[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Shaking Hands
The first truly funny joke to come out of the Iraq fiasco, IMO. Though it does make me even more worried; as I remember it, the best jokes were created in Poland at the worst times (the laughter through tears)... From: R.P. A marine squad was marching north of Basra when they came upon an Iraqi soldier badly injured and unconscious. Nearby, on the opposite side of the road, was an American Marine in a similar but less serious state. The Marine was conscious and alert. As first aid was given to both men, the Marine was asked what had happened. He reported, "I was heavily armed and moving north along the highway, and coming south was a heavily armed Iraqi soldier. Seeing each other we both took cover." "What happened then?" the corpsman asked. "I yelled to him that Saddam Hussein was a miserable low-life slug, and he yelled back: 'George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfawits are miserable slime balls'." "We were standing in the road shaking hands when a truck hit us." -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] food translation
Dear Pene, finger dainties would be food on trays that you can pick up with your fingers. like the things you get at a cocktail party: tiny canapes, small quiches, small sausage rolls...anything that's small enough to be eaten in one or two bites. bloater is a kind of fish that is made into spreading paste, and soldiers are probably cut up pieces of toast or bread, like the ones we dipped into egg as children. I imagine a sunray would refer to the presentation of the "soldiers" on the plate, in circles stating from the centre of the dish, going towards the outside like rays of sun as drawn by a child. Helene, the froggy from Melbourne Pene wrote: >She asked me if I knew what a "finger dainty" was. We presumed it was some sort of food, either a small dainty cookie (long rather than round) or a sandwich. What is it? Then there was a sentence that ended with: "she picked up a sunray of bloater paste soldiers." I know that "soldiers" are slices of bread or toast cut into fingers, but what is "bloater paste" and a "sunray"? Can anyone please explain? Thanks for your help, Pene Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] International Fleet Review/Trafalgar 200
As part of Trafalgar 200, 100 warships from 35 nations will be reviewed off the south coast of England by the Queen tomorrow. The only continent not represented is the antarctic. There's to be a re-enactment of a naval battle of the Napoleonic period, but to avoid upsetting anyone, the opposing fleets are to be referred to as red and blue. All large ships/boats have to be escorted to their moorings in the Solent for the review. It seems someone still has a sense of humour - a photograph has been published with the aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" being escorted to her mooring by the tugboatd "Trafalgar". But you can't believe any photo these days. The real celebration for the Battle of Trafalgar is in October. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] The Art of Illusion
I am quite behind on my emails but I thought I would put in a plug for Greg Brown (not the musician, the muralist who is related to me by mariage) who has painted public trompe-l'oeuil murals in Palo Alto as well as in other private and public spaces. If you even make it to that part of the world, it is worth keeping an eye out for them. The Palo Alto murals can be seen here: http://www.anigami.com/tour.html One of the fun things is that he uses friends and relatives as subjects and it is wonderful to see people I know frozen in time. When my cousin's kids were small she had a kitchen table with M&M's painted on it. It drove the todler crazy (over and over and over he would reach out an try and pick them up). Nicole in Guilderland NY where it continues hot and sticky --- Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... And I didn't even know > that there were > *any* modern practitioners of the art, never mind > ones as good as that > guy is...http://www.anigami.com/jimwich/jimwich_archives/jwpicts_9_2001/GB_Murals/GB_Murals.html Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Bobbins
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > So I have two 1st Anniversary bobbins - one >from UK and one from US :) > Which is why I got confused when whoever it was said that Margaret Wall had painted it - mine is definitely the one that JoAnne did! -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.1/28 - Release Date: 24/06/2005 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
