Mastodawn

I need some assistance from our #British fediversian cousins. Found this joke in a list of top 50 funniest jokes from the #Telegraph published in 2010.

20. I met a Dutch girl with inflatable shoes last week, phoned her up to arrange a date but unfortunately she'd popped her clogs.

What does “popped her clogs” mean? TIA

Disclosure: the only one I laughed at was
49. A seal walks into a club...

Not proud of that, but it is what it is.

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BobDevney

@qurlyjoe

Hahaha! Thanks for sharing.

Dr. Google says the British slang term "pop your clogs" means "to die." Similar expression to "kick the bucket."

Not relevantly to your example, apparently it's also been expanded to mean "to rest or sleep deeply."

For further expressions along this line, see Monty Python's 1969 "Dead Parrot Sketch" ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaFDzTzKAT0

#Words #Language #Slang #Humor

Dead Parrot | Monty Python (Official Sketch)

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