I'm sure I remember Master Bates. Roger means to well roger someone - the cabin boy for example.. nt

Posted by Tiggy on March 31, 2001 at 13:03:35:

In Reply to: Snopes.com says thats an urban legend though posted by Cory on March 30, 2001 at 19:54:31:

: Snopes.com is one of the best sites on the internet for proving or debunking urban legends, myths, folklore, and rumors. Here's a link to it.

: By the way, whats so sick about Roger the Cabin Boy? Is Roger slang in England?

: -Cory

: : I am always interested in cultural differences, especially linguistic ones.

: : Here there was a programme called 'Captain Pugwash', a kids cartoon about a group of rather congenial pirates.

: : Two of the characters were Seaman Staines and Master Bates.

: : We also had a programme called 'Rainbow' where a male froglike character called Zippy, regularly went to bed with a pink male hippopotamus type character called George who carried a handbag and wore curlers in bed.

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• Roger someone? We don't use the word that way here. Does it mean to um...F someone? Cory [nt] 19:32:03 03/31/01 (0)

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