JJD wrote:

> On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 02:42:20 GMT, "Madra Dubh"
> <ccaine@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>>>>>>I have seen thread digressions before but this most surely take the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>cake!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Someone's serving cake?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>We always have cake with our tea here in scb. Unless we have
>>
>>crumpet, of
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>course.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>And scones.  Don't forget the scones.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Would you provide a pronounciation guide for the foreign johnnies,
>>>>>>>>>>Jeff? There's a good chap.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>What, and provide them with one of the ultimate clues to
>>
>>Britishness?
>>
>>>>>>>>>I should jolly well think not.  Foreign johnnies must learn their
>>>>>>>>>place.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>You're English, aren't you?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I could be.  Why do you ask?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>We're always on the lookout for illegal immigrants here.
>>>>>>It's the Murkin influence, that Gnomeland Security stuff.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>One is perfectly secure, thank you.
>>>>
>>>>The new "athletic support for the mature gentleman" is working out,
>>>>then?
>>>
>>>A trifle limiting in its uplay, but one feels adequately secured, yes.
>>
>>Mind if I diagram that sentence?
>>Son of a b***h, it STILL makes no sense.
>>
> 
> It's unlikely to make sense to those who use nouns as verbs.


I do believe that it has been firmly established in this group that the 
right to verb nouns shall not be infringed upon.

TTFN
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Peter J. Lusby
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