Posted by Prue Eckett on October 19, 2003 at 21:53:28 from 210.86.79.112 user PrueEckett.
In Reply to: You don't understand 'stroppy'? posted by Prue Eckett on October 19, 2003 at 21:48:36:
On reflection - I wonder if it has anything to do with a razor 'strop' - you know, the long piece of leather men used to sharpen their cut throat razors on? It also came in useful as a tool for whacking unruly children (in the days when thumping badly behaved brats was PC).