At 12:35 PM 9/4/2008 -0700, neil N wrote: >--- :^) Hmmm...Pinhead with a carrot in one eye? >"Big Brother" ? Am I in some kind of reality show? Since I'm not certain of the smiley and I don't watch reality shows to catch the reference, I'll give a straight answer on the off-chance. I meant that the Canadian government or safety-standards organization had apparently decided that you couldn't be trusted not to hurt yourself somehow with the folding drainboard (presumably by burning your um...elbow on it after accidentally lighting a burner beneath? Or perhaps pinching your elbow when folding it back into the cover?) and had therefor taken it away. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(1984)#Response_to_Big_Brother_today> <];-)###~~ (winking old faht in a hat drooling in his beard...) David -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.