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Urbane Guerrilla · 11-13-2006, 11:36 PM

This doubtless belongs over in the American phrases thread, but yes, Prince Albert is a brand of tobacco that can be gotten in tin cans, likewise its competing brand Sir Walter Raleigh, whose association with Virginia tobacco and tobacco products would be understandable.

It was a downright traditional phone prank to call up the town drugstore and ask, "Do you have Sir Walter Raleigh in the can?" "Yes." "Well, let him out!" Click. "The can" being yet another term for the bathroom. Never heard of any fast-thinking drugstore clerk saying something like, "He's in there with Prince Albert and God knows what those two Englishmen are up to!"

11-13-2006, 11:36 PM	#68
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	This doubtless belongs over in the American phrases thread, but yes, Prince Albert is a brand of tobacco that can be gotten in tin cans, likewise its competing brand Sir Walter Raleigh, whose association with Virginia tobacco and tobacco products would be understandable. It was a downright traditional phone prank to call up the town drugstore and ask, "Do you have Sir Walter Raleigh in the can?" "Yes." "Well, let him out!" Click. "The can" being yet another term for the bathroom. Never heard of any fast-thinking drugstore clerk saying something like, "He's in there with Prince Albert and God knows what those two Englishmen are up to!" __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.