Conference thebay::joyoflex

    In poor taste, or cheap taste. Or gaudy appearance.

    Slightly sticky to the touch.

    A Queen Elisabeth toilet flushing system which plays "God save the
    Queen" when in operation.
    
    
    A Hab*tat convertible sofa/coffin 
    
    
    		

    
    Depend undergarments (adult diapers) with Elvis Presley applique's

    tacky:  adj - tackier, tackiest (1788): somewhat sticky to the touch
    - also: characterized by tack (adhesive).
    
    tacky:  adj - tackier, tackiest (1883):  (tacky - a low class person)
    - 1.  a: characterized by lack of good breeding : COMMON (a poor-white
    and untidy person...he, in short, was tacky - J.B. Cabell) b: SHABBY,
    SEEDY  2. a: marked by lack of style or good taste: DOWDY  b: marked
    by cheap showiness: GAUDY
    
    Webster's 9th new collegiate
    

    G'day,
    
    
    ... not forgetting - pertaining to the equipment for horse riding....
    
    
    djw
    

I thought it was a little bitty tack...

    Somewhat lacking in class, style etc. generally plastic like and
    the sort of thing that you'ld find in a Macdonalds

Re: .6

Of the three sets of definitions you give, I think

>    Webster's 9th new collegiate
    
is the one closest to the mark.

					>>>==>PStJTT

Where I come from they're the ones that usually live in council houses which 
they've named "Torremelinos" and drive Ford Cortinas or Anglias. There'll be
flowered wall-paper, flowered settees, flowered bed-spreads and porcelain 
ducks on the hall wall. Their window sills are cluttered with sea shells and 
there are gnomes in the garden. 

Their cars are plastered with stickers and in the back there's a little dog with
a nodding head and a bog roll (toilet paper) in an embroidered cover. 

When they go to the beach the men reveal their tattoos ("I love mum and dad")
and wear knotted hankerchieves on their heads and roll their trouser legs up
and the women have "kiss me quick" hats on. 

The kids usually wear wellington boots without socks, even in the summer, and 
the boys have names like "Jason", "Marvin" or "Justin" and the girls are
"Marilyn", "Mandy" or "Sheila". The kids usually know all about sex before 
reaching school entry age and are good at marbles, stone throwing, tree 
climbing, bullying, rugby or any rough sport in general. The kids insert 
earrings themselves with a hot safety pin after numbing the lobe first with a 
clothes peg. They collect birds' eggs instead of stamps, sleep rough in 
graveyards instead of camping with the boy scouts and drink milk from other 
people's door-steps. They make up most of the dunces in the class, but it 
doesn't bother them or their parents. To get their own back on their teachers 
they smear dog shit on the door handles of his or her car. 

Their dogs are usually strong mongrels called "Butch" or "Rover" and roam the 
whole estate alone without collars and even catch buses to get to a bitch on 
heat. The dogs have battle scars, at least one ear missing and often limp.

Their hobbies are drinking beer and playing darts and they're usually excellent
snooker players. They'll bet on anything from horses to whippets to ferrets.
They often keep pigeons in a loft they built themselves and sometimes keep 
budgies or canaries which they've taught to speak, although it's more often 
than not a collection of swear words.

Their favourite TV programmes are "Coronation street", "Crossroads", wrestling
and the Queen's speech on Christmas day.  

They're the ones at the fish and chip shop that eat rissoles drenched in 
vinegar and burp loudly. They say "ta very much" instead of "thank you", "I 
were" instead of "I was" and "them shoes" instead of "those shoes".

They are not interested in politics but inevitably vote labour. 

The men are good with their fists and the women are pretty neat at scratching 
and biting when it comes to a brawl. If they smoke then it's a "roll your own"
and the ash trays are usually in the shape of a skull.

They'll help you at any time of day or night, their front doors are never 
locked and they'd give you their last spoonful of sugar or scraping of magarine.

They're the salt of the earth.

    Kitschy.
    
    len.
    

Dear Fellow DECies,
 Well, Xmas time is almost here again!  And with the Holidays come lots of
 visitors. This year, why not be prepared?  
 Anyone who would like my pattern for crocheting a TP cover, just let me know!
 You have a choice of a little Xmas tree w/jingle bell on top or Frosty The
 Snowman w/cotton ball cheeks. These covers slide right over that spare roll of
 TP and are sure to delight all your guests, and it's practical 2!!!
                                                         - Madge

Madge,
    Neat idea!  Can you make up one that looks like a corn cob?  Or a Sears
Roebuck catalogue?

    Is "bog" still current?  I came across it as a bit of Victorian public
    school slang.  Please note that I live on the Western side of the
    Atlantic and, therefore, have no direct knowledge of such matters.
    
    -dave

    re. .15
    
    Yep, "bog" is still current - hardly restricted to "public" (i.e.
    private) schools either (I went to a state school in England). "Loo"
    is considered politer, however.
    
    John (A Brit in the US)