> -----Original Message----- > From: Jay F Shachter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 October 2008 03:07 > To: assp-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Assp-user] Donkey's Years > > It has been proclaimed on this mailing list that the English > expression "donkey's years" mutated from the phrase "donkey's > ears", as in "as long as a donkey's ears".
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/donkeys-years.html > I cannot think of a way to make this posting relevant to the > stated purpose of this mailing list, I joined here https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user it says Questions and Answers for users of ASSP, there is no set of rules. Is there a set somewhere? > except perhaps to > suggest that the next version of ASSP incorporate a feature > for discarding postings about etymology that somehow appear > on the assp-user mailing list. Mine does, filter out messages with ot "off topic" in the subjuct line. You have youself a nice day now ;o) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list Assp-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
