2006-09-07 23:01:50 · 10 answers · asked by RB 1 in Sports ➔ Wrestling
The origin of the expression 'how's your father' can be traced back to Victorian times. In those days any man with a daughter was so protective of her virtue that he would take extraordinary measures to safeguard it. Unmarried girls would be kept within the bosom of their family as much as possible, chaperoned on excursions, and on those occasions when they were let out of bounds for social events, their fathers would often accompany them discreetly by hiding underneath their voluminous skirts ready to pounce on any man who transgressed the bounds of propriety.
2006-09-07 23:06:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is a catchphrase linked with the British song-hall comedian Harry Tate (1872-1940). apparently, he might exclaim it as a fashion of adjusting the priority and with the intention to get out of a complicated concern. The word the two consequently or concurrently took on an entire life of its own meaning comparable to a 'thingummy' or something the speaker did no longer desire to call. From that, in words like 'indulging in a niche of ways's-your-father', it grew to grow to be a euphemism for sexual intercourse.
2016-10-14 11:03:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It used to be considered rude to mention s*x directly. A mildly witty way of getting round the problem was to set up the context so the listener could see the rude bit coming and then interrupt oneself with a blatant change of subject; clearer if you punctuate it as it would have been said in the heyday of the expression: ...a bit of ... How's your Father?
2006-09-08 00:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by cdrotherham 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cockny rhyming slang.
2006-09-07 23:07:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stezzle is spot on.
2006-09-10 07:13:21 · answer #5 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does this have to do with wrestling??
2006-09-08 00:03:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
how is this related to wrestling you jerk
2006-09-08 21:56:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know
but it does you no harm when you get it
2006-09-07 23:05:47 · answer #8 · answered by cowbag 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carry on films......!!
2006-09-07 23:08:10 · answer #9 · answered by Josef H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your mum
2006-09-09 09:18:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