MM> G'morning George,

 GP>>> I think we need 19th century Coca Cola to help that one go
 GP>>> down easy, eh?
 MM>> Ah, the old recipes are often the best....
 BK>>  Except for being illegal now.

 MM> Along with my daily 100mph+ warm-ups in the Lotus, smoking,
 MM> rodent-shooting, rubbish fires, swimming pools, champayne
 MM> quoffing, preaching democracy,

 I can understand the 100mph+, but not the rest.

 MM> reticulating 240v AC,

 Reticulating AC?

 MM> fireworks, modifying the plumbing, building even a
 MM> playhouse, etc., etc., ...

 Depends on what and where.

 MM> The only fun I get these days is trying to trick Them into
 MM> banning really dangerous stuff like di-hydrogen monoxide
 MM> (and nearly got the Greens Party here to agree to this in
 MM> writing... very nearly).

 That's an old one, they should have known better.

 MM> Ah me ...  (picks breakfast out of hollow tooth with the
 MM> foresight of the old Luger Parabellum)...

 Was that Lex Luger?

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... There is merit in affirmative actions programs....Colin Powell
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