Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small writes: > At 09:10 PM 7/8/03 -0600, Tim Atherton wrote: >> But heaven forbid that other >>parts of the world would fail to follow and comprehend US custom... :-) > > > Tim > > It isn't so much that as that when I patiently explained that "rare" meant > to slap a chunk off meat off the cow while it ran through the kitchen and > that the result should be bloody and red on the inside I would have expected them to understand rare: you could try my grandfather's explanation when ordering rump: "wipe its backside and put it on the plate" Alastair Firkin @ work ;-) http://www.afirkin.com http://www.familyofman2.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html