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From: smckinty@sunicnc.France.Sun.COM (Steve McKinty - Sun ICNC)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Why only ONE british olympic team
Date: 30 Jul 1992 08:08:27 GMT
Organization: SunConnect
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: hardy.france.sun.com


In one of those little coincidences that happens from time to time, this
message was the first to appear after the long list of "Re: SEX" ones
being crossposted all over the place:

In article <1992Jul29.170318.87551@cs.cmu.edu>, clamen@CS.CMU.EDU (Stewart Clamen) writes:
	> 
	> What about the British Virgin Islands?  They have a team.


It did take a moment to rearrange my thoughts...
From: hallam@zeus02.desy.de (Phillip M. Hallam-Baker)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Dollar vs Pound (was Mellor: The etc)
Date: 26 Jul 92 14:17:13 GMT
Reply-To: hallam@zeus02.desy.de
Organization: DESY ZEUS Central Data Acquisition

In article <1992Jul24.171722.21438@pony.Ingres.COM>, cmorris@Ingres.COM
(Colin Morris) writes:

|>In article <nm144g4@zola.esd.sgi.com>, livesey@solntze.esd.sgi.com
|>(Jon Livesey) writes:
|>
|>>In article <1992Jul23.055941.10005@dscomsf.desy.de>,
|>hallam@zeus02.desy.de (Phillip M. Hallam-Baker) writes:
|>>>
|>>> Jon's just pissed off becasuse he knows the ecconomy is headed 
|>>> for the soup and theres no way Major and co can escape the blame.
|>
|>>Poor Phill.   So clueless.   The reality is that I bought Sterling
|>>futures after the election at around $1.75 and sold them a couple
|>>of weeks ago at around $1.88.
|>
|>However, the main causes of the exchange rate change have been the
|>lowering of short term interest rates in the U.S. and the rising of
|>short term interest rates in Germany. 

Furthermore most pundits seem to beleive that the Pound is not going to
be able to sustain it's present place at the bottom of it's band in the
ERM and that devaluation is inevitable. Since the pound is weak,
requiring support to remain at it's present Deuchemark/Dollar rate, we
conclude that Jon's short term gain is due to the Bundesbank rather than
Whitehall.

Also I hardly consider that short term gain on the stock market is any
reliable guide to the health of the ecconomy. Remember that the Wall
street crash was preceeded by a stock market boom.


Phill Hallam-Baker
From: nickh@CS.CMU.EDU (Nick Haines)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Metric System (was: New banknotes)
Date: 23 Jul 92 14:19:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: VOILA.NICKH.92Jul23091957
	<14jl8qINN19t@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM> <Brsvs8.3B9@fulcrum.bt.co.uk>
	<Bru7Fw.1nM@brunel.ac.uk>
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Originator: nickh@VOILA.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU

In article <Bru7Fw.1nM@brunel.ac.uk> Christopher.Carne@brunel.ac.uk (Christopher J Carne) writes:

   Would the defenders of the Imperial/US weights & measure like to
   answer this one:

No defender I, but I'll bite....

   I have two spaces; space A is 11 8/8" x 6 1/16"
		      space B is 2 chains x 7 yds

   What is the area of each space in square feet?

A: 11 8/8", gosh, 12 whole inches, well, that's a foot and no mistake.
So a twelfth of 97/16 is 97/192 square feet.

B: hmm, a chain, that's the same as a cricket pitch, 22 yards, 66
feet, by 21 feet is 1386 square feet.

   If I have a piece of linoleum of 1/3 acre will I be able to cover
   the spaces?   

Well an acre is enormous compared to either of these, so the answer to
this is yes without hesitation.

   If linoleum weighs 2 1/3 oz/sq inch how much will the total covering
   weigh (in stones and lbs).

