Did You Know? .....The Whips....

[ToraToraTora]

Topical one today, the Whips are in the news at the moment. The term originates from "Whipper-in" in Fox Hunting. His job is to keep the pack of hounds together. Analogous with what the party whips try to do in Parliament.

[melv16]

Did you know that Soho is a fox hunting call?

[Ken4155]

"Whipper-in" is also a term used in horseracing to describe the one at the back - quite often mine :(

[Stickybottle]

"They got right up in my face. They told me that if you think you're getting a single *** penny, forget it. If you think a minister is coming to your patch forget it. You're done."

Bit strong for a master of hounds but who knows what goes on in the echelons of power eh ?

Still got no idea why the current generation of youngsters refer to a car as a ‘whip’ ?

[Vagus]

I’m really enjoying these ‘did you know’ things, TTT.
Sometimes you don’t know you don’t know stuff till someone tells you the answer.

[melv16]

Did you know the Jurgen Klopp's brother is called Clippity Clippity? :-)

[Stickybottle]

melv16
Did you know the Jurgen Klopp's brother is called Clippity Clippity? :-)
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Not forgetting Ghandi’s cousin :

Goosey Goosey