I just discovered this in my bag of reciepts from a recent trip: a 100% Hampton guarantee. It’s so useful it now perminantly resides in my wallet. For those of you not brought up up a diet of Carry-On films or Viz comics or who haven’t read my American Tea post, “Hampton” is British slang for yer “Dick”.
Don’t get your Hampton Court.
But is it Northampton or Littlehampton?
Out on Long Guyland, where the Long Guylanders live (and if that sounds Birminggam to you, it’s no coincidence), they have Southampton and East Hampton and Bridgehampton, but no Hampton simpliciter. Draw your own conclusions.