2 1/3 oz per square inch is 21 lb per square foot, hey, a great number
because it's exactly 3/2 stone, so for 1386 97/192 square feet, we
get 2079 st 10 117/192 lb. Why in stone and pounds, sir? I'll convert
to tons, cwt, st, lb, oz:

12 tons, 19 cwt, 7 st, 10 lb, 9 3/4 oz.

Gosh sir, that's only 3lb 6 1/4 oz less than 13 tons. Did you work it
out specially?

   Linoleum is sold by weight, it costs 5/- 3 1/2d per quarter pound.
   Work out the cost of the total covering.

What expensive lino! 5/3 and ha'pence per quarter is a guinea and
tuppence per pound! So that's 29347 guineas 14/1 and a farthing (and
9/192 of a penny).

   If you have any trouble with these see me during prep.

Trouble? With little sums like these? Nostalgia, more like.

Nick
From: mmh@cs.qmw.ac.uk (Matthew Huntbach)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Explanation, NI Query
Date: 22 Jul 92 08:36:55 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept, QMW, University of London, UK.

From: skaamjm@ucl.ac.uk (Matthew Moore)
>Innaccurate views like this are partly the result of censorship in
>Britain and Ireland. Sinn Fein's position is that they want peace,
>(they have published a document called 'Towards a Lasting Peace',
>which calls for inclusive talks, agreement between London and Dublin
>to end partition, and a programme of National reconciliation).

I think you'll find that most groups engaged in armed conflict
will claim that they want peace - it's just that they'll only
accept it on their terms. Remember the old slogan "Fighting for
peace is like fucking for virginity"?

>The IRA's position seems to be (from their press statements) that they
>will call a ceasefire if the British withdraw, or set a very clear
>timetable for withdrawal.

In other words, they're saying that they will be peaceful when
they've won. Tell us something new.

Matthew Huntbach
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: livesey@solntze.esd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey)
Subject: Re: Pronounciaton of Three-Syllable Words
Organization: sgi
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 01:53:43 GMT

In article <1992Jul23.123606.14098@husc3.harvard.edu>, koumis@husc4.harvard.edu (Anthony Koumis) writes:
|> 
|> Having just been in Putney for two weeks which store was it?
|> Was it the photograph store, Thomas Cook's, M&S, Or Sainsburys,
|> the dry cleaners, perhaps the off license.

W. H. Smiths.

jon.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.usa
From: lpj@col.hp.com (Laura Johnson)
Subject: Re: Pronounciaton of Three-Syllable Words
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 16:50:08 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division


Time for a drift!

jackson@soldev.tti.com (Dick Jackson) writes:
> 
> One of my best friends is from the lower classes. Poor chap actually had
> to work while he was going to school (he served behind the counter
> in a tobacconists I think).

OK, is this "British sarcasm", or do you really consider anyone who has
to work while in school "lower class"?  (Working while in school is 
pretty common in the U.S. "middle class.")

-Laura.
-- 
lpj@hpctdls.col.hp.com
Opinions expressed are my own, but may be licensed for a nominal fee.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: hallam@zeus02.desy.de (Phillip M. Hallam-Baker)
Subject: Re: VAX Account
Reply-To: hallam@zeus02.desy.de
Organization: DESY ZEUS Central Data Acquisition
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:24:29 GMT

In article <1992Jul26.212548.41890@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>,
srvylab1@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:

|>A friend of mine is going to University of East Anglia this fall and is
|>wondering if it is possible to get a VAX account or somthing similar.  Any
|>information would be great.  Thanks.

VAX account in East Anglia? What do you think they are made of money?
You should count yourself lucky if you get a rusty abacus. You'd have to
be a reader at least before you got to get an account on the campus sun
workstation (they may get a second in ten years time). To get a VAX
account you'd have to have at least one if not two Nobel prizes.

You Americans should remember what a poor country the UK is, we only
have six computers and that includes the Babage machine which has yet to
be delivered. The rest of us have to get by by hacking into foreign
computers and stealing time on them.


