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Did you know... that "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)", described as one of Squeeze's catchiest songs, is based on a band member's experiences at a holiday camp?
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What a load of bollocks: "The phrase "pulling mussels" is British slang for sexual intercourse.[5]" I don't know where the author got his information for this nugget from, but it is wrong, despite being in a source that is correctly cited according to Wikipedia standards. "Pulling mussels" is NOT British slang for sexual intercourse. 'Pulling' means 'scoring', roughly, but you can pull someone at a pub or party and it might not end in sex if it all goes wrong: it's the first stage that might lead to sex, if you are lucky: it means sexual intent, though not necessarily completion. Squeeze cleverly use the lyric to insinuate sex by using the word 'pulling' with its sexual connotations, together with 'mussels' and the crude imagery of shellfish/female genitalia. So they leave us to imagine sex; it's a metaphor, and more importantly, it's THEIR metaphor that they made up; but it's certainly not a British slang phrase. That's why I like Squeeze lyrics - they're so clever. The (I assume) American author of that statement has misunderstood. 86.134.25.160 (talk) 16:28, 2 December 2011 (UTC)Reply
