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Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: English humor : translation for American readers :-)

Posted by James Owens
on 2000-10-11 09:33:06 UTC
Hi Ken,

> Terry's reference to the "proverbial pot" comes from "didn't have
> a pot to piss in" and the "things have changed - at least down south"
> is a dig at Ian being in Sheffield (an old mill town).

Your geography is a little off, the mills were more my part of the country.
Sheffield made steel and stainless steel and was/is the heart of the knife
making business. The rest is about right. Londoners think the North begins
at Watford while us true Northerners say it doesn't start till Knutsford.

Terry

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Ken Jenkins 2000-10-11 08:07:32 UTC Re: English humor : translation for American readers :-) James Owens 2000-10-11 09:33:06 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: English humor : translation for American readers :-) catboat15@a... 2000-10-11 13:29:18 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: English humor : translation for American readers :-) Ian Wright 2000-10-11 15:57:54 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: English humor : translation for American readers :-)