Something for the weekend
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"Something for the weekend?" is a euphemism traditionally used by barbers in the United Kingdom when offering condoms to their clients. It is mostly used verbally, but the first known recorded example is from a sketch by the Monty Python comedy team on a 1972 record.
[edit] Trivia
"Something For the weekend" is the name of a Saturday show on Nottingham Hospitals Radio, hosted by Steve Hopewell.
Something For the Weekend was a BBC sketch comedy show airing on Friday evenings in the late 1980s.
The phrase has become a cliché, used jokingly and with hidden double meaning for article and book titles.
"Something for the Weekend" is a song by The Divine Comedy
"Something 4 the Weekend" is a song by the Super Furry Animals
[edit] References
- Jamie Oliver, Something for the Weekend, Penguin Books, 2005. ISBN 0-14-102258-2.
- Anthony Rose, Something For The Weekend?, The Independent, 31 December 2005 .
