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[quote=friends_of_dorothy;43951794]I rarely talk to anyone except by Zoom, and if it’s work I know not to say someone’s a wanker, even if they are. If a car splashed into a puddle lickedysplit and soaked poor me standing on the pavement so I was a drowned rat, I would call forth ancient French-Canadian curses from deep in the soul, but wanker would not be one, because looked upon in the light of cool reason, wanking is not the greatest calamity that can befall someone.[/quotem

A drowned rat ? Must be a Canadian idiom.
I don't believe you. You've never seen a drowned rat. I've seen a few of them, in Australia.