Spike Milligan - Preparation Ouch

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[@ronaldkelly5301]

First, the name was Chalfont St. Giles after the town and, second there was a Preparation H for this ailment, hence the word "Ouch"

[@flashtheoriginal]

".....Yes, send your farmer's packing with Preparation Ouch!" Classic. Absolutely tip top stuff.

[@russellherbert9670]

Funny,nuff said

[@malcolmcog]

I could do with some of that for me chalfonts. They are like a bunch of stinging grapes.

[@outtagoodnamesdangit]

I had to go on a journey through British slang to get why they called it "farmers." For my fellow Americans: British (usually Cockney) rhyming slang is this thing where the real word is replaced with a word that rhymes with it. As in "apples and pears" for "stairs," etc. But hemorrhoids are sometimes called "piles" so it can be called "Chalfonts on Giles" or "Farmer Giles," but now they've dropped the "Giles" parts a lot of the time. So, yeah, it's rhyming slang that doesn't rhyme.

[@fridgemagnet]

same with the term 'berk' used as an insult in the UK, it's short for Berkeley Hunt. No prizes for guessing what that is rhyming slang for.

[@russellherbert9670]

Spike was a British comedy hero

[@russellherbert9670]

He was, British parents , fought in the British army in ww2, hear his British accent when he spoke

[@ImperatorPenguin]

I trust any medication that has to be aplied with a submarine.

[@malcolmdale]

In case you aren't familiar with cockney rhyming slang "let's have a butchers' at your plates" would mean let's have a look at your feet. Butchers' hook = look and plates of meat = feet. So farmer Giles = piles. get it? Got it? Gooood..

[@jjdecani]

"It's the farmers". Love it.

[@PatrioticandProud73]

Absolutely Hilarious!