Sep 15 2009
In praise of Spotted Dick
Over the years numerous individuals and groups have sought to change the name of various things and the well-known pudding, Spotted Dick, has been right up there among the most maligned. Of course, with a name like that it will come in for immature, even puerile, comments from the sniggering schoolboy types amongst us – some more than old enough to know better.
But, when you change the name of something you should be damn sure you change it for the better – Spotted Richard doesn’t really make the grade does it?
Richard is short for Richard the Third, Cockney rhyming slang. It’s got a number of meanings one of which is ‘turd’ (shit).
So, all of you sensitive souls who didn’t want to ask for Spotted Dick enjoy your ‘Turd and Custard’ and stop your meddling. After all, you know Jack anyway. (That’s Jack Shit, by the way, or bugger all basically)!
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