Handling The Sun Sr

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Apropos very little, here’s a useless piece of information with which to

baffle your friends, colleagues and family members.

You’ve possibly heard of people being described of as `posh’, meaning

that they were somewhat upper-class or in many situations, that for

some unfathomable reason, they think they are. Did you ever wonder

where the word comes from?

Well, the answer is, it’s an acronym for `port out, starboard

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PAY AND DOWNLOAD:

Apropos very little, here’s a useless piece of information with which to

baffle your friends, colleagues and family members.

You’ve possibly heard of people being described of as `posh’, meaning

that they were somewhat upper-class or in many situations, that for

some unfathomable reason, they think they are. Did you ever wonder

where the word comes from?

Well, the answer is, it’s an acronym for `port out, starboard home’,

which is a reference to the days of the British empire when the ladies –

the real ladies – who were sailing out to India would stay on the port

side of the ship whilst they would stick to starboard on the way back.

Why? Because they didn’t want their perfect milk white skin tainted by

any hint of having been in the sun! Imagine that, going to all that effort

to avoid even the merest tinge of facial redness because it was

considered low-class, something that only the common hoi-poloi would

ever be subjected to or even contemplate!

How times change.

From the mid-1990’s onwards, most people couldn’t wait to get away

from it all so they could disrobe on the beach before subjecting their

body to the seemingly warming, calming ministrations of a blazing sun

in a clear blue sky.

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