User:Schmungel/Plaiting fog

Plaiting fog (pronounced platting fog) is British slang for an impossible task; the literal meaning is to try to take fog and plait it like girls' hair. It is most commonly used in the phrase "you have more chance of plaiting fog than...". May originate from Yorkshire (see http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmpubacc/143/2042903.htm).