"Madra Dubh" <ccaine@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:dSlNb.38099$6y6.816004@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>
> <vernon.north@oyama.ca> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1a6f4b974cb063749898be@shawnews.vc.shawcable.net...
> > In article <100b18875ug3oea@corp.supernews.com>,
> > HCRUNMAPSON@charter.net says...
> >  ~
> >  ~ "Duke of URL" <macbenahATkdsiDOTnet> wrote in message
> >  ~ news:100aib9dg0slg8f@corp.supernews.com...
> >  ~ > In news:4004924D.7020300@hotmail.com,
> >  ~ > Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> radiated into the
> >  ~ > WorldWideWait:
> >  ~ >
> >  ~ > > Strewth. I never knew that my views on tenpin bowling,
prohibition,
> >  ~ > > open container laws, monopolistic software companies, budweiser
> >  ~ > > "beer", and christian radio was partially based on my jealousy
and
> >  ~ > > lingering bitterness. I live and learn.
> >  ~ >
> >  ~ > Well, good. There is hope for you then. Hang around scs long enough
> >  ~ > and we'll teach you a lot about accepting (if not appreciating (if
> not
> >  ~ > enjoying)) things that are different in different cultures.
> >  ~ >
> >  ~ I had haggis once. It was ...
> >  ~ ... edible.
> >  ~
> > I did too, but I only had a bite.  It gave me "mad Scotsman's
> > disease" for months.
>
> So......how many *nglishmen did you dispatch before your sanity was
> restored?
>
I understand him to be saying that he actually spent a bit of money.

Harry C.