On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:24:30 -0600, Chase, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>They are just "ordinary canoe paddles".
>
>To understand what they represent, you need to be familiar with the
>(American?) expression, "Up the creek without a paddle," along with some
>history that I'll leave to the "real" old-timers here to provide.

Ok John
I am familiar with the american expression ( although not this exact one,
there used to be a 4 letter word preceeding the creek :-)) ) 

But then I'll wait for the historic part .
Bruno Sugliani 
zxnetconsult(at)free(dot)fr

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