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"And upside down pineapple is a swinger signal according to urban legend. If one is placed in your window it alerts other swingers to pop round and toss their car keys in the fruitbowl. " Thank you | |||
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"Like pampas grass! Upside down pineapple sign of a swinger! I remember when at work as a online shopper one tote had a couple pineapples pineapple juice and 2 bowles(in my mind they were for keys lol) and nothing else for that customer it did make my tiny mind smile! x"Thank you. I had heard the pampas grass one before, surprisingly from my female boss who confesses to not having sex for 14 years and counting | |||
"Also if they have pampas grass in the garden "And a big sign above the front door saying "GET IT HERE" you know your in there  | |||
"I see the phrase pineapple appear on Fab a lot, but no idea what it means. Can anyone explain?" # Okay, so here's a (very) brief history of the Pineapple... Discovery of the New World meant discovery of the Pineapple, however during the Age of Sail transport was slow and Europe had no way to grow tropical fruit natively. The King of Spain may have been the first European ruler to see / eat them, but the story goes for the English King that a (literal) boatload of pineapples were transported but only one wasn't rotten by the time it reached the King's plate. As you can imagine, Pineapples went down a storm on Eurpoean palettes. They were thought to even have a regal look to them. Due to their expense and exotic nature they quickly became a symbol of extreme wealth and power - something only the ruling classes could afford (but also something that sailors could attain - come back to this point in a minute). Fast forward a bit and greenhouses came to Europe and boom, suddenly we had a way to grow tropical fruits - including pineapples. However this was still a very expensive enterprise and the pineapple was still only readily available to the wealthy aristocracy. Here's the crazy part: they were more valued as a social status symbol than as food. So people would throw parties and rent - yes rent - out pineapples to use as display pieces on the dining tables and entryways etc. They would rent them out repeatedly until they were rotten. Too expensive to buy, and certainly too expensive to eat! Fast forward some more and a couple of interesting consequences have emerged from this. The pineapple made its way into architecture. You ever notice a stone pineapple carved into the pillars of hotels? Or the gateposts of country manors? Or adorned the tops of metal railings outside old buildings? The pineapple evolded to not only symbolise wealth and social status but also of welcome and hospitality. Now, back to the sailors (and their wives). As you can imagine, exotic goods were more easily accessible to sailors than they were to the rest of Joe public. This includes the pineapple. Sailors would often bring pineapples home with them from their long sea voyages. It wasn't socially acceptable for a sailor's wife to entertain while the husband was at sea, and certainly not other men - oh no! So here's what happened, when sailors would return home with their pineapples, one would be placed in the window because, as we've established, the pineapple was a very cool and hip status symbol. And it was also a symbol of welcome and hospitality. Therefore, seeing pineapples in the window told everyone "hey, husbands home, you can all come round now and we can entertain again!" Here's an interesting twist, however! We all hear about "men have needs" and long sea voyages were terrible to endure. We also know that those sailors, those poor, good men, would satisfy those needs at any given port with the help of some of the, uh, local attractions. But what of the wives at home? Well, turns out - brace yourself - women also have "needs" too! Left alone at home for long periods turned out to be just as hard on the women as it was for the men out at sea. So it wasn't completely unknown for sailor's wives to have, ah, 'gentleman callers' whilst husband was away. Therefore, whilst the official, socially acceptable reason for placing a pineapple in the window was to say "welcome in, husbands home, we can have friends over", the unofficial, socially unacceptable message was "husband is home, no gentleman callers at this time, please and thank you". Phew, fast forward to modern times and you can kinda see out of all that how and why the pineapple has become a symbol of swingers!   | |||
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"Because bellends need a symbol to brag, and the pineapple is such symbol. The mr " Whoa that’s a touch harsh! I got a pineapple tattoo a few years ago as at that time the pineapple/swinger thing was just taking off in the USA but hadn’t reached the UK yet, so it was a little private joke between us, that reminded us of our ‘other’ life - definitely not a bragging thing. Fast forward to now and the symbol is everywhere - and I’m stuck with the tattoo!! | |||
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"The beer in my pic I thought was hilarious." Sorry I couldn't see a beer. Boobies | |||
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"I knew about pampas grass but not the pineapple. That choice of fruit seems a little... disconcerting "Banana is understandable,but pineapple?? | |||
"Also if they have pampas grass in the garden "And fabmetofuckme as a house name | |||
