Re: [lace-chat] punctuation

2004-05-25 Thread Helene Gannac
Gee, Carol, you've got me stumped there!!:-) What does the X stand for? I've heard about 4X beer, but?? I'm taking a copy home for DH to explain tonight Helene, the puzzled froggy from Melbourne Carol Adkinson wrote: That partners the 2XUR 2XUB ICUR 2X 4ME Find local movie times

Re: [lace-chat] punctuation

2004-05-25 Thread Sue Babbs
Try substituting Y for X! A normal mathematical method!!! Then you get: 2YUR 2YUB ICUR 2Y 4ME Sue - Original Message - From: Helene Gannac [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Carol Adkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gee, Carol, you've got me stumped there!!:-) What does the X stand for? To

Re: [lace-chat] punctuation

2004-05-25 Thread Joy Beeson
At 07:49 AM 5/25/04 +1000, W N Lafferty wrote: Really digging back in memory AB, C D goldfish? M R no goldfish. S M R. The Reverend Bowdler has been at the joke -- I remember it as ABCD gofish? LMNO gofish. OSAR! -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of

[lace-chat] punctuation

2004-05-24 Thread Helene Gannac
Oooh, Noelene, you reminded me of the good old days when I was spending my holidays in England, and getting all the girls at my friend's school to give me autographs!! (unheard of activity in French schools). The one I liked, which seems to apply well here wis: 2Y's UR, 2Y's UB ICYR 2Y's4me Can

[lace-chat] punctuation

2004-05-24 Thread W N Lafferty
Really digging back in memory AB, C D goldfish? M R no goldfish. S M R. Noelene [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ Helene and Noelene, et al, That partners the 2XUR 2XUB ICUR 2X 4ME Just the same, but different!!! Carol - in Suffolk, UK. To unsubscribe

[lace-chat] Punctuation Problem - Answer

2004-05-20 Thread Webwalker
John, where Jack had had had, had had had had; had had had had a better effect on the teacher. Susan Webster Canton, Ohio To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Punctuation Problem

2004-05-19 Thread Webwalker
I just reserved Eats Shoots and Leaves at library -- made me recall a punctuation problem from years gone by -- includes 11 consecutive uses of had. Punctuate the following to make an understandable sentence: John where Jack had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the

[lace-chat] Punctuation Problem

2004-05-19 Thread W N Lafferty
John, where Jack had had had, had had had had. Had had had had a better effect on the teacher. I'm not sure about the first cooma in the sentence. Which reminds me, I used to write this in autograph books at school: 11 was a racehourse. 12 was 12. race and 12112. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL