Spotted Dick. Seriously????? Why would you eat something called that?

 Ha-ha-ha-, Simple answer sir. "Sex sells.", North, South, East or West, => "Sex sells."

Remember "Meat Balls".

LOL; Those 2 would make a selling combination. ha-ha-ha- ; "Spotted Dick with Meat Balls."

"Grab 2 , get one for free. LOL."

LMFAO, I know, what a foul name to give to some food :-D

That's nothing, there's another one called "Cock Flavoured Soup", and women can even purchase a tub of "Cemen Dip" to go with their "Spotted Dick".

That said, the men can always pick-up some "Tinned Fanny" to get their own back on the women.  Personally, I'm on the lookout for something called "Mega Pussi" but haven't seen it on the shelves yet.  Those Ozzies have an intersting one called "Breast Munchies", I bet they're jealous of the Tinned Fanny though, which I think is either French or Spanish.

There's quite a few but this is already starting to put me of my tea tonight :-D

Well in Dorset we have the river Piddle, you can go on holiday to Sandy Balls, or visit the village of Lickfold (just up the road from here) :)

All rather jolly civilised places, unlike those dashed European types who sell things like this..

http://zombidj.deviantart.com/art/camel-balls-151584295

...which bizzarely are sold at our local bus station!

I guess ya wouldn't wanna know what a soggy biscuit is then. LMAO. I know I didn't wanna know ;).

Laurie

PS - Ok, the cock flavored soup mix made me giggle a little bit ;).

Soggy biscuit, now that's nasty!! But I do love a bit of spotted dick with custard, mmmm mmm.

Language and usage change over time. In any case, I always thought "dick" as referring to the male member was an Americanism, since -- at least when I was in England -- the penis was most commonly referred to as a "willy".

Anyway origins of the dessert: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2031/whats-the-origin-of-spotted-dick

Moriador Wrote:
"... the penis was most commonly referred to as a "willy".

Yes indeed, in fact you can buy Jelly Willies (and Jelly Boobies) as well :
Click Here for Jelly Willies
Click Here for Jelly Boobies

Well, here in Newfoundland we have places with names like Hibb's Hole (later changed to the more gentile Hibb's Cove), Come-By-Chance, Conception Bay and Dildo!

No, I am not kidding. It really is named that. Every now & again somebody brings up the "we gotta change that" argument for Dildo but it never really gets off. Er, to a start, it never gets off to a start I mean. I think I'll shut up now. 

My brother's just bought a house in Cockermouth. You can see the town - on a clear day - from the top of Great Cockup.

When visiting Orkney or Shetland, be sure to find a road sign pointing to Twatt (they each have one).

London has a 'Pratt's Bottom' and if visiting Dorset you can have a look round 'Aunt Mary's Bottom'. Not far away there's a geological feature called 'Scratchy Bottom'.

There's currently a pressure group trying to get a certain street name reinstated. The name was common in many towns and cities until the Victorian era and indicated a thoroughfare frequented by prostitutes. I fear even the 'language' flag wouldn't protect this thread from deletion were I to give the name. Where the old, extremely rude name survives at all, it's been shortened to 'Grape Lane' or 'Grope Lane'.

Hey Byrdie, we don't have a place called Dildo, but England definitely has it's fair share of those sorts of names :-D

And this one is the most bestist place name in the whole world!

 Then there's

 Two for the price of one...

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!
And so true, pity there's not a place called "Sadistic Bastard" or "Screw the Poor" - would be even more relevant :-D

Oh my! I think you win. That first one definitely beats Come-By-Chance. Maybe even Dildo too. LOL!

Well, here in Newfoundland we have places with names like Hibb's Hole (later changed to the more gentile Hibb's Cove), Come-By-Chance, Conception Bay and Dildo!

...aaand out west we have "Head-Smashed-in Buffalo Jump". How's 'the rock' these days Bye?  Got enough snow?

Think I can match that one with "Joe Batt's Arm". :-)  "The Rock" she still stands, even under all the snow. Which so far is mostly on the other side away from me. Plenty around Corner Brook so I hear, then again they were wishing for it earlier on account of the ski season. 

Although if the weather man is to be believed even my side is gonna get dumped on by the baby blizzard heading our way Thursday & Friday. So if you don't hear from me then, I'll be too busy digging out. Or else buried under a snow drift & can't find the computer. ;-)

"Cock sauce", aka Sriracha, has been quite popular around here as of late...

Moriador Wrote:
"... the penis was most commonly referred to as a "willy".

Yes indeed, in fact you can buy...Jelly Boobies:

Click Here for Jelly Boobies

I guess those would appear in the "post watershed" (late night) broadcast of "Doctor Who"! Doctor:  "Would you care for a jelly booby?"

Sincerely,

Bill

Well, I am originally from Dallas, TX and I've moved to Nanaimo, BC on Vancouver Island. We've got some weird street names here, alright. Imagine for a moment, Dingle Bingle Hill Terrace, was too pretencious so they took 'terrace' off the end and called it Dingle Bingle Hill Lane. Yeah, that really helped, especially because the name is longer than the street is. We're also home to: Jinglepot Road, Giggleswick, and Buttertubs. When I was first here and living in downtown Vancouver, I watched the weather report and saw my all time favorite city name for the first time -- Spuzzum!!!!!!!

Vancouver also has Leg-in-Boot Square, and the story is that it was named that because a leg in a boot washed up on shore there in the early 1900's. Residents of the area however have a slightly different name for it whenever goose season comes along. Because of the open grassy areas the Canada geese like to graze there, which is why everyone calls it Leg-in-Poo Square.

