Doing the rounds on Twitter ...

[Hedley Malloch]

Words fail ... 

[Guest]

 There is a whole book of these double entendre titles which has been a bestseller for years. As this is a family channel, I can only refer to the ones illustrated and some of the less risque ones- such as "Scouts in Bondage" or "Flashes from a Welsh Pulpit"

 

 

[Verification from the British Library main catalogue:

 

Scouts in Bondage, etc.

Geoffrey Prout

London : Aldine Publishing Co, [1930]

Flashes from the Welsh Pulpit. Edited by the Rev. J. G. Davies ... With an introductory paper by the Rev. T. C. Edwards.

J. Gwynoro DAVIES

London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1889.]

Edited 5 December , 2020 by Guest

[caulkheader]

As they say ‘the past is a different country’ . . . .

[593jones]

I remember once seeing a crime novel by John Creasey called The Toff Goes Gay.  Had a different meaning when it was published I expect.

[Black Maria]

Bet this one would also make 'em laugh .

[healdav]

12 hours ago, 593jones said:

I remember once seeing a crime novel by John Creasey called The Toff Goes Gay.  Had a different meaning when it was published I expect.

Many years ago I worked at a hotel. They changed the name to Gay Lord, then had to change it again to Gaye Lord.

Not that anyone ever used anything but the original name.

[Tom Kilkenny]

On 06/12/2020 at 09:02, Black Maria said:

Bet this one would also make 'em laugh .

 

Intentional of course.

[Kath]

https://biblehub.com/titus/1-15.htm

[Dai Bach y Sowldiwr]

On 05/12/2020 at 20:53, 593jones said:

I remember once seeing a crime novel by John Creasey called The Toff Goes Gay.  Had a different meaning when it was published I expect.

Quite right.

Seems strange to our modern Liberal ears that we ever called certain minority groups 'Toffs'.