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15th June 2013, 07:08 PM
#11
Lady of the Night
Lady of the Night or (Old Bag)
You have it away Bag Off Simple.
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15th June 2013, 07:41 PM
#12
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15th June 2013, 09:38 PM
#13
Giggy Giggy
Bag Off, Maggy May,Leg Over,Lime Street,Havana,Recife,Ken.R634898.
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16th June 2013, 07:57 AM
#14
Reckon JP was close. Apparently it was a Dutch practise where betrothed couples were allowed to sleep together but until they were wed they were trussed up securely in bags to prevent any pre marital hanky-panky. Obviously, demands of the flesh are stronger than the ties that bind and, Houdini like, usually managed to free themselves from their bags- ergo-bagging off. Judging by my last visit to Amsterdam, those ladies adorning their windows along the canals had long since freed themselves.
gilly
R635733
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16th June 2013, 10:37 AM
#15
None
Remember being in a bar on of the lads peel off with a bird to go up stairs all the others sang.
You wont get none ,you wont get none
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16th June 2013, 11:32 AM
#16
It certainly goes back a long time. In the late 1930s as kids and up to quite recently we always said I bags this or I bags that when claiming anything. If I were to say that now I'm sure it would be understood.
Richard
Our Ship was our Home
Our Shipmates our Family

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16th June 2013, 08:41 PM
#17
MN Leisure Pursuits
The only time that I came across that expression is when somebody mentioned a port."I bagged off there it was a great bagging off place" obviously no need to spell it out!!
Regards.
Jim.B,
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17th June 2013, 06:20 AM
#18
There were a number of 'ladies' for whom a bag over the head would have been of better use. But as the saying goes, one does not look at the mantlepiece when one is poking the fire. Bagging off with such ladies would bring a man to return to his ship in the morning at a rate of knots.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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17th June 2013, 12:03 PM
#19
in the Uk you can hire the kit for it , follow thw link Bagging Off Kits
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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18th June 2013, 06:28 AM
#20

Originally Posted by
robpage
Bagging off kits, sometimes known as profolactic kits or packets of three.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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