Arny said:

"The Devil" wrote in message
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On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 05:58:29 -0500, dave weil
wrote:

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 05:10:10 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

But, in the UK, spotted dick is a kind of pudding. The spots are
currants.

So, I guess you're (sic) idea of "idiomatic expression" differs from the
rest of the known universe, eh Arnold. The rest of us would just
consider "spotted dick" the name of something.

I must admit that did make me laugh rather a lot. One can only guess
what the idiomatic expression 'spotted dick' actually means. I always
thought it was the name of a horrible currant pudding. Perhaps Arnii
is thinking of acned youth.

?????

I guess that idiomatic expression just went over your head.

Dip****.

Boon