Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/13

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Subject: [Leica] OFF TOPIC Re: have I left the Lug?
From: "Roger Beamon" <roger@beamon.org>
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 14:40:36 -700

On 13 May 99, 793582 wrote, at least in part:

> >Leon,

> >>go forth (into "LUG-space"?) in a spirit of polite, positive and
> >>rational discourse!

> >Do you know the meaning of the words:  "fat chance"  ???   <gr>

> If a slim chance is indicative of long odds, I would assume that a fat
> chance is indicative of short odds or even possibly of an odds on
> chance..!

Great! Here's a guy (girl?) with numbers for a name pointing out 
the lack of logic and continuity in the English language. Problem is 
that he/she/it is correct!

Wadaya say, Dick, shall we ask our British cousins to explain, to 
our satisfaction, the derivation of their term, "Public School"? 
They sure seem private to me. 

Common language...fat chance!

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Roger
mailto:roger@beamon.org

     Thought for the day:
        The hardness of butter is proportional
        to the softness of the bread.