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"I will confess that my daughter told me about pampas grass. Her English teacher educated the entire GCSE class as to its meaning while they were analysing poetry that mentioned it! "School has changed since my day. | |||
"I see the phrase pineapple appear on Fab a lot, but no idea what it means. Can anyone explain?# Okay, so here's a (very) brief history of the Pineapple... Discovery of the New World meant discovery of the Pineapple, however during the Age of Sail transport was slow and Europe had no way to grow tropical fruit natively. The King of Spain may have been the first European ruler to see / eat them, but the story goes for the English King that a (literal) boatload of pineapples were transported but only one wasn't rotten by the time it reached the King's plate. As you can imagine, Pineapples went down a storm on Eurpoean palettes. They were thought to even have a regal look to them. Due to their expense and exotic nature they quickly became a symbol of extreme wealth and power - something only the ruling classes could afford (but also something that sailors could attain - come back to this point in a minute). Fast forward a bit and greenhouses came to Europe and boom, suddenly we had a way to grow tropical fruits - including pineapples. However this was still a very expensive enterprise and the pineapple was still only readily available to the wealthy aristocracy. Here's the crazy part: they were more valued as a social status symbol than as food. So people would throw parties and rent - yes rent - out pineapples to use as display pieces on the dining tables and entryways etc. They would rent them out repeatedly until they were rotten. Too expensive to buy, and certainly too expensive to eat! Fast forward some more and a couple of interesting consequences have emerged from this. The pineapple made its way into architecture. You ever notice a stone pineapple carved into the pillars of hotels? Or the gateposts of country manors? Or adorned the tops of metal railings outside old buildings? The pineapple evolded to not only symbolise wealth and social status but also of welcome and hospitality. Now, back to the sailors (and their wives). As you can imagine, exotic goods were more easily accessible to sailors than they were to the rest of Joe public. This includes the pineapple. Sailors would often bring pineapples home with them from their long sea voyages. It wasn't socially acceptable for a sailor's wife to entertain while the husband was at sea, and certainly not other men - oh no! So here's what happened, when sailors would return home with their pineapples, one would be placed in the window because, as we've established, the pineapple was a very cool and hip status symbol. And it was also a symbol of welcome and hospitality. Therefore, seeing pineapples in the window told everyone "hey, husbands home, you can all come round now and we can entertain again!" Here's an interesting twist, however! We all hear about "men have needs" and long sea voyages were terrible to endure. We also know that those sailors, those poor, good men, would satisfy those needs at any given port with the help of some of the, uh, local attractions. But what of the wives at home? Well, turns out - brace yourself - women also have "needs" too! Left alone at home for long periods turned out to be just as hard on the women as it was for the men out at sea. So it wasn't completely unknown for sailor's wives to have, ah, 'gentleman callers' whilst husband was away. Therefore, whilst the official, socially acceptable reason for placing a pineapple in the window was to say "welcome in, husbands home, we can have friends over", the unofficial, socially unacceptable message was "husband is home, no gentleman callers at this time, please and thank you". Phew, fast forward to modern times and you can kinda see out of all that how and why the pineapple has become a symbol of swingers! "Wow!! And there was us assuming it made something taste sweeter after the guy had consumed.. | |||
"I will confess that my daughter told me about pampas grass. Her English teacher educated the entire GCSE class as to its meaning while they were analysing poetry that mentioned it!
School has changed since my day."Not so much - I remember our teacher explaining that advertising for roll-on deodorants emphasized their resemblance to an erect penis, during a lesson analysing symbolism in adverts. We were 14. And that was in 1981. Lol. | |||
"I will confess that my daughter told me about pampas grass. Her English teacher educated the entire GCSE class as to its meaning while they were analysing poetry that mentioned it!
School has changed since my day.
Not so much - I remember our teacher explaining that advertising for roll-on deodorants emphasized their resemblance to an erect penis, during a lesson analysing symbolism in adverts. We were 14. And that was in 1981. Lol. "Sounds like your teacher had some penis obsession issues
I'd love someone to show me how a roll on deodorant can look like anything other than a bell end | |||
"I will confess that my daughter told me about pampas grass. Her English teacher educated the entire GCSE class as to its meaning while they were analysing poetry that mentioned it!
School has changed since my day.
Not so much - I remember our teacher explaining that advertising for roll-on deodorants emphasized their resemblance to an erect penis, during a lesson analysing symbolism in adverts. We were 14. And that was in 1981. Lol.
Sounds like your teacher had some penis obsession issues
I'd love someone to show me how a roll on deodorant can look like anything other than a bell end "It's possible. Lol. | |||
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