# London\_Calling. . . stop harrassing me! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 8, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968 "2002-08-08T15:22:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/1 "2002-08-08T15:22:35Z")
Every time I turn on the stupid T.V. there you are with that damned monotone droning on and on about a stinking car I can’t afford. I can’t even afford one of those cheap things everybody’s driving now. Yea, everyone in Jericho’s got a Ja-gee-war. Everyone in Brooklyn’s got a stinkin’ Ja-gee-war. Stop calling me London-- I can’t pronounce the damned thing, much less pay for one. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/2 "2002-08-08T15:31:17Z")
Jag-yoo-arr ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/3 "2002-08-08T15:44:02Z")
I know yoo-arr, but what am I? ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/4 "2002-08-08T16:43:31Z")
I got my car at the Hundred Acre Wood autoplex. They called it a Jag-you-lar. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/5 "2002-08-08T16:43:45Z")
So thats what L\_C is up to. selling Second Hand Jaguars. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/6 "2002-08-08T17:12:20Z")
I guess the Clash finally realized they no longer matter and decided to cash in. More proof that earnest young lefties turn into crotchety old conservatives. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/7 "2002-08-08T17:18:06Z")
Actually there’s a question I meant to ask the man himself in London and since he may look in here I’ll do it here. Is it a Clash thing or is it the BBC “This is London Calling”. The Clash got it from the BBC but which was the inspiration for your good self? ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/8 "2002-08-08T17:34:56Z")
Argh! Don’t even get me started on the fact that Ford made Jag produce an ‘affordable’ car. I hate Ford. JuanitaTech, who thought London\_Calling was harassing Biggirl by planting baby squirrel tails on her fire escape and keeping vintage Latin jazz CDs from being produced. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/9 "2002-08-08T18:06:04Z")
Poor guy’s gonna feel persecuted iffin he reads this :\> ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/10 "2002-08-08T18:09:53Z")
Lemme tell ya **Juanita** , around these parts even the baby squirrels got them their own Jags with CD players. They mock me by playing Willie Colon as they drive by waving their hairless tails. Although I must admit that London Calling is a better song for a car commercial than Thick as a Brick. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/11 "2002-08-08T18:18:41Z")
I passed a billboard this morning that said London\_Calling and I thought of this board right off. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/12 "2002-08-09T11:21:42Z")
Gawd blimey, luv ! If you ain’t got the dosh for a pucka jam jar, fings mus’av gone seriously Pete Tong. As it 'appens, cos you’re a top bird, next time I’m in your manor I’ll send round the chauffeur for a right tear up. Actually, **biggirl** , I worry you’re showing distinct symptoms of being a good, hard-working hamster. Matron recommends a daily dose of anti-consumer envy pills and regular exercise – preferably a weekly storming of capitalist bastions > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minty green \* > More proof that earnest young lefties turn into crotchety old conservatives. I wondered when you’d finally get around to mentioning my crotch. A different kind of envy, I guess… > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimbo \* > Is it a Clash thing or is it the BBC “This is London Calling”. The Clash got it from the BBC but which was the inspiration for your good self? IIRC, The Clash was playing in the background when I first signed up (on CD or radio – the neighbours would have kicked up a terrible stink had the boys set up in the living room) and I needed a name. This one seemed okay as it had a few angles (the band were part of my formative years, the contrary imagery of the tweed waistcoated, BBC announcer, where I live)…I did think of ‘Lost in the Supermarket’, ‘London’s Burning’, etc. but this one seemed just the ticket. BTW, never been a fan of Jag-yew-are’s. As my mother used to say about my predilection for a certain kind of girlies: “All fur coat and no knickers” – Jags just don’t get the blood pumping. Too ‘fat, smug capitalist’ for me, and not enough fun to drive. But what do I know… Got to dash ! The chauffeurs outside and Harrod’s Food Hall beckons. Tally ho… ---
**Author:** ![VDarlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@VDarlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VDarlin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/13 "2002-08-09T11:46:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > **I did think of ‘Lost in the Supermarket’, ‘London’s Burning’, etc. but this one seemed just the ticket.** While I understand the tie in of your location, to the London\_Calling name, ya know, you could put “Lost in the supermarket”, just to spice things up a little. If you don’t, I might. 😉 ~V ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/14 "2002-08-09T11:56:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > **Gawd blimey, luv ! If you ain’t got the dosh for a pucka jam jar, fings mus’av gone seriously Pete Tong. As it 'appens, cos you’re a top bird, next time I’m in your manor I’ll send round the chauffeur for a right tear up.** Lord God, he’s finally gone bonkers. Or is this finally proof that American English and well…English English are finally diverging into two complete seperate languages? ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/15 "2002-08-09T12:39:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > \*\* > > BTW, never been a fan of Jag-yew-are’s. As my mother used to say about my predilection for a certain kind of girlies: “All fur coat and no knickers” – Jags just don’t get the blood pumping. \*\* Um, speaking for myself, the girlies with fur coats and no knickers get my blood pumping somewhat faster than a car… ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/16 "2002-08-10T13:10:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Lord God, he’s finally gone bonkers. > > Or is this finally proof that American English and well…English English are finally diverging into two complete seperate languages? \*\* Nah, he’s not gone bonkers. Well, not any more than usual, anyway. What you witnessed above were a few examples of Cockney Rhyming Slang. It’s a weird phenomenon, but the gist of it is subsituting key words in a sentence with something (seemingly) nonsensical that rhymes with it. So, here we go: \*Gawd blimey, luv ! If you ain’t got the dosh for a pucka jam jar, fings mus’av gone seriously Pete Tong. \* Would translate into English as: “Lord almighty, love! If you do not have sufficient financial means to own an automobile (_“pucka jam jar” rhymes with car_), things ust have gone seriously wrong (_“Pete Tong” rhymes with wrong, although I don’t know who Pete Tong is_).” And: _As it 'appens, cos you’re a top bird, next time I’m in your manor I’ll send round the chauffeur for a right tear up._ This one’s easier, right? “Just because you’re a great gal, I’ll send by my chauffeur to take you for a good spin (_presumably in a car_) next time I’ in town.” And to top this one off, a question: **what in the name of Hitlers left testicle does a song called “London Calling” have to do with Jaguar, a automobile factory which produces its fine vehicles [sub]and a few sub-par refurbished Mondeos[/sub] in COVENTRY??** That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Tuco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/17 "2002-08-10T15:15:15Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\* > things ust have gone seriously wrong (_“Pete Tong” rhymes with wrong, although I don’t know who Pete Tong is\*)." > \*\* Pete Tong’s a (very rich) club DJ. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/18 "2002-08-10T16:13:35Z")
How many tuppences, thruppences, crowns, bobs and schillings does a jag-war cost, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![Tuco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/19 "2002-08-10T18:40:39Z")
You can tell how bored I am… > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rysdad \* > \*\*How many tuppences, thruppences, crowns, bobs and schillings does a jag-war cost, I wonder? \*\* I’ve no ida what a jag-war is, but a jag-you-are costs 2,767,500 tuppences, 1,845,000 thruppences, 221,400 crowns and 1,157,000 bob/shillings. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968/20 "2002-08-10T18:44:47Z")
**London\_Calling**'s a diamond geezer, knawhatimean, John? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london_calling-stop-harrassing-me/122968.md?page=2)