Michael Cash wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 20:25:33 +0900, Declan Murphy
> <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
> inscribed:
> 
>>Louise Bremner wrote:
>>
>>>Did I really express interest in kanji cards that prepare for Levels 4
>>>and 3 of the JLPT? 
>>
>>???
>>
>>I haven't whetted the whistle yet tonight
> 
> So that's what you bog-trotters call it......
> 
> (Unless you meant "wet", of course).

I believe it (in this instance) is spelled "whet". Contemplating this 
new bottle of Midleton's, I'd even suggest that "The Whetted Whistle" 
would be a grand name for a pub.

-- 
"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on"