Phill Hallam-Baker
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: jac54@cas.org ()
Subject: Re: Metric System (was: New banknotes)
Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:29:33 GMT

In article <Bru7Fw.1nM@brunel.ac.uk> Christopher.Carne@brunel.ac.uk (Christopher J Carne) writes:
>Would the defenders of the Imperial/US weights & measure like to
>answer this one:
>
>I have two spaces; space A is 11 8/8" x 6 1/16"

	Oops!   6.0625 sq.ft



>                   space B is 2 chains x 7 yds

	44 yds x 7 yds = 308 sq. yds = 2772 sq. ft  (surveyor's chain)

    66 2/3 yds x 7 yds = 466 2/3 sq. yds. = 4200 sq. ft. (engineer's chain)
>
>What is the area of each space in square feet?

>If I have a piece of linoleum of 1/3 acre will I be able to cover
>the spaces?

	1 acre = 43,560 sq. ft, 1/3 acre = 14,520 sq. ft., plenty to spare

>If linoleum weighs 2 1/3 oz/sq inch how much will the total covering
>weigh (in stones and lbs).

	For the 1/3 acre?

	1 sq. ft. = 144 sq. in therefore 1 sq. ft. weighs 336 ozs = 21 lbs=
	1 stone 7lbs.

therefore 1/3 acre linoleum weighs 21,780 lbs = 9 tons, 5 cwt, 4 stone, 4lbs.


>Linoleum is sold by weight, it costs 5/- 3 1/2d per quarter pound.
>Work out the cost of the total covering.

Talk about inflation! over a guinea a pound!  Total cost=

L21,780 + 21,780/- + (21,780/-)/6= 21,780 + 1,039 + 181.5 pounds sterling
				 = L23,000 10/-

>
>If you have any trouble with these see me during prep.
>

	Thanks for the practice, thanks to early years in Scotland, this
	was done without a calculator, paper, pencil, or safety net.
>
>Chris

	I love you, a bushel and a peck

					 Alec
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.usa
From: jac54@cas.org ()
Subject: Re: In re the Minister of Rumpo
Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 12:56:30 GMT

In article <150ngvINNgla@early-bird.think.com> sandee@Think.COM (Daan Sandee) writes:
>In article <1992Jul27.103214.7761@cas.org>, jac54@cas.org () writes:
>|>     The Columbus Dyspeptic finally carried something from the
>|>     Observer on the minister known by the Elvish word for "friend"
>|>     yesterday.
>
>Always glad to pick a nit ... In Elvish, "friend" is "mellon", not "mellor".
>And before somebody else comes up with a similar story, the gamekeeper in
>"Lady Chatterley's Lover", who has figured in these pages before, is "Mellors."
>Mellor was the chap who wrote a standard text on Inorganic Chemistry.

	I don't have the references with me but I think you'll
	find that "Mellon" is actually Elvish for "friend of Carnegie"
	(substantive creep case).  The standard text on inorganic was
	written by Cotton & Wilkinson (before you object, check the
	organization line).

	Alec.
From: Christopher.Carne@brunel.ac.uk (Christopher J Carne)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Metric System (was: New banknotes)
Date: 24 Jul 92 09:04:16 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK

In article <1992Jul23.131252.18618@crc.ac.uk> msmith@crc.ac.uk (Mike Smith x3297) writes:

[Loads of Maths deleted] 
>
>Sir! Sir! Please Sir! I've finished mine, Sir!

