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"Take it to [insert proper forum] Spanky."

Which poster started that? It seems this phrase caught on.

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@vivify said
"Move it to [insert proper forum] Spanky."

Which poster started that? It seems this phrase caught on.
That's so far back in the annals of RHP lore that I don't remember who first said it, but it has been around as long as I can remember. It did take off quickly and was copied by many right off the bat, though. It was already RHP history when I got here.

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It is probably derived from "Go spank your monkey, mate!" More graphic and immediately understandable than the cockney "You're a merchant banker, mate!" whilst still being genteel and tastefully euphemistic.


Don't be such a spanker!

Arise from your spanking chariot and get a job!

Wrong forum, spanky!

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@fmf said
It is probably derived from "Go spank your monkey, mate!" More graphic and immediately understandable than the cockney "You're a merchant banker, mate!" whilst still being genteel and tastefully euphemistic.
Spanking the Monkey
Spanking the Monkey is another term for masturbating, otherwise known as beating your meat, slapping the ham, tugging the tiger, jerkin the gerkin, or stroking the sausage.

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I had no idea 🙂


@drewnogal said
Spanking the Monkey is another term for masturbating, otherwise known as beating your meat, slapping the ham, tugging the tiger, jerkin the gerkin, or stroking the sausage.
Oh, dear. I find the word "masturbating" to be altogether too biological. "Stroking the sausage", in the other hand [or fist], seems more poetic.

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@drewnogal said
Spanking the Monkey
Spanking the Monkey is another term for masturbating, otherwise known as beating your meat, slapping the ham, tugging the tiger, jerkin the gerkin, or stroking the sausage.

urbandictionary.com

I had no idea 🙂
The lyrics to 'I Got The Six' by ZZ Top give a big clue. I seem to remember that getting played at the time on stations that seemed to rule out a lot of things so seemingly its an expression that hides in plain sight.



@drewnogal said
Spanking the Monkey
Spanking the Monkey is another term for masturbating, otherwise known as beating your meat, slapping the ham, tugging the tiger, jerkin the gerkin, or stroking the sausage.

urbandictionary.com

I had no idea 🙂
😠 That's my lunch ruined.

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-Removed-
That thread was a "who's who" of that time period.

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@drewnogal said
Spanking the Monkey
Spanking the Monkey is another term for masturbating, otherwise known as beating your meat, slapping the ham, tugging the tiger, jerkin the gerkin, or stroking the sausage.

urbandictionary.com

I had no idea 🙂
Lol!

The finishing "I had no idea" totally makes that post.


@relentless-red said
The lyrics to 'I Got The Six' by ZZ Top give a big clue. I seem to remember that getting played at the time on stations that seemed to rule out a lot of things so seemingly its an expression that hides in plain sight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGlx_Kq8qe0
Best ZZTop album ever.

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@FMF
Or indeed a North England term of phrase: "Time duyu call this?!!, "You been havin an 'Ham Shank'?" Ham - as in meat, Shank (collocal) kill off, eat etc🤔👍🚬


As this is a chess site I prefer 'bashing the Bishop'.