Date : Sat, 04 Feb 2006 14:08:26 +0000
From : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: Making a 3.5" Beeb floppy drive
In article <43E3D014.7050902@...>, Richard Gellman
<splodge@...> writes
>1. Box Standard - A basic set for the finanincally pushed providing
>hours of fun for the child, from whence we derive "Bog Standard",
>meaning "nothing special".
>
>2. Box Deluxe - The more expensive ultimate set for the construction
>enthusiast, from whence we derive (albeit through a lot of coloquial
>corruption) "Dog's Bollocks", meaning "the best you can get".
"Box deluxe ==> dog's bollocks" sounds very unlikely to me. I'm not
convinced of "box standard ==> bog standard" either.
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