Do you know what a tutu is? (poll)

Milktrolley

Here's the story. A friend of mine made a reference to a tutu in a text the other day. Me, not having a scooby what one was, enquired. He explained, claiming it was common knowledge and that I ought to know. I argued that it wasn't and that many like-minded people wouldn't know either.

So without googling it, do you know what a tutu is?

Pigman II

Yep, it's a lovely black man from Africa.

http://www.savetibet.org/images/images/ArchBishopDesmondTutu.jpg

deecom

Eh, right, your kidding right? :rolleyes:

Fast_Mover

something that a ballerina wore i thought,no?!!

kelle

I have listened to enough Angelina Ballerina on Nick Jr channel (5yo daughter) to know what a tutu is!

lordgoat

Desmond's as they're affectionally known.

kelle

kelle wrote: »

I have listened to enough Angelina Ballerina on Nick Jr channel (5yo daughter) to know what a tutu is!

You'd watch it even if you didn't have a daughter, right?

Yeah, it's that frilly dress thing ballerinas wear

bronte

Pretty pink deeley a ballet dancer wears...I want one now!

Tutu......
Yesyes....:D

cormie

I'm with you Milktrolley, when I opened the thread I knew I heard of it before, but forgot what it was, I had something like a head scarf in mind. When I read the replies I remembered what it was and that I only heard of it about 2 weeks ago when a friend mentioned it and I was like "what's a bleedin tutu?", but my friend simply told me and didn't say I should know what it is;)

cazzy

I would have guessed that it was a bird

Karoma

bronte wrote: »

Pretty pink deeley a ballet dancer wears...I want one now!

Pic's and we'll decide if you should have one >_>

LadyJ

Wow, I thought everyone would know....Weird.

Time Magazine

Anyone remember this question coming up on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? It was for about €200 and yer man thought the answer was a "One and one." Gaybo said "That's a bag of chips." Yer man asked the audience and was spared his blushes.

So I guess some others don't know, OP!

Fast_Mover

LadyJ wrote: »

Wow, I thought everyone would know....Weird.

Must be something to do with those 'Lazy teachers' Dame was talking about!!:rolleyes:

cormie

Fast_Mover wrote: »

Must be something to do with those 'Lazy teachers' Dame was talking about!!:rolleyes:

Yeah, they should have been teaching us what ballerinas wear in our all boys school

Fast_Mover

Now now..us teachers are told not to sterotype!!:D

Dudess

deecom wrote: »

Eh, right, your kidding right? :rolleyes:

Why exactly SHOULD the OP know what a tutu is? It's not like it comes up in everyday conversation.

Milktrolley

Ibid wrote: »

Anyone remember this question coming up on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? It was for about €200 and yer man thought the answer was a "One and one." Gaybo said "That's a bag of chips." Yer man asked the audience and was spared his blushes.

So I guess some others don't know, OP!

Shame that person wouldn't vote on the poll, it'd make it look slightly more respectable! Humble pie time methinks...

eamoss

Tutu: slang-term, used as a noun or adjective to describe a person or action that is surprising, unexpected, crazy (expressing a funny and friendly sentiment).

Karoma

Milktrolley wrote: »

Shame that person wouldn't vote on the poll, it'd make it look slightly more respectable! Humble pie time methinks...

So, you don't mean "tutu" in slang context? Oh... oh.

Poxyshamrock

it's a ballet dress thing?

Milktrolley

tu·tu (tū'tū)
n.
A short skirt, often consisting of many layers of gathered sheer fabric, worn by ballerinas.

That's what i was thinking of... having been told of course

dame

Didn't you all read those fascinating books (kids novels) about ballerinas in Covent Garden when you were 9? No? Was I the only one? OK. They were absolute rubbish thinking back on them.

Zaph

Is a tutu:

a) A South African bishop?
b) A funny skirt worn by ballerinas?
c) An academic qualification?
d) All of the above?

star-pants

I wish I had one....

Zaph

star-pants wrote: »

I wish I had one....

A bishop, a skirt or an academic qualification?

star-pants

zaph wrote: »

A bishop, a skirt or an academic qualification?

A tutu.

I have an academic qualification
No need for a bishop

Karoma

OK. I knew what a tutu was then.
I had also considered that, in slang terms, it may have meant something along the lines of a 'greyhound skirt'... but shorter.
>_>

Zaph

star-pants wrote: »

A tutu.

I have an academic qualification
No need for a bishop

You could get yourself one in time for the Christmas beers

Manic Moran

Dudess wrote: »

Why exactly SHOULD the OP know what a tutu is? It's not like it comes up in everyday conversation.

Neither does "Spark plug" much these days (Particularly with all those diesels roaming around), but I'm sure most people will have a reasonable clue what it is.

NTM

star-pants

Manic Moran wrote: »

Neither does "Spark plug" much these days (Particularly with all those diesels roaming around), but I'm sure most people will have a reasonable clue what it is.

NTM

I also know what spark plugs are just for the record... and I know that they cost 16.50 EACH when the gits replace them....*grumble*
AND I've no tutu.. *sigh*

lordgoat

zaph wrote: »

Is a tutu:

a) A South African bishop?
b) A funny skirt worn by ballerinas?
c) An academic qualification?
d) All of the above?

A south african bishop skirt qualification?

JIZZLORD

I love these silly threads.......
silly season v1.43

Talliesin

Fast_Mover wrote: »

Must be something to do with those 'Lazy teachers' Dame was talking about!!:rolleyes:

A lot of these threads do make me wonder about the schools, but this one you'd expect a large number of people to have learnt before school age, so you can't blame the education system this time.

Black Swan

tu' tu' ? "You! You!" during one of those moments between couples.

Wertz

Don't mess with my tutu!

Kipperhell

I am surprised nobody mentioned the song "Don't play with my Tutu". Or is it don't "touch"? Any way it is a pretty standard piece of knowledge but I am shocked when people don't know something I consider basic "Venus Fly Trap" A guy in work didn't know what it was!:eek:

Stephen

ha @ poll results.

Wertz

Kipperhell wrote: »

I am surprised nobody mentioned the song "Don't play with my Tutu". Or is it don't "touch"? Any way it is a pretty standard piece of knowledge but I am shocked when people don't know something I consider basic "Venus Fly Trap" A guy in work didn't know what it was!:eek:

Ahem.

Wertz wrote: »

Don't mess with my tutu!

Kipperhell

Wertz wrote: »

Ahem.

Oops missed that

monsieur bob

feck sake milk trolley!!haha