Mr Cadbury met Ms Rowntree

Hi everyone,


Can anyone tell me what "Mss" means?

I see I don't know all of the Cadbury products but the names sound funny.

Of Course Mss stands for Miss ! Unfortuately I can't get the humour ! My vocabulary is not good enough.

Muriel,

MurielB a écrit:Of Course Mss stands for Miss !...

Are you sure?
I didn't check for hours but it only saves a letter and it's not in my dictionary ("Mr", "Mrs", and "Ms" are in it though "Ms" is rather recent).
Isn't it a typo?

Hi Gérard et Muriel,

Oh là là, this little story is very "risqué" and full of double-entendre !
It has sexual connotations, and the end says that Mr Cadbury gets a sexually transmitted disease (eg gonorrhoea) from Miss Rowntree.

Believe me, it is difficult to understand the so-called humour, even for a native English speaker.
For sure, my 87 year old Australian mother would understand nothing !

I will explain to Gérard, and then maybe he can explain to you in French ?

Thank you Krystyna for the explanations but what about Mss ?

Hi Muriel
I also think that Mss is just a typo error, for Miss.
If you look on Google, there are plenty of links for this story about Mr Cadbury and Miss Rowntree, with some variations in content, but all say MISS Rowntree.
K.

Hi Krystyna, Muriel, everyone,

I understood most of the sexual allusions but I'll beg for further explanations.
But this text would only be porn without the true names of Cadburry products (I only recognize After Eight and Quality Street ).

Hi Gérard,

All of the names are chocolate products from Cadbury or Rowntree.
We have nearly all of them in Australia, but some are also in Britain.

Are you not surprised that an Aussie or Brit would write such a story ???

Hi Krystyna,

I didn't even know about Rowntree.

> Are you not surprised that an Aussie or Brit would write such a story ???
From a Brit I'm surprised (never heard Liza speak about this in Her speeches). From Ozies and New Zealanders, no at all! I do know about your skills down under.
I picked up the story from a NZ (can you guess?).

Surely NOT our beloved Alison ???

My nice niece herself!
Shhh! she's going to hear you!!

Through your words, we can immediately guess the love b/w NZ and Oz... LOL