Hi Techies Here in olde England, a cat is called a pussy. As George Bernard Shaw once famously remarked, "Two nations divided by a common language". Another example involves the US word eraser that we call.....read on: I am also reminded of a friend who was seconded to a major facility in Illinois to work in the drawing office (remember them?) Finding himself in need of correcting a mistake leant over to a lady colleague and innocently asked: "Do you mind if I borrow your rubber?" Noticing her glazed expression then added: "It's alright, I'll bring it back when I've finished." ...and the pen, having writ, moves on..... Happy Friday everyone Graham Naisbitt On 6/5/05 2:34 pm, "Douglas O. Pauls" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Yes, but if you have ever talked around Trafalgar Square or St. Paul's > Cathedral, you see that they are not that good a performing "throw a pigeon > amonst the cats". Either that or the UK is tragically short of cats. > > OK Graham, have at it. > > Doug Pauls > > > > > R Sedlak > <rsedlak2000@YAHO > O.COM> To > Sent by: TechNet [log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]> cc > > Subject > 05/06/2005 08:26 Re: [TN] Is it Friday yet? > AM > > > Please respond to > TechNet E-Mail > Forum > <[log in to unmask]> > ; Please respond > to > R Sedlak > <rsedlak2000@YAHO > O.COM> > > > > > > > England has been using the language a lot longer than the US, and has > clearly developed some conversational gambits which are spectacular. > "throw a pigeon amongst the cats" GREAT. > > Rudy Sedlak > > David Greig <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Been a long week, thought I'd just go through a pigeon amongst the cats... > > Best Regards > > David Greig > ______________________________ > GigaDyne Ltd > Buchan House > Carnegie Campus > Dunfermline KY11 8PL > United Kingdom > t: +44 (0)1383 624 975 > http://www.gigadyne.co.uk > ______________________________ > > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 > for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! 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