Hello Andre! On Saturday, September 18, 2004, 8:17 AM, you wrote:
DH>>>> Thought it was due to the Spelling Reform. ;-) PP>>> "Potato guy"? <gd&r> & shutting up :-) PC>> get it RIGHT!!! it's POTATOE !!!! AW> Not according to my dictionary. AW> singular: potato AW> plural: potatoes Andre, this is a reference back to a thread on tbot. In a famous mis-step, vice-president of the U.S. (at the time) Dan Quayle was visiting a school classroom. A child had written "potato" correctly spelled on the chalkboard. Quayle "corrected" the youngster's spelling, actually walking up and adding an "e" to the word, in full view of the TV cameras covering this photo op. Has been a classic joke ever since, and we ran a long-digressing thread on tbot under the subject line "Potatoe Guy"--came to about 922 posts, IIRC. We've recently been recalling that on tbot, and so the exchange between Paul Cartwright and Peter Palmreuther is playing off that joke, since both of them currently read and post there. :) -- Best regards, Mary The Bat 3.0.0.15 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.00.15 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
