>>>>That'll be a merkin then
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>>>yes, his "fellow merkins
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>>I was about to be incredibly silly and ask "what in the blue-eyed heck is a 'merkin'?", but as I was repeating the sentence in my head, I got it.....
>>
>>d'OH!
>>
>>::facepalm::
>>
>>Can I go home now?
>
>Off you pop - though it IS MY home time - you're hardly into lunch yet!
>
>:-)
>
>BTW, maybe it's a "murkin" and Nick misspelt it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkin