Carry On Spying Street Of A Thousand Artisan

[Barks]

In Carry on Spying, Kenneth Williams' character is told the funhouse is on the Street of A Thousand Artisans and says something like "I don't suppose it could be anything else" - why?

I assume it's a double entendre but what of?

Thanks in advance
Steve

[EDDIE51]

Street of a 1,000 Ar** holes substitute 's' & 'e' for the **

[EDDIE51]

A reference to the Rugby song
In The Street of a 1,000 A***holes under the sign of the Swinging Tit
Lived a Chinese 'Pro' named 'Who Flung ***'

[BlackadderV]

Was this not also Frankie Howerd in Up Pompeii?

It's an old bawdy Servicemen's Rhyme:

In the street of a thousand ar**holes,
'Neath the sign of a swinging t*t,
There lived a Chinese maiden,
By the name of Who flung ***

and so it continues.

[EDDIE51]

lyrics here
http://www.horntip.com/mp3/1960s/1960_unexpurgated_folk-songs_of_men_%28LP%29/15_the_street_of_a_thousand_assholes.htm
Some of you have obviously not run the bar in a Rugby Club as i have.

[EDDIE51]

^^ I used to know the entire 67 verse's of 'Eskimo Nell' off by heart.
Got me endless free pints!

[BlackadderV]

So did I. Stood me in good favour when I joined the RAF.

[EDDIE51]

The Rugby team used to buy me pints until they got me so pi88ed I stood on the bar and did Eskimo Nell. Of course I was too pi88ed to bother closing the bar either , sometimes they managed to keep it open till 3am.

[BlackadderV]

The Mayor of Bayswater,
He had a pretty daughter...

[EDDIE51]

And the Hairs on her dicky dido hung down to her knees
One Black one, one White one & one with a bit of *** on
And one with a fairy light on
To show us the way!

[frugalfred]

In the street of a thousand ar??hol??
Lit by a solitary t?t
Who-Flung-Dung was murdered
By his brother, Who-Flung-S??t

This is an old rude rhyme which I think is being referred to.

[EDDIE51]

^^Full Lyrics posted on my 00.01 thread

[Barks]

Thanks for all the replies folks

R-soles was all I could think it might be but I wasn't aware of the song

Cheers
Barks