Now take 100 lines "I must not be such a smart Alec"

Did you notice the deliberate mistake. 11 8/8", should've been
7/8 of course. Price of linoleum calculated of the basis of the
mornings prices in the linoleum futures market.
>-- 
>Mike Smith
>Computing Services, Clinical Research Centre and   
>Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre,     Internet:   m.smith@crc.ac.uk
>Watford Rd, HARROW, Middx, HA1 3UJ                Janet:      m.smith@uk.ac.crc
>Tel +44 81-869 3297 Fax +44 81-423 1275   Usenet ...!mcsun!uknet!mrccrc!m.smith

Chris

PS If it takes a man and a half a day and a half to dig a hole and a half,
how long does it take five men to dig five holes?
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: hallam@zeus02.desy.de (Phillip M. Hallam-Baker)
Subject: Re: VAX Account
Reply-To: hallam@zeus02.desy.de
Organization: DESY ZEUS Central Data Acquisition
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:50:56 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.092841.41979@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>,
maryb@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
|>In article <153b6rINNjnq@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM>,
|>martin.baines@uk.sun.com (Martin Baines - Sun UK - SE Manager
|>Cambridge) writes:
|>> In article 19794@dscomsf.desy.de, hallam@zeus02.desy.de (Phillip M.
|>Hallam-Baker) writes:
|>>>In article <1992Jul26.212548.41890@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>,
|>>>srvylab1@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
|>>>
|>>>|>A friend of mine is going to University of East Anglia this fall
|>and is
|>>>|>wondering if it is possible to get a VAX account or somthing
|>similar.  Any
|>>>|>information would be great.  Thanks.
|>>>
|>>>VAX account in East Anglia? What do you think they are made of
|>money?
|>>>You should count yourself lucky if you get a rusty abacus. You'd
|>have to
|>>>be a reader at least before you got to get an account on the campus
|>sun
|>>>workstation (they may get a second in ten years time). To get a VAX
|>>>account you'd have to have at least one if not two Nobel prizes.
|>>>
|>>>You Americans should remember what a poor country the UK is, we
|>only
|>>>have six computers and that includes the Babage machine which has
|>yet to
|>>>be delivered. The rest of us have to get by by hacking into foreign
|>>>computers and stealing time on them.
|>> 
|>> Phill - you got it wrong:
|>> 
|>> He actually wanted an account to use a VAX - you know one of
|>> those vacuum cleaners with water in it.
|>> 
|>> Martin
|>> 
|>Phill...Martin, you both got it wrong.  SHE actually just wanted some
|>information.  I think the post office probably has fewer snipers even
|>in the
|>U.S. so I'll use that instead.

Oh *SHE*! Well far be it for us Brits to cast a spoke in cupids chariot,
why didn't you start off by saying that you wanted to carry on an affair
d' amor by transatlantic telegraph. It lacks of course the charm of the
traditional carrier pidgeons, however I suppose it's more reliable and
saves the poor dear's wings. But then again, although an email is fast,
you can't dunk it in batter, deep fry it and serve it with chips as a
cheap and nutritious meal. Such considerations are of great importance
for the poor impverished student of Thatcher Britain.

Phill Hallam-Baker
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: johnf@apollo.hp.com (John Francis)
Subject: Re: The Gallows [was Cambridge
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:43:53 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA

hallam@zeus02.desy.de (Phill Hallam-Baker) inquires:
>
>What about hermaphrodites, where do they fit in?

To slightly paraphrase another part of P H_B's posting:

Can we try to keep to the subject rather than discussing your purient interests?


-- 
John (Would you like your figgin toasted?) Francis  johnf@apollo.hp.com
The world can be divided into two classes :-
 those who divide people into two classes, and those who don't.
From: tgg@otter.hpl.hp.com (Tom Gardner)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 10:33:16 GMT
Subject: Re: WANTED: how much does a bicycle cost in Cambridge, England?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british

|   I currently have a Ross Grand Tour II (10 speed), and will either
|look at similar bikes or mountain bikes. [ for use in Cambridge ]

Of course you need gears in Cambridge:
	- for Castle Hill
	- for Mill Rd railway bridge (but many people get off and push their
	  bike over)
	- when you are fighting the winds from the Urals
From: zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,uk.misc
Subject: Re: Americanising of the UK
Date: 30 Jul 92 14:09:35 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre

