In news:lIYQb.17057$6O4.439268@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net,
Madra Dubh <ccaine@worldnet.att.net> radiated into the WorldWideWait:
> "Malcolm Ogilvie" <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:ylh+nQgZg+EAFw$+@indaal.demon.co.uk...
>> Madra Dubh <ccaine@worldnet.att.net> writes
>>> "JJD" <jefdrab@newsguy.com> wrote in message
>>> news:d0m510hvdl0kh5e1dpsjlb5pu1d2ntf92v@4ax.com...
>>>> On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 19:30:01 GMT, "Madra Dubh"
>>>> <ccaine@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I may have to drop "Git" into me dust bin.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> That would be a shame. Your use of this estimable word
>>>>>>>>>>>>> was apropos and demonstrates that you could become
>>>>>>>>>>>>> highly adept at our English "patois" should you put in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the effort required.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Understand, I went on for quite a while until someone
>>>>>>>>>>>> finally explained exactly what "Wanker" meant.
>>>>>>>>>>>> And I prefer not to even think about :the times I used
>>>>>>>>>>>> Tosser". One must be very careful when one uses foreign
>>>>>>>>>>>> slang.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> So we have git, tosser, scouse, wanker...
>>>>>>>>>>> What's next?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm not going to tell you, you gert lummock!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This shower is complete trousers, Mr Crun.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I remember something like that from me SCI days,
>>>>>>>> "A shower of *****", I believe it was.
>>>>>>>> Of course one can substitute a variety of words for *****
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, they're *nglish, so we can trust it wouldn't be
>>>>>>> "bathwater"...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Who is English?
>>>>>
>>>>> Out of idle curiosity, Jay, where be ye from?
>>>>>
>>>> As you ask, I'm a cattle farmer from New Zealand, but that takes
>>>> all the fun out of it.  I rather like the theatre of virtual
>>>> characters.
>>>
>>> Oh My Gawd!
>>> You don't live near Adam Whyte-Settler, do you?
>>> (You may see a boom in exports if Canada keeps sending us
>>> infected cattle) (Americans are starting to get a bit antsy about
>>> buying and eating American beef these days.)
>>> (Bad joss for the chickens, good joss for the cows)
>>>
>> Not if your chickens from Thailand, like a *lot* of our do, or
>> rather did.
>>
> Great.
> So you avoid Mad Cow Disease by importing SARs infected fowl.

Ahem. Madra, on behalf of the Nebraska Beef Industry Council, I must
correct you. That's Mad Canadian Disease. You're welcome. BEEF - It's
What's For Dinner!