@twshodgson Well today I realised I don't actually know what a barge pole is or what it does. I just know (from use of idiom) that it's long
When did enough people regularly interact with barges to make "Wouldn't touch him/her with a barge pole" a sensible idiom for our society?
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@twshodgson Somehow that just feels a little bit ridiculous - like the idiom didn't actually convey the meaning to me
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@lastpositivist 18th and 19th centuries. Probably more so than they did with petards (from "hoist with his own petard" fame).Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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