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It is British slang for a dodgy or underground market/auction where goods of dubious origin are flogged. On an episode of New Tricks they had a case where a ring of thieves were holding art auctions at night in a lockup where unscrupulous dealers would bid on stolen art objects they could then sell to private clients at a significant mark up. An informant uses the term "Nazareth auction" and even the seasoned detectives had never heard the term. On another UK police procedural the term "Nazareth market" was used in a similar context.

I am wondering what the origin of this term is and whether it perhaps goes back to thieves' cant.

The song was used in the 1980 movie Cruising. It is by Mutiny, the band started by Jerome Brailey when he left Parliament-Funkadelic (P-Funk) after a dispute with George Clinton. It sounds like it actually has George Clinton on it, but I am not sure.

I cannot seem to find the lyrics anywhere on the internet. I'd like both the spoken part and the sung refrain.

The refrain sounds like:

Love love can you move the rug?

Love can you cut the ball?

I've watched some coverage of fashion shows and I've noticed that people refer to the fabric used in a given piece as "fabrication" instead of "fabric." Is there any real distinction between the two or is this some kind of highfalutin' new way of sounding more sophisticated?

When I was 12 my Aunt took me to London and Paris for 1 week each (I am American.) On the boat across the channel there was a group of drunken young Englishmen who got in the middle of the deck and performed a rude song for everyone who was standing there. I have never heard or seen reference to this song since and now that there's an internet I can't understand why I can't find it.

Each verse started with the main bloke acting out being a different sportsman (golfer, billiards player, jockey, etc.) The crowd would call out, "Hey golfer!" and ask him about himself. Then he would sing a rude verse like this:

"Down the fairway, down the fairway, where's me f&ckin' balls?" (sung twice.)

Then he would be a jockey and they would say, "Hey jockey....?" And he would sing the answer:

"(Something, something), wotta lovely ride!" (accompanied by pelvic thrusts.)

Then it was, "Hey billiards player" and he sang something like:

"In the pocket, in the pocket...something something balls"

Any idea what this was?

When police shot him? Who else was in the car with him?

I had my cholesterol checked and other blood tests seven months ago. Since then I have lost over 70 pounds and I just had my cholesterol rechecked and it has gone up two points. If this was because the good (HDL) cholesterol had gone up that would be okay but it was the bad (LDL.) My triglycerides have dropped dramatically. But why did the LDL go up? I have been eating a healthy diet and exercising, unlike before when I was overweight. It is really annoying me.

I am trying to figure out what exactly the word lanai means that is different from a screened porch. I've read the answer that "a lanai is a porch with a roof." That makes no sense because all porches have roofs. I've also heard that a lanai is "a porch with a screen." Same thing, many/most porches have screens and that does not make them lanais. Is it just a matter of geography? I've heard lanai used in Hawaii and Florida. Is there actually any physical difference between a screened porch and a lanai or is it just a geographical distinction?

I am buying a condo with 11 year old appliances and bathtub and I want to upgrade it with stainless steel fridge, stove and dishwasher plus put in a soaker tub. I would like to see if I can sell the existing appliances and tub to offset the cost of buying new ones. It is a nice set of midpriced black appliances. Does anyone have suggestions for the best place to advertise and sell these where I can get as much as possible?

Convey what?

I am looking at houses to buy and rent out for income and there is one I really really like, but I am worried because both bathrooms have these deep sunken tubs that go down into the floor about a foot. I can easily imagine someone falling into them. I am thinking it is not worth the liability. Does anyone know how to deal with this? Is it expensive to convert them to above ground tubs?

I am thinking instead of buying one house and getting the $400,000 mortgage I was offered that I would like to buy four houses each with a mortgage of $100,000 and rent them out for the income. Will the bank be less likely to offer this? I want to know before I call them. Thank you!

I had an operation as a small child in 1973 and I remember them using ether on me as the anesthetic. My friend said that is impossible as the use of ether had been discontinued many years earlier. Who is right?

Like a Children International or Childfund but where all the children they have for you to donate to are American children living in poverty?

They do not bear any relation in style or artistic philosophy to Piet Mondrian and the owners are called Morgan, not Mondrian. None of the designers who designed each of the Mondrian locations is named Mondrian. And nowhere on their website does it explain the name. Does anyone know?

Hi, back in college 20 years ago I heard this song which I know was from the early to mid 1970s and I thought it was by Little Feat, but now I can't find it.

The chorus has the line "for a day" and one verse has something like "take a chicken from the rich folks' yard".

Chorus:

For a day, for a day

Gonna something something something?

for a day

A British guy I know said his friend was so desperate for money that "give him a couple of lions and he'll do anything." What are "lions"?

I bought the 1967 soundtrack and I was so disappointed when the theme song on both tracks 1 and 13 was entirely instrumental. What happened to the vocals? Does anyone know if the song is available somewhere with the vocals?

I know Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass played this track, but who actually sang the vocals? Herb Alpert almost never sang (the big exception was when he recorded "This Guy's In Love With You.) So it makes me think it wasn't Alpert singing that theme. It doesn't say on the soundtrack listing online and I don't have a copy of the soundtrack with me so I can't look on there. Also, the voice on it sounds British. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Here are the original words:

Con me tu puoi

Fumare la tua pipa quando vuoi

Perch mi piaci molto di pi?

E sei cos romantico

Fumo blu, fumo blu

Una nuvola e dentro tu

E poi, e poi se un uomo sa di fumo

Ma s ma s veramente un uomo

E ti amer finch vorrai

proprio perch sei cos?

Ta ra ta ta ta ta - ta ra ra ta ta

Un uomo (un uomo)

Quando sa (di fumo)

ra ta ta

Un uomo (un uomo)

Quando sa (di fumo)

E un bacio vale dieci dato da te

Lo so non sei un divo

ne un artista ne lroe del west

Ma quando fumi

c in te un che di irresistibile

Fumo blu, fumo blu

Una nuvola e dentro tu

E poi e poi se un uomo sa di fumo

Ma sma veramente un uomo

E io t mer finch vorrai

proprio perchsei cos?

Ta ra ta ta ta ta - ta ra ra ta ta

Un uomo (un uomo)

Quando sa (di fumo)

ra ta ta

Un uomo (un uomo)

Quando sa (di fumo)

E un bacio vale dieci dato da te

If I purchased a 3 family rental building in Jersey City, New Jersey, for example, what would be the steps to converting these to 3 condos and selling them? What sort of professionals would be involved? How long does this take? How much does this cost? What are some of the uncertainties, i.e., circumstances that could prevent me from being allowed to do a condo conversion? Can you point me to a website where I can learn more? Thanks.