Hey, Jim, please don't insult our Canukite neighbors too much. They might cut off our supply of Canadian Bacon, and we couldn't make Eggs Benedict any more, and the entire US brunch industry would collapse. Thousands of gay waiters named Brian ("hello, I'll be your server today, let me tell you about the specials") would be thrown out of work.
And don't forget, we need the English Muffins, too.
John
So you should write to Kim and point out (very politely) that firing missiles over Japan isn't nice.
John
I bet our local Canadaphobes would get a perverse pleasure to know that at the clinic yesterday, I saw was a sign that read, "If you have arrived from China, Taiwan, Singapore, Cambodia, Hanoi, Vietnam, or Toronto, Canada, and have a fever or cough, please tell the duty nurse and you will be issued a mask and seated separately from the other patients in the waiting room".
Cheers! Rich
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:15:02 -0800, Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark
So, we have a tradeoff between idiots clogging up the group with lunatic fringe BS (of every stripe - there's a 23-post apolitical pissing contest a couple of threads up), and those who clog up the NG bitching about OT posts.
I say, leave BOTH kinds out, and plonk the offenders. At least on _this_ NG. ;-)
If you want to find a place that won't notice more political lunatic BS, check out sci.physics! ;-)
Cheers! Rich
I read in sci.electronics.design that John Larkin wrote (in ) about 'OT: Canada Agrees to be Missile Target', on Thu, 3 Mar
2005:
You have a highly commendable sense of priorities. Incidentally, in UK, we call Canadian bacon 'back bacon' or maybe 'cut-through'. And I'm not at all sure that your 'English muffins' are what we call(ed) a muffin. We appear to call your muffins 'American muffins'!
Why is the spin you can put on a Frisbee called 'English'?
Just rename it "Freedom Bacon".
;-)
A quick google leads to a reference to a story which appeared in the
1959 April 4/5 Sunday Times that ties it to an (unnamed) English pool player from the late 1800s who, they say, played in the US and greatly impressed the locals with his the side spin he put on his balls.Pretty vague and anecdotal.
Then there is "body English" (or perhaps "body english"), which seems even more improbable.
Best regards, Spehro Pefhany
I looked for a reference for English Muffins and tripped across this site...
Ah, here we are:
Half of a toasted English Muffin is the standard foundation for Eggs Benedict here. Top with Canadian Bacon, poached egg, and hollandaise sauce. Eggs Sardou substitutes a spinach cream sauce, even better.
Originally it meant applying spin to a pool or tennis ball.
John
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 19:00:28 +0000, John Woodgate
Think "crumpet." Although "English muffins" in the U.S. are a little drier and coarser, the similarity (origin) is clear.
I heard that the English Muffin was actually a failed attempt at a crumpet. But you can't very well eat a hamburger on a crumpet.
John
I think we should settle the matter with at least one sample. Is then address on your website okay to receive a little package, John?
Best regards, Spehro Pefhany
Personally, I rather enjoy starting the day with a little crumpet. Afterwards, a shower then breakfast :)
Cheers Terry
Yes. And checking the corporate policy manual, it says that if you send it, I'll eat it.
John
You have it right, to a certain extent. If Korea is the problem, then fix Korea.
I understand that the Korean nuclear capability is an indirect result of the US's molycoddling of Pakistan. From that perspective it's just more blow-back from cracker-jack policies that have supported 'safe' dictatorships, around the world.
Without that assistance, Korea would likely still just be tinker-toying with their Candus.
RL
That's a little *strumpet*, silly.
John
Alas, I'm no longer allowed to send you any food items without tons of red tape. Seems Homeland Security fears I might poison you with a bad English muffin or something. I was thinking of John Woodgate for the Left Pondian opinion. ;-)
Best regards, Spehro Pefhany
^^^^ Right Pondian, that should be.
Best regards, Spehro Pefhany
Well, send me a picture. I was going to post a picture of what passes for "crumpet" around here, but Mo just ate the last one.
John
No argument there. We're directly at fault for all the evils of the world for the last 4,000 years at least.
John
funny, but it is sadly true that the US has cosied up to some right bastards. The school of the americas (havent they changed the name now?) is not exactly something to be proud of. Mind you, neither is bloody sunday, apartheid south africa, Aussies treatment of abbos, the Taranaki land wars (see below)....lets face it, humans aint that nice, and
*never* have been.the Taranaki land wars are an interesting piece of NZ history. Taranaki Maori didnt want to sell their highly fertile land, so (IIRC) the NZ company convinced parliament to pass a law declaring the lands of outlaws forfeit, then declared them outlaws and proceeded to (attempt to) take the land by force. A very sneaky trick. Unhappily for the brits, the Maori had guns by this stage, so it didnt go as well as planned. They dont teach this in History in NZ schools though.
Cheers Terry
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