redpanda13 got it, but I'm going to toss in that a shilling is what Sherlock Holmes paid the "street urchins" that were the canonical Irregulars, and thus when people are inducted into the BSI, they get invested with a shilling.
Which is presumably not brightly painted, nor has George VI on it.
Re: Please enlighten the clueless.
Date: 2012-06-19 10:15 pm (UTC)Which is presumably not brightly painted, nor has George VI on it.