Custards, etc....

[D_Hailsham]

After a discussion with a custard on the dog

I know what the dog is (dog & bone = phone) and can guess that "custard" means "customer"/"client", but what is the derivation?

 

[joinerjohn]

It's probably a local name for customers Mr Hailsham

 

[expertgasman]

After a discussion with a custard on the dog

I know what the dog is (dog & bone = phone) and can guess that "custard" means "customer"/"client", but what is the derivation?

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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 1:02 pm Post Subject:


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custards/customers, i might have started that, been saying it all my life and brought it here.


Read more: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1726069#1726069#ixzz1JFxjZAry

 

[D_Hailsham]

custards/customers, i might have started that, been saying it all my life and brought it here.

I see. I thought it was cockney rhyming slang.

Read more: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1726069#1726069#ixzz1JFxjZAry[/QUOTE]
Link does not work.

The earliest reference I can find is this (Search by oldest date):

//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=992768#992768

 

[expertgasman]

Read more: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1726069#1726069#ixzz1JFxjZAry[/QUOTE]
Link does not work.


Works a treat on my computer. Have another bash.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Read more: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1726069#1726069#ixzz1JFxjZAry[/QUOTE]
Link does not work.


Works a treat on my computer. Have another bash.

Nope linky no worky, says thread doesn't exist.

 

[expertgasman]

Read more: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1726069#1726069#ixzz1JFxjZAry[/QUOTE]
Link does not work.


Works a treat on my computer. Have another bash.

Nope linky no worky, says thread doesn't exist.

that is weird. I have just tried it on my office computer. Differebt PC, different town! And it still works a treat.

Try searching (if you're at all interested!):

"remote room stat query / custard query", without inverted commas, post by Expertgasman.

He who claims to have originated the term is there

 

[D_Hailsham]

that is weird. I have just tried it on my office computer. Differebt PC, different town! And it still works a treat.

Try searching (if you're at all interested!):

"remote room stat query / custard query", without inverted commas, post by Expertgasman.

He who claims to have originated the term is there

Still doesn't work!

But, as I pointed out previously, the earliest use of "custard" to mean "customer" was by tabs on 3 Sept 2008, which is two years earlier than your claim!

See //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=992768#992768

 

[expertgasman]

LOL.Still don't understand why link isn't working, it does for me. Anyway, I wasn't claiming to have started common usage of the word, in fact II never do use it. I asked a similiar question as you did, and "MICKYG" cvlaimed to be the introducer.