P is for

• pork chop

* Carry on like a pork chop

To make a fuss or behave in a silly or excited way.

Origin: Elaboration of the standard phrase ‘to carry on’ with the addition of pork chop

[1] Frying pork makes an especially loud spitting noise.

[2] Possibly derived from ‘feeling like a pork chop in a synagogue‘ meaning ‘out of place’ or ‘unpopular’.

• poet’s day

Friday

Acronym: Piss Off Early Tomorrow’s Saturday!

• pokies

Slang for Poker Machines

Scourge of modern Australia these apparently innocuous automated money grabbers are located in pubs and suck the life nad cash out of communities

Also [fruit machines] [slot machines]

About Mike Cadogan

Emergency physician with a passion for medical informatics and medical education. Co-founder of HealthEngine, iMeducate, and the GMEP. He writes more eclectically on the web as @sandnsurf | + Mike Cadogan | Contact