In article <1992Jul29.142639.7707@cas.org> jac54@cas.org writes:

>In article <3655@keele.keele.ac.uk> cla04@seq1.keele.ac.uk (A.T. Fear) writes:
>>From article <6497@pharaoh.cyborg.bt.co.uk>, by ian@pharaoh.cyborg.bt.co.uk (Speed Freak):
>>> fofp@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Holmes) writes:
>>> Isn't it sad that many British people worship the Americans.  Just look at
>>> all the filthy scum who wear New York Yankee baseball caps for instance.
>>>
>>
>>Especially those who wear them backwards - this bizarre dress code
>>really gets up my nose.
>>
>>Andy,

>       When you're detasselling corn and the sun is at your back it's
>       eminently sensible.  Out in the farming belt they're known as

I don't mind if it's a FLAT CAP worn backwards while riding a cycle or horse 
or something....

Where's that whippet gone?

+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  I don't take part in any sport that requires me to change clothes  |
|  Dave Budd, MCC, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England   (44)061-275-6033  |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Americanising of the UK
From: koumis@husc4.harvard.edu (Anthony Koumis)
Date: 31 Jul 92 12:24:58 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

In article <731@dsbc.icl.co.uk> sut@dsbc.icl.co.uk (Secure Unix Team KID01) writes:
>In article <6497@pharaoh.cyborg.bt.co.uk> ian@pharaoh.cyborg.bt.co.uk (Speed Freak) writes:
>>fofp@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Holmes) writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>>>=>Neil Postlethwaite (neilp@cs.hw.ac.uk) writes:
>>>>=>
>>>>=>> Does anyone think that the all pervading Amercanisation
>>>>=>> of the world had really gotten out of hand.
>>
>>>It hasn't happened here dude :-)
>>
>>Isn't it sad that many British people worship the Americans.  Just look at 
>>all the filthy scum who wear New York Yankee baseball caps for instance.
>
>And those f*cking *sad* "Raiders" jackets.
>              |

I will tell you what really causes me to laugh.  The jackets or shirts
that are supposed to be American but are not.  For instance,
I saw a jacket in London that said American Super Cup and had two guys
playing American football.  Well, it is the Super Bowl not Cup. The
jacket was probably sold in Britian and masquerading as American.
Ive seen quite a few like that and it makes me laugh and laugh.  The
poor people buying them, they got ripped off!

Xref: sparky soc.culture.british:10893 alt.war:1593
From: jac54@cas.org
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,alt.war
Subject: Re: BBN II -- Murk-o-Vision World Update (Mau Mau)
Date: 29 Jul 92 16:23:52 GMT
Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio

In article <1992Jul29.150823@axion.bt.co.uk> ravis@axion.bt.co.uk (Richard Avis) writes:
>
>In article <NIGEL.92Jul28114609@rs733.GSFC.NASA.Gov>, nigel@rs733.GSFC.NASA.Gov writes:
>|> In article <5634@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> mst@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (Markus Stumptner) writes:

>
>Secondly, I think questioning the dedication and commitment of the US
>armed forces is  VERY valid. As a whole they have no concept of prolonged
>military commitments and what we might call `low-intensity' warfare.

	Let's think, U.S. involvement in Vietnam started with Archimedes
	Patti and his unit in 1947 (Patti is still alive by the way).  It
	ended in or about 1973.  That's twenty-six years, that's a long
	commitment.  When the U.S. joined in WWII, they signed up for the
	duration, not for three years with an option on another three.
	Mobilization of the U.S. was probably as extensive as that of the
	U.K., that's a fundamental commitment to a long-term plan.

>However, as individuals the US forces are full of `economic conscripts',
>many from poorer states, who joined to get money for college.
>The way some of these people tried to wriggle out of their commitments
>at the time of the Gulf War was incredible.

