Swmbo ??

[benzrider]

excuse my ignorance, i am new the the forum have seen SWMBO written on hea but have no clue what it means ,, please advise

 

[markjay]

She Who Must Be Obeyed

(normally, one's wife)

 

[benzrider]

lol ,,,,,love it !!!!!

 

[PXW]

I believe it came from Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer. The TV series with Leo McKern in the lead character role often had hm referring to his wife as "she who must be obeyed" though iirc she never actually appears in any episode

 

[PXW]

I believe it came from Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer. The TV series with Leo McKern in the lead character role often had hm referring to his wife as "she who must be obeyed" though iirc she never actually appears in any episode

Actually a little further research shows that Mortimer was using the phrase in tribute to Rider Haggard in the novel "She" where it is used to refer to Ayesha , the all powerful white queen.

 

[philimayfield]

The expression actually comes from from the novel "She" by Rider Haggard around 1887.

Phil

 

[benzrider]

well i must admit i never watched that program but i will be usuing that quote !!!!

 

[Dryce]

though iirc she never actually appears in any episode

She did in fact appear. But I think most people simply recollect Leo McKern and the weary rumbling of the phrase 'SWMBO' more strongly - which rather masks the image of the character of the lady in question.

 

[markjay]

I must admit to being a bit of a philistine - I first heard it in Rumpole....

 

[Merc Owner 2B]

The expression actually comes from from the novel "She" by Rider Haggard around 1887.

Phil

Although the novel was adapted for many movies over the years the best was, by far, the 1965 Hammer version with Ursula Andress. My favourite "SWMBO" has to be Ursula Andress

 

[PXW]

The expression actually comes from from the novel "She" by Rider Haggard around 1887.

Phil

Yep, I corrected myself on that point!

 

[gmk666]

Call me a Luddite, but I've always resisted the use of initialism on the Internet.
Merely reading things like WTF, LOL and OMG makes me feel less intelligent.
But now I know this collection of letters can trace its roots back to Victorian literature, I might start using it more often.
If only someone could tell me PMSL was originally coined by someone like Tennyson...

 

[Charles Morgan]

Actually abbreviation and initialisation have much earlier roots. Apart from things like INRI or AMDG, mediaeval manuscripts were filled with such things as vellum was extraordinarily expensive. TXTSPK has been around for a very long time.

I find wearing a baseball cap (aka the IQ reducer) makes me feel less intelligent. Putting it on with the brim at the front reduces your IQ by 33%, while wearing it to the side cuts it by 50%, and if you turn it to the back, you lose 100% of your IQ.

 

[renault12ts]

ADMG? Or do you mean AMDG?

 

[Charles Morgan]

Wot I wrote...

 

[JOB-BLACK-RAT]

And if you read my posts and see HWMBO....well, you can work that one out for yourself

 

[Charles Morgan]

Well with you J-B-R, it might be her what must be obeyed?

 

[JOB-BLACK-RAT]

Of course that could be correct CM, or......

 

[Charles Morgan]

Her with much body odour?

 

[JOB-BLACK-RAT]

As in, 'ooh get her with her BO?'