A haircut may also be jocularly referred to as a "branchage". The term is jocularly claimed to be derived from the German word "Abend" meaning "evening". This is sometimes jocularly referred to as the "two man bench press". This led to them being called Martians, a name they jocularly adopted. M. Poirot jocularly replies that getting rid of husbands is not his speciality. Others later used that name too, not always jocularly. "Cuarenta y quince" ('forty-fifteen')&colon; jocularly, an indeterminate number. The licence, therefore, was jocularly called ""dai pai"" (big license) by the locals. His pupils, particularly Bottomly, jocularly refer to him as "Percy".