How'd I do?

 pumeco quote

** **LMFAO!!!!!!!!!
And so true, pity there's not a place called "Sadistic Bastard" or "Screw the Poor" - would be even more relevant :-D

oh they do have a international place called screw the poor.

 @ pumeco ................ you missed out Wetwang mate ! not so famous but well known ;-)

and Bolsover sounds norty in a yorkie accent lol  

Well, just so you know, Britain doesn't hold a monopoly on  strange town names.  U.S. has Erect, North Carolina and Climax, Georgia, just to name two.

But I have to admit, Cocking Fuckborough and Twatt, are pretty hard to to beat.

Uh, let me rephrase that....

Yeah, listen Clarkie, you might have Erect, but we've got a Hardon in England!!!

Later,
Roxie - Girl With Blade

Yeah, listen, and I've seen pumeco sniffing around this one quite a few times!!!

Later,
Roxie - Girl With Blade

WTF, Roxie, that's a filthy lie, I've never even seen the place! :-D

don't forget deep-fried mars bars!

no, on second thought, do forget 'em!

There is a road called Gropecunt Lane in London.  Yes, really.  And it does mean what it seems to mean, too.

Here in Rancid Rotherham there is Goosebutt Lane and Packman Road.  I expected to see little blue dots down the middle instead of white lines.

also, in the UK, "fanny" means something different than in the USA....although the two fannies aren't a million miles apart.  Hence "to fall on your fanny" in the UK would probably result in a trip to the ER...!

Crapstone

To say nothing of Penistone - be careful when hyphenating.

Since we started off about foods... anybody ever have vegemite? I hear Australians love it.

@Clarkie
Haven't tried Vegimite, but I just noticed, your orginal post is missing, the thread starts with Vilters reply :-D
Never seen that happen before!

Never mind, it's just reappeared again, must be trying to make me look stupid or something.
It was definitely missing though, I even refreshed the page three times!

BTW, some more food:

Fancy a Vagina Tandoori?
No?

Ok, what about a lovely can of Fish Assholes then?
You could always wash it down with a bottle of Pet Sweat if it's too strong.

Kids misbehaving again?
Show 'em a tin of Shredded Child Meat and they'll be as good as gold!

And what about a good wholesome can of Shitto, eh?
You don't even need to puke afterwards cause you can always buy a bag of ready-made Puke!

And finally, the one the girls have been waiting for ...
That's right girls, nothing like a good old box of Spermies - "The candy you love to swallow!"  :-D

Gag!!!!!!!!!

lol

Us Aussies used to have ( maybe still do) salted peanuts sold as "Nibble Nobby's Nuts" :) And as for Vegemite..Food of the Gods! :) You Yankees don't know how to eat it - just spread a little onto your bread and butter. :) You don't pile it on like peanut butter or (shudder) Nutella

Just say no to Vegemite.  The only food for the gods is lutefisk and lefse.

Doric.

Vegemite is even more vile than Marmite, hard though that is to believe.  My first wife was/is vegetarian, and she used to go through lots of the filthy stuff.  Anyone who likes that stuff needs taking to see a big dog.

Nobby's Nuts are sold over here, too.

Hey Pumeco, I meant to ask... is that Piers Morgan's face on the Tinned Fanny can? I don't think he's very well liked over here.

With the "Tinned Fanny", I didn't take much notice of the face until after I'd posted it, but it looks like someone composited that onto it.
That's how I found it on Google Images, but yup, looks like it :-D

So what do you reckon to this one?

This will gross you out, it's another one that cropped-up on Google Images after searching "Rude Food".  It shows-up seventh row down, and when you click on it, the name it has suggests that it's a 'Pussy Fillet'.   Assuming the Japanese don't really eat such things with chopsticks, what on earth do you think that must be?  Being Japanese, I assume it's some sort of Sushi, but what sort of Sushi looks like that?

I was in two minds of posting this one, but after all, it's just food and she seems to be enjoying it:

Apparently it's beef, and it's served with riceballs and seaweed from the looks of it - yummy :-D
Then again, perhaps no so yummy, I won't eat undercooked meat.

My British boyfriend always giggles when he sees this in the shop

Reading the food discussion in another thread reminded me of this one, so I thought I'd bump Clarkie's old thread with an update! Just goes to show, it's not just the pretty young things who need worry about food giants, no one is safe, not even yer granny

Back to the original question... It's possible the name does come from a reference to male genitalia, even though the food itself is a sweet pudding filled with currants and raisins. Back then, people tended to be a bit more relaxed about bodily functions and references. Even more recently, there are examples. Ever wondered, for example, why a joystick is so called? It's from the original steering gear on early planes, a rather phallic looking piece of wood between a pilot's legs.

Meanwhile, here's an example of words and names that really, really don't travel well...

Now I understand why GB had to Brexit ... they needed to avoid the old-maidish verbal overcorrectness and missing genius of EU bureau-craziness ...

Never underestimate the Brits when it comes to keeping our food prices down. I think we should inform Clarkie and friends how we manage to buy wonderful, prime steaks at massively reduced prices, over five times cheaper in fact: CLICK HERE FOR TUTORIAL

Whenever you're in Pennsylvania, USA, be sure to visit Intercourse and Blue Balls, nice little communities.

Amazed nobody posted this one yet...

You're five years too late with that one, it's in the third post, but the image has gone AWOL

Anyway, put your feet up and treat yourself to a Cheese Crack or two. Kettle's just boiled so help yourself to a nice hot cup of Urinal to wash it down with. Not sure how many Rimming Sugars you take, but help yourself mate!