Fu Rphy

During the first world war, John Furphy manufactured water and sanitary carts for the diggers in the trenches. The cart-drivers were a rich source of rumors and myths, and so in CommonwealthRealms a "Furphy" has come to mean anything surrounded by overblown claims and misdirections. One of those words we wish the seppoes knew.


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