W W T B A M.....

[ToraToraTora]

English teacher didn't know what a funambulist does! gawd elp us!

[jno]

sculpting things out of tonsils, is that, Mamya? Good to know waste products are being repurposed.

[Mamyalynne]

The very thought,yuk.

Good try.

[andy-hughes]

Correct, thanks for that.

Not sure it helps anyone outside the Potteries from knowing what it is though.

[lady-janine]

I know what a saggar maker's bottom knocker does and so do most of my friends.

[THECORBYLOON]

Without looking it up, is it not something to do with shoes?

[THECORBYLOON]

Or no, as the case may be...

[Mamyalynne]

Which word/phrase?

[THECORBYLOON]

Could've sworn it was shoes...ach weel...

[THECORBYLOON]

The saggar bit but I was not correct...

[Mamyalynne]

Ah.

[THECORBYLOON]

"Ah" indeed...

[twix123]

Didn't a Sagger Maker's Bottom Knocker appear on Whats My Line many years ago, and beat the panel ?

[andy-hughes]

It did - my parents knew straight away, as did most Potteries viewers.

[Mozz71]

Whether or not he should have known it or not surely depends on what he is a teacher of? A mathematics teacher, not important to know. Lecturer in Clown College, essential information.

[ummmm]

In the OP he was an English teacher. Not a reason he should have known that though.

[Mozz71]

NAh, I think Tora's initial reaction is either a case of too high expectations, or attention seeking twaddle. I'm not ashamed to say I had no idea what the word meant.

[Bobbisox1]

I'm not ashamed to say I did , just one of those things that Stuck in my mind from the days of me running a pub quiz

[Mozz71]

Like any question of that sort though Bobbs, one either knows it or not. I don't think it has any bearing on how well they can teach!

[Bobbisox1]

I agree, I don't consider myself as an academic but it was one of those useless bits of info that just stuck

[Mozz71]

I'm like that with pop culture. Head full of useless information, but handy for quizzing.