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John Pitman <[log in to unmask]>
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John Pitman <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:27:40 +1100
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after adding my own

One man's meat is another man's poisson

repeat after me...

I will be punished for every pun I shed.

jp

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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roy Brown [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, 18 October 2009 8:21 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Wild Alaskan Salmon (taught to swim to China)

In message <[log in to unmask]>, Tom Lang
<[log in to unmask]> writing at 16:37:33 in his/her local time
opines:-
>On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:29:51 +0100, Roy Brown
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>><snip>
>>
>>>Roy,
>>>Thereby hangs a tail...
>>>There's something fishy going on here...
>>>We need to scale down this thread...
>>
>>Like the French, announce 'fin', do you mean?
>>
>><snip>
>Well, you couldn't resist bringing in the French, but I'll take the bait...
>
>(Did someone say 'vin'...?)
>(With my humblest of humble apologies to all French citizens and
>friends of the
>Republic. As a gesture and as a Scot, I say "Vive l'ancienne alliance
>entre les
>Francois et les Ecossois". For good measure please refer to:
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/europe/features_europe_auldallia
>nce.shtml
>for a better explanation).
>
>Kindest Regards,
>Tom.
>PS. Roy, this thread is getting thin
>And your reference to 'fin'
>Extrapolates to 'vin'
>And may also lead to shark soup.
>
>(Who mentioned Japan...)
>
>(With my humblest of humble apologies to all...

Scots, eh?

Lang, may your lum reek......

--
Roy Brown        'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be
Kelmscott Ltd     useful, or believe to be beautiful'  William Morris

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