"Care for a spot of the old rumpy pumpy?"

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"Care for a spot of the old rumpy pumpy?"

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1RuMuse
Jun 7, 2011, 6:39 am

This was a contemporary English novel - wryly comedic - the female narrator recalls this invitation, "I say old girl, would you care for a spot of the old rumpy pumpy?"as the paradigm turnoff invitation from her male peers.

2MyriadBooks
Jun 7, 2011, 8:14 am

I ran a Google Books search for "rumpy pumpy" and "spot" and found this promising line from Her Royal Spyness:

"The best most of them can manage is to slap you on the behind and ask if you fancy a spot of the old rumpy-pumpy."

3staffordcastle
Jun 7, 2011, 11:58 am

Seconded, I have read this one; it's a mystery series by Rhys Bowen, set in the '20s, IIRC, and the main character is an impoverished girl who is 32nd in line for the British throne. Quite amusing!