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Where can I get duckboards made from real ducks? > Where can I get duckboards made from real ducks? I don't know. Are those the ones held together with duck tape?  SignatureBob Lieblich A sticky question indeed >>Where can I get duckboards made from real ducks? > > I don't know. Are those the ones held together with duck tape? I thought they were the hats that graduates wore when they ran out of mortar. SignatureRob Bannister > Where can I get duckboards made from real ducks? Ya hafta wait your ruddy tern. -- John 'pintail wizard' Dean Oxford De-frag to reply > Where can I get duckboards made from real ducks? Possibly from the same place where you can get buckboards made from real bucks. SignatureMaria Conlon Please send any email to the Hot Mail address. > > Where can I get duckboards made from real ducks? > Possibly from the same place where you can get buckboards > made from real bucks. Which reminds me... Q: Why are Negro prostitutes the cheapest? A: Because they're always under a buck. SignatureReinhold (Rey) Aman Who has also heard this about "Native American" wimmen >> > Where can I get duckboards made from real ducks? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Q: Why are Negro prostitutes the cheapest? >A: Because they're always under a buck. You can't blame the buck. 'Once you go Black, you never go back.' SignatureCharles Riggs Email address: chriggs¦at¦eircom¦dot¦net > Possibly from the same place where you can get buckboards made from real > bucks. I read recently that the Ark was made out of gopherwood. Presumably gophers were less dear than they are now. > > Possibly from the same place where you can get buckboards made from real > > bucks. > > I read recently that the Ark was made out of gopherwood. Presumably gophers > were less dear than they are now. Recent cartoon in New Yorker -- One of Noah's sons is speaking to him: "I'm afraid we messed up, father. Both unicorns are male." SignatureBob Lieblich Well, it gave me a laugh >> > Possibly from the same place where you can get buckboards made from real >> > bucks. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Recent cartoon in New Yorker -- One of Noah's sons is speaking to >him: "I'm afraid we messed up, father. Both unicorns are male." If only they'd known about artificial inseminaryation. You could still have played with Pleistocene. Signaturewrmst rgrds Robin Bignall Quiet part of Hertfordshire England >Where can I get duckboards made from real ducks? From the same girl who sells Girl Scout cookies made from real Girl Scouts. SignatureCharles Riggs Email address: chriggs¦at¦eircom¦dot¦net Charles Riggs filted: >>Where can I get duckboards made from real ducks? > >From the same girl who sells Girl Scout cookies made from real Girl >Scouts. Last week someone pointed out that the character Popeye is now 75 years old.... This stands as support of the theory that eating Olive Oil is good for you....r R H Draney spake thus: > Charles Riggs filted: > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > This stands as support of the theory that eating Olive Oil is good for you....r But which part of Popeye doesn't go rusty? SignatureDavid ===== > But which part of Popeye doesn't go rusty? The Fisk: I'm one tough Gazookus, which hates all Palookas. Wot ain't on the up and square. I biffs 'em and buffs 'em and always out roughs 'em and none of 'em gets nowhere. If anyone dares to risk my "Fisk", It's "Boff" an' it's "Wham" un'erstan'? So keep "Good Be-hav-or", That's your one life saver With Popeye the Sailor Man. >>Where can I get duckboards made from real ducks? > >From the same girl who sells Girl Scout cookies made from real Girl >Scouts. I've yet to see a cottage pie made from real cottages. Or cottagers. Signaturewrmst rgrds Robin Bignall Quiet part of Hertfordshire England >I've yet to see a cottage pie made from real cottages. Or cottagers. Nor Hungarian goulash made from real Hungarians, or Swiss steak made from real swisses! But what I'd really like to know, is why am I served shepherd's pie while the francophones get served pate chinois? > >I've yet to see a cottage pie made from real cottages. Or cottagers. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > But what I'd really like to know, is why am I served shepherd's pie > while the francophones get served pate chinois? The French expression "filer à l'anglaise" (meaning "to leave in the English manner") is translated as "to take French leave." See http://www.wordreference.com/fr/en/translation.asp?fren=filer SignatureRaymond S. Wise Minneapolis, Minnesota USA E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com >> But what I'd really like to know, is why am I served shepherd's pie >> while the francophones get served pate chinois? > >The French expression "filer à l'anglaise" (meaning "to leave in the English >manner") is translated as "to take French leave." OK, but whatever made the French imagine that the Chinese would make a pate with mashed potatoes on top? And for that matter, shouldn'y it be made from mutton or at least lamb? John Ings wrote: >>> But what I'd really like to know, is why am I served shepherd's pie >>> while the francophones get served pate chinois? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > And for that matter, shouldn'y it be made from mutton or at least > lamb? That's your problem. In the UK, shepherd's pie has minced lamb; cottage pie has minced beef. m. > >> But what I'd really like to know, is why am I served shepherd's pie > >> while the francophones get served pate chinois? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > And for that matter, shouldn'y it be made from mutton or at least > lamb? The dish, and the name "pâté chinois," appear to be French-Canadian. There are two explanations that I came across on the Internet: One, that it was named after "China pie," served in China, Maine, and the other that it was invented in the US or Canada by Chinese laborers. SignatureRaymond S. Wise Minneapolis, Minnesota USA E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com >The dish, and the name "pâté chinois," appear to be French-Canadian. There >are two explanations that I came across on the Internet: One, that it was >named after "China pie," served in China, Maine, and the other that it was >invented in the US or Canada by Chinese laborers. I like the first explanation better, since Quebec has some proximity to Maine. A Googe search found "China pie" listed several times on local school lunch menus in Lewistion Maine, so I guess the term is a (north-eastern?) American one. It's basically hamburger and corn, with mashed potatoes on top? >> >I've yet to see a cottage pie made from real cottages. Or cottagers. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >The French expression "filer à l'anglaise" (meaning "to leave in the English >manner") is translated as "to take French leave." A 'French letter' is a 'capot Anglais', is it not? (Not sure of the spelling.) Signaturewrmst rgrds Robin Bignall Quiet part of Hertfordshire England > >> >I've yet to see a cottage pie made from real cottages. Or cottagers. > >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > A 'French letter' is a 'capot Anglais', is it not? (Not sure of the > spelling.) It's "capote anglaise," feminine and uncapitalized. Adjectives for nationalities are not capitalized in French. As for French *nouns* indicating nationality or ethnicity, I've written about them being capitalized in a post which can be seen at http://groups.google.com/groups?q=mplsray+%22pilote%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scorin g=d&selm=vrrmbfneg2k498%40corp.supernews.com&rnum=1 or http://tinyurl.com/34pcc SignatureRaymond S. Wise Minneapolis, Minnesota USA E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com >> >> >I've yet to see a cottage pie made from real cottages. Or cottagers. >> >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >It's "capote anglaise," feminine and uncapitalized. Adjectives for >nationalities are not capitalized in French. Thanks, Raymond. The pocket French dictionary I keep next to the PC does not have 'condom'! I could not tell from it whether capot or capote was the correct word. Signaturewrmst rgrds Robin Bignall Quiet part of Hertfordshire England "Jim Ward" <tomcatpolka@NyOaShPoAoM.com> wrote... > Where can I get duckboards made from real ducks? I had one once -- if I can find the bill I'll let you know. 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