	Joining the military was the best thing that happened to some
	of these people.  It is the first time that many of them have been
	involved in something where somebody gave a damn.  It straightened
	them out and turned them into useful members of society when they
	left.  Although the average American soldier may not make it into
	2 Para he's not the bonehead most people think he is.  They also
	have a habit of standing and fighting hard.

	The wigglers were to be found evenly spread throughout officers and
	enlisted.  The military policy is quite generous for conscientious
	objectors (Marines are the least generous) and I remember that over
	half of the objectors in Desert Storm had their requests granted.
	If you want really nasty wigglers, try the ones who get their costs
	for medical school paid for by the military with a resulting
	commitment for 4 or 6 years service as an officer.  When they try
	walking out on that commitment you see some real nastiness.  They
	usually end being used for target practice.

	Alec Chambers.
From: streater@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Tim Streater)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Americanising of the UK
Date: 28 Jul 92 06:20:45 GMT
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

In article <1992Jul27.160434.10173@cs.hw.ac.uk> neilp@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Postlethwaite) writes:
>Does anyone think that the all pervading Amercanisation of the world
>had really gotten out of hand. 
            ~~~~~~
              |
              |
 +------------+
 | 
Yers, well, that's an example of an Americanism right there (and there went
another!). Fellow should be drummed out.

Tim.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: li@oracorp.com (Li Gong)
Subject: Re: Oxford
Organization: ORA Corporation, Ithaca, New York
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 16:08:16 GMT

In article <3514@keele.keele.ac.uk> cla04@seq1.keele.ac.uk (A.T. Fear) writes:
>> But what is Cambridge but several large science parks clustered around an
>> over-crowded provincial town? <Yawn!>
>
>Stephen has got it dead right, not just about the architectural
>nightmares of the other place, but also the attractions of Oxford.

Who goes to Cambridge for the science parks?  Having wondered into a
nice old college?
-- 
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From: sharder@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Soren Harder)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Why only ONE british olympic team
Date: 28 Jul 92 18:27:01 GMT
Organization: Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh, UK

killer@robocop.cs.hut.fi (Kalle Kivimaa) writes:

>I won't argue about the status of Puerto Rico, but I have a *VERY*
>vague feeling that P.R. is very often considerd a country of its
>own right.  That is not, however, the case with Northen Ireland,
>Scotland, Wales, Far Islands (belong to Danmark), Greenland (ditto)
>or Ahvenanmaa (Finland).
>(These all have a somewhat extensive independence in interior affairs=.

What do you base your assertion that they are not considered countries
of their own right on? I consider Scotland a country by itself (even
though it shares external affairs with England et al.). And (please,
do not take this as a flame), do you know anything about the
historical and political situation in Scotland? 

Soren

P.S Greenland has some external affairs on its own: it's not member of
the EEC.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Soren Harder, (MSc student)
Centre for Cognitive Science, 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh
E-mail: sharder@cogsci.ed.ac.uk
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
From: Geraint.Jones@comlab.oxford.ac.uk (Geraint Jones)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: MARMITE
Date: 21 Jul 92 11:18:56 GMT
Reply-To: Geraint.Jones@comlab.oxford.ac.uk (Geraint Jones)
Organization: The Famous Buffalo Wing and Kangaroo Pouch Pie and Pasty Company

gerard@caliban.soest.hawaii.edu (Gerard Fryer) BTWs:
(  BTW, the only approved way to clean out the marmite your knife can't
 ) get to because of that absurd jar is to use your fingers (you don't
(  have that problem with Vegemite).  And once on your fingers the only
 ) approved way to eat it is to lick if off - no wiping your fingers on
(  bread (after such an exercise you would be well advised to brush your
 ) teeth before attempting to kiss your wife).  

This technique can only possibly work with the twee little jars.  Presumably
someone with small enough hands could get a whole hand into a Real Jar, but /
those of us with reasonably normal hands and fingers are stuck with a palm /
outside the jar and fingers that do not reach to the furthest corners.    / g
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