This will be a phrase known to most Brits.
2007-01-20 08:17:59 · 4 answers · asked by Roaming free 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Gordon Bennett was a newspaper editor (He sent Stanley off to find David Livingstone).
Bennett was known for doing odd things in public eg running into restaurants and yanking the table cloths off tables while people were eating etc.
The story goes that it got to the stage where people would see him and yell as a warning 'Gordon Bennett's here !!! Watch out !!!'
2007-01-20 08:31:35 · answer #1 · answered by David 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but I do know a man named Gordon Bennett.
2007-01-20 17:37:39 · answer #2 · answered by jobby1111 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The use of James Gordon-Bennett's name as an expletive possibly bears relation to his outrageous lifestyle and involvement in newsworthy stunts. Imagine opening your daily newspaper and reading yet another news item telling you of his latest antics, and as you begin to express incredulity with a "God Almighty", you restrain your publically unacceptable language and instead say..... GORDON-BENNETT!
2007-01-20 16:23:35 · answer #3 · answered by lou53053 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my dad used to say to me when I was a kid that Gordon Bennett was a balloonist!! - im just beginning to wonder if that has a hidden meaning!!
2007-01-21 05:17:29 · answer #4 · answered by lizziepea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