Embarrassment caused by over-reaching oneself. Derived from the fate of those who, in reaching for the cream, dangle their sleeves in the Charlotte Russe.

Cornish Date?

This is a thing rather like a haggis, but instead of wholesome meat and vegetables it's filled with dried fruit. It was originally made for tin miners to take to work as a kind of packed lunch, the rationale being that it was so revolting it would make working in a tin mine seem not so bad after all.

An acquaintance asked if I want to try salty surfing. Do I need a licence?

This is simply another name for bodysurfing, where you use yourself as the board. More salt in the face, you see.

What do you think of a round of foot crepes?

No thanks. Those large, round discs of dead skin from the soles of your feet are hard to make palatable.

Purple lampoon?

As I see it, it's a guy sharking after hours in Cleveland.

I've heard this one but not sure of its meaning: A frayed rope in the pulley.

It's applied to chaps who (ahem) can't get IT up. IT, or Information Technology, is quite a complex undertaking and a broken wire (frayed rope) in the circuit (the pulley) will just prevent the user getting it working (up).

Safari Beard

The results of a night in the bush.

Ahem.

I've heard of a Toilet Duck, but what is a Pantry Chicken?