declan_murphy@hotmail.com dixit:
>jwb@csse.monash.edu.au wrote:
>> Rats were highly favoured too, especially among midshipmen. They were
>> called "millers", because they were dusted with flour from their
>> excusions into the sacks of flour and ships' biscuit.

>Didn't come across that bit in the book (Richard Hough 1994) ...

No, I meant in the Royal Navy in general. I don't think Cook took
any midshipmen, at least not in the Endeavour.

>> I enjoyed my only experiences of Japan's 地震. It was sort of cute to find
>> my desk walking around the room. I opened my office door (as instructed)
>> and was poised to dive under the table, but that was as far as it got.

>You opened the door for your table? I didn't know the etiquette.

No, bong-bong. You open your orifice door to make sure it doesn't
jam shut when the 地震 warps the building frame. Sheesh. Didn't
you learn anything at your 小学校?

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Jim Breen        http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/
Clayton School of Information Technology,
Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia 
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