At 11:50 AM 6/19/01, you wrote:
>You know, all this talk of "Fire & Ice" and Frost and what-not reminds me
>of a funny sign on Rte. 101 in New Hampshire (somewhere between Keene &
>Wilton, can't remember which side of Peterborough it's on now).
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>"Frost Free Library"
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>The story is, in the days where you had to pay to be able to borrow books
>from many libraries, some folks set up free libraries, and someone by the
>name of Frost set one up. But the sign just cracks me up.
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>The other sort of sign I'm reminded of has a grosser context. Don't
>scroll down if you're weak in the stomach right now.
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>One of my English teachers in high school pointed out to me about how
>proud they seemed to be in New Hampshire about commemorating any place
>where Robert Frost had thrown up, hence all the signs about "Frost
>Heaves". :P
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> Julia
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>who's dealt with too much spit-up lately to be squeamish about that sort
>of thing right now
Showing that it is not only astronomy instructors who make bad puns in bad
taste.
-- Ronn! :)
