Local Quiz

[gramar]

Furniture and Fittings Quiz. Clue His spouse in Amsterdam (5,4). If anyone has an answer would appreciate knowing how you came to it.

[mallyh]

dutch oven ( me old dutch )

[Quizmonkey]

Dutch wife - not Dutch oven

[mallyh]

but its furniture and fittings ? dutch is a slang term for wife

[Quizmonkey]

So what - the answer is Dutch wife. Use a dictionary.

[vakayu]

Dutch wife-long body length pillow similar to a bolster.

[gramar]

Thanks to you both. I thought Dutch oven but somehow knew it wasn't right. Didn't know of a Dutch wife, you learn something every day.

[vakayu]

gramar you and me both,I googled it to find out!!

[mallyh]

i did use a dictionary sarcastic @

[Mamyalynne]

Mally it was an unnecessary comment I agree, try to rise above it.

[mallyh]

i know it was but there are ways of saying i was wrongwith out that comment

[sandyRoe]

Isn't a 'Dutch oven' when you break wind under the bedclothes?

[mallyh]

its also an oven

[vakayu]

mallyh I don't know if you are referring to me or not,but I was not insulting you.just saying to gramar that I had never heard of a dutch wife.

[mallyh]

no vakayu not you ,quizmonkeys comment

[vakayu]

ok mallyh I thought I upset you!

[Quizmonkey]

The poster clearly didn't know what a Dutch wife was and made a wild guess at Dutch oven - which didn't answer the clue. Telling her/him to look up Dutch wife in a dictionary is hardly abuse. Get real.