I think 'lunkhead' is roughly equivalent to 'dumbo' altho' I can't say I
know the etymology.
I have a suspicion that 'lunk' was some kind of waste by-product in
metalworking processes but am not sure. Dr Rambletone will no doubt find
out.
Best
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joanna Boulter" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: Poem: Love the wild swan, by Robinson Jeffers
> I only said you were a lunkhead because you had assured me the job was
going
> to be just so damn easy you could do it more or less blindfolded. That'll
> larn you!
>
> What *is a lunkhead, anyway? I came across the term in some book or other
> many years ago now, liked the sound of it, and went on using it.
>
> joanna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robin Hamilton" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 10:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Poem: Love the wild swan, by Robinson Jeffers
>
>
> > From: "Andrew Burke" <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >>I live in Perth, a city wrapped around a river called the Swan River.
> >
> > Shouldn't that be "Perth", Andrew? The *real* Perth is located in of
> > course Scotland.
> >
> > I once passed a roadsign in England alleging the existence of a town
> > called Moscow. Singularly unlikely, and I didn't bother to visit it.
You
> > shouldn't believe everything you read on road signs, as anyone who has
> > tried to navigate the winding motorways of Britain knows well.
> >
> > (Singularly fatuous early morning pre-coffee email, but I feel like
saying
> > something now my internet access is firmly re-established. As is the
> > successful reformatting of another computer anent which I solicited
> > assistance yesterday. I will thank backchannel the three people who
> > responded and saved my ass. And ignore the fourth who sent a rather
cruel
> > email stating that I was a lunkhead.)
> >
> > The Red Rodent
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