's at home?


TRiG.biggrin

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Posted Aug 20, 2007 by Gnomon [See A60420098 for details of new sign-in system]
"Bill and Ted, the one with the Grim Reaper" is the second "Bill and Ted" film, officially known as "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey". It is an American film.

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Posted Aug 20, 2007 by BadZen
And funny!

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