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Molly Hooper · June 18, 2012 6:00 pm

Wait, I don't actually get it at all, by understand I meant that I sort of knew what an ice-hole was (a hole in the ice?) but that's not very punny... please, please, PLEASE explain it;
I feel like I'm missing out on some real comic genius here! ;)

hypergreenfrog · June 18, 2012 6:02 pm

What other English words do you know that end in "-hole" and sound a little bit like "ice", especially ones you can kick?

Dramagod · June 18, 2012 6:07 pm

hypergreenfrog wrote:
What other English words do you know that end in "-hole" and sound a little bit like "ice", especially ones you can kick?

My guess:

hypergreenfrog · June 18, 2012 6:22 pm

I almost fell off the chair when I saw your post there, hilarious!

Sherlock Holmes · June 18, 2012 7:01 pm

Haha...

I'm in the UK which I'm very pleased about...although still wish I lived a little nearer to London.

Davina · June 18, 2012 7:03 pm

I think we are going to continue having 0% for a north America somehow.

221B Baker Street · June 21, 2012 3:26 am

Hello!!! I guess I'm the one from Russia))). That's a pity there wasn't Russia in the list, so I chose Asia.

Dramagod · June 21, 2012 10:21 am

There should definitely be Russia in the poll. Welcome 221B.

221B Baker Street · June 21, 2012 11:49 am

Dramagod wrote:
There should definitely be Russia in the poll. Welcome 221B.

Thank you!

Milkomeda · June 21, 2012 11:56 am

Québec, Canada ! Home of... maple syrup ?
Why North America, USA and Canada are on the post ? Isn't the North America a little useless ?

Davina · June 21, 2012 12:33 pm

Ha ha! That's why I said I couldn't see North America getting any %! unless, maybe Greenland?

You forgot poutine! A strange and mysterious culinary creation!

Milkomeda · June 21, 2012 1:19 pm

Greenland? Well, maybe, it would make sense. I always think about it as it's in Europe, I don't know why.

Oh! Poutine! Yes, how did I forget it?But, strange and mysterious? xD

Smoggy_London_Air · June 21, 2012 1:24 pm

Dramagod wrote:
Is there a nickname for fans of Sherlock yet? As you know in the US people sometimes call themselves homies (as in homeboys) and holmies with a silent "L". Like: "yo what's up holmes?". So are we holmies or what?

I've never heard that one before. XD

Davina · June 21, 2012 1:26 pm

How can chips, gravy and curdy- cheesy stuff not be 'strange and mysterious?' That said, my daughter like it. She says it is the Canadian version of 'cheesy chips'.

Milkomeda · June 21, 2012 2:10 pm

Chips are fries, aren't they? Really not the same meaning here. Cheesy chips? Yes, poutine seems a lot like that, but with sauce. Not so mysterious : ). Though, I understand, I find mince pie really strange!

Davina · June 21, 2012 2:26 pm

Chips are indeed French Fries, although ours are often bigger and thicker.
I can understand why you would find mince pies strange, they are really medieval; spiced and super sweet and with suet...weird really.

veecee · June 21, 2012 7:54 pm

I think I would go with Sherlockians, except it's so long. Holmesies? Fans of the TV show Glee are gleeks (glee + geeks), but shereeks, sheeks, shreeks -- just don't work.

Question: How many of you pronounce the "l" in "Holmes"?

Dramagod · June 21, 2012 7:57 pm

Davina wrote:
although ours are often bigger and thicker.

I can confirm this. They're delicious. The chips.

Davina · June 21, 2012 8:11 pm

Don't really say the L in HOLMES at all to me it sounds like HOMES; hence the play on words with the American TV series HOUSE.

Dramagod · June 21, 2012 8:35 pm

Davina wrote:
Don't really say the L in HOLMES at all to me it sounds like HOMES; hence the play on words with the American TV series HOUSE.

House/Holmes, Wilson/Watson.