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The Full Monty #31 (permalink) Tue May 23, 2006 9:34 am   The Full Monty
 

Fan of Arabian horses wrote:
Sorry Conchita, I have no clue what Doing Full Monty means. I only hope that I?ve not been too vivd and colourful again. :roll:

You can never be too vivid and colourful, Michael, (as far as I'm concerned), so don't you worry about that :) !

The Full Monthy here refers to a striptease (following your comment about letting your trousers down). It’s the title of a hilarious comedy film about a group of laid-off steel workers in Sheffield, who decide to become strippers. You must see it if you have the opportunity!

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Full_Monty)

The expression ‘go for the full monty/do the full monty’ means to do something as complete as possible. For example, if you decide to organise a party and want it to be special, you could say: “Let’s go for the full monty”, meaning: “We might just as well throw the party in grand style”.[/url]
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9 Things I Hate About Everyone #32 (permalink) Tue May 23, 2006 10:30 am   9 Things I Hate About Everyone
 

Hi again!

English is really a vivid and colourful language! 8) So I?ll do the full monty, don?t beat about/around the bush any longer. Without keeping a dog and barking myself I?ll spill the beans about my theory concerning Oscar Konnec! It is the explanation for Technicians mainly! :wink:

The tale says that Oscar Konnec had been a controller at the first production lines which FORD had. His duty was to controll the manufactured single parts and to fillful forms about them. Every manufactued single part had such a form to sign its correct manufacturing and the form stayed with the part. As Oscar Konnec had been known as a very, very precisious controller the following work steps could rely on the parts he had controlled. And every form he filled full was underlined by O.K. So the workers at FORD began saying if they?ve got a part underlined by Oscar Konnec that it is OK But I think it is only a tale too!

What do you think about that?

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9 Things I Hate About Everyone #33 (permalink) Tue May 23, 2006 21:01 pm   9 Things I Hate About Everyone
 

Hi Michael,
I thoroughly believe it!
I love this explanation.
Oscar Konnec, That's a good one.
I always wanted to know where OK came from.
Thanks bro :)
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9 Things I Hate About Everyone #34 (permalink) Tue May 23, 2006 21:32 pm   9 Things I Hate About Everyone
 

Hi Spencer!

Havn?t met you for a long time! :cry: For so more I?m happy to meet you here. Reading the link which Conchita refers to you will be confused as I am again about the growing up of OK! But it doesn?t matter. Have you read the topic "Are you afraid of making decisions?" actually? I have invited Cristina to join to our deal. I thought that I could do that with your agreement. Hey bro, I have read that our flock of Red Indians has a new sister yet? Nice, let?s grow up to a www flock.

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