What is "taking the piss"?

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it's bewildered me for months! Please help.

― Maria, Friday, 7 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i thought it meant mocking someone w/o mercy.

― anthonyeaston, Friday, 7 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

1: orig.meaning = mocking or teasing
>> 2: subsidiary meaning = doing something outrageous (eg charging absurdly much for a service, performing v.lazily in a professional sportsgame, making an offer you know will never be accepted etc)

― mark s, Friday, 7 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I know what it means and all, but I refuse to take someone's piss anywhere. They can handle their own damn piss, thank-yew-very- much -- it's nearly as bad as "taking the beard".

― Nicole, Friday, 7 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

whats the difference between tosser and wanker?

― kevin enas, Friday, 7 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

wanker = brainier and therefore meaner than tosser

― mark s, Friday, 7 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Until I was 12 and a half, I thought 'approximately' meant 'exactly' because it is always given in front of an amount. When I found out it meant the opposite, that was such a funny feeling!

― maryann, Saturday, 8 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

a golden shower. hahahaha

― helen fordsdale, Saturday, 8 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I used to think "On purpose" meant "On accident" and I remember I thought so because I saw it on an episode of the Muppets. This confusion got me in a lot of trouble. That feeling wasn't the funniest.

― Honda, Saturday, 8 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It's painful, is what it is!

ngggeyeeeaaah

Ah, the miracle of AIDS!

SUPERB

― Ken Kaniff, Saturday, 8 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Umm...well then.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

whats the difference between tosser and wanker?

Distance.

― Dan Perry, Saturday, 8 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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