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Re: Phrase
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Date: 
Mon, 25 Jun 2001 03:17:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
The following is a totally serious post, my apologies for posting it in .fun...

In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:

<more than you probably expected could be said about 17th century naval
history... unless you knew the inestimable LFB that is>

   What?  I could write a book on a rowboat!  Not that
   rowboat, that other one over there...

What I think is *really neat* about our little hobby is how many DIFFERENT
kinds of geeks it attracts. There are experts here on more topics than you
could possibly shake a stick at. (1)

Is that cool or what?

   Hey!  Take it to .geek!  We can't be having fun in .geek,
   or geeks in .fun, or 911 turbos that do a quarter mile in
   1.3 seconds in .loc.au!

   Now that we've cleared THAT up, everything will be fine,
   birds will sing, grass will grow, and BrickBay will be back
   up.

1 - and no I don't know the derivation of that phrase either and I *wasn't
asking*!!!

   Too bad.  :)

   http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-sha2.htm

   Basically, nobody knows, but it's at least 200 years old.

   Unsolicitedly,

   LFB



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  Re: Phrase
 
The following is a totally serious post, my apologies for posting it in .fun... In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: <more than you probably expected could be said about 17th century naval history... unless you knew the (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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