Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes and I have noticed toilets labelled as "rest rooms" in the USA what a hoot! cheers Frank On Saturday, December 27, 2003, at 07:31 pm, WOC wrote: > Frank, > That adds an interesting twist, in the US, BM is short for bowel > movement..... > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Frank > Dernie > Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 1:40 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Now just inspired - Now Beamer > > > So it is confirmed - Bimmer, beamer etc is American slang for a BMW. In > England people would say "BM" in the same situation as an American > would say bimmer I would guess. Good trivia! > cheers > Frank > > > On Thursday, December 25, 2003, at 02:21 pm, Phong wrote: > >> Hello Frank, >> >> To be precise, a Beamer or Beemer is a BMW motorcycle. >> A Bimmer is a BMW car. Not that I know more about >> cars than you do, oh, no. Though I bet Boston is much >> more polluted with Yuppies than say, Yorkshire, England. >> >> Merry Christmas everyