Back in the day, I worked for a major insurance company. The job was nothing special, but I had some interesting workmates. One of them was the son of the headmaster at Lawnswood School, up in the northern reaches of Leeds. Head Temp (for that was my nickname for him, along with Noddy and Tallboy my other colleagues) was saving to go on a Greyhound trip across the US. Having ridden Greyhound, I can only assume he's lucky to be alive.
Anyway. Shall I get to the point? Lawnswood School was once a girls-only school, and has a website remembering those halcyon days before the lads came along and dragged it into the mire.
Of course, they had cookery lessons: and this is a sample, highly non-PC recipe for (takes a deep breath before typing) Nig-Nog Biscuits. Eep. Did I just type that?
Fancy another, Mr Kilroy-Silk? I can give you the recipe, Mr Howard!
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As far as I can gather, 'nig nog' doesn't derive from the word 'nigger' so in its original form it wasn't racist. It's a Yorkshire term for 'silly person'. Of course, like a lot of innocuous words it has been co-opted by the racially intolerant.
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