discussion Origin of SWMBO

[minitnkr]

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, a british author around the turn of the century wrote some classic adventure novels, one called 'She', where an African tribe occupying a lost city had a white queen referred to as She Who Must Be Obeyed.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

I married her :blow-kiss-2:

 

[Gern]

I seem to remember that SWMBO was more of a title than a name and she was actually called Ayesha.

 

[Tim Marlow]

…and there was me thinking she was Hilda Rumpole…..

 

[boatman]

I married her :blow-kiss-2:

SO DID I

 

[rtfoe]

And Muslim men are brave...they can have four of those. :smiling6:

Cheers,
Richard

 

[langy71]

and here was me thinking SWHMO referred to Matron and her goons...

 

[Valeron]

I have to say I've learnt a lot of new words and acronyms since I joined this forum and started this hobby in January and did have to google SWMBO. I wrongly assumed it would be a new modelling term for me to learn like Wash, Dry Brushing etc.

Not sure I've mentioned this one to me wife yet though.

 

[Gern]

Not sure I've mentioned this one to me wife yet though.

Don't worry about that Mike. She was born knowing it! It's in her DNA :smiling3:

 

[Guest]

…and there was me thinking she was Hilda Rumpole…..

With you in this Tim .

 

[Mini Me]

As Dave said, it's in their DNA.......right next to the "shopping " gene!! :tongue-out3:

 

[rtfoe]

And they can smell plastic miles away.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Ian M]

…and there was me thinking she was Hilda Rumpole…..

Maybe he read the novel that Paul has. Used to like Rumpole.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Maybe he read the novel that Paul has. Used to like Rumpole.

I really recall the phrase from TV showings of the pulp film She with Ursula Andress when I was a kid. I didn’t read Rumpole or Haggard until later. I remember almost nothing from all three, by the way :tongue-out3:
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[boatman]

ive see that film

 

[minitnkr]

You forgot Ursula Andress?????:surprised:

 

[rtfoe]

Ya...you forgot Ursula Undress???..er..I mean Andress. :flushed:

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Tim Marlow]

Well I was only a year old when she came out of the sea in Dr No. in fact, before I looked this up to confirm my memory I thought “She” was Raquel Welch…….must have got that one and “One million years BC” mixed up…..

 

[Mini Me]

Never saw that Movie, when I was a teen we used to call her Ursula Undress......for obvious reasons. :tongue-out:

 

[Tim Marlow]

Never saw that Movie, when I was a teen we used to call her Ursula Undress......for obvious reasons. :tongue-out:

I think that was pretty much universal across the English speaking world Rick……