Rhyming slang purchase a wood burning range from a junk trader called Sam, who litters his language with phony slang in hopes of getting higher payment. He comes up with a fake story as to the origin of Cockney Rhyming slang and is caught out rather quickly. In "The Jeffersons" season 2 (1976) episode "The Breakup: Part 2", Mr. Bentley explains Cockney rhyming slang to George Jefferson, in that "whistle and flute" means "suit", "apples and pears" means "stairs", "plates of meat" means "feet". The use of rhyming slang was also prominent in "Mind Your Language" (1977–79), "Citizen Smith" (1977–80), "Minder" (1979–94),
Apples and oranges The only significant differences found were in terms of seeds (the study used seedless oranges), the involvement of Johnny Appleseed, and color. The "Annals of Improbable Research" subsequently noted that the "earlier investigation was done with more depth, more rigour, and, most importantly, more expensive equipment" than the "British Medical Journal" study. On April Fools' Day 2014, "The Economist" compared worldwide production of apples and oranges from 1983 to 2013, however noted them to be "unrelated variables". While references to comparing apples and oranges are often a rhetorical device, references to adding apples and oranges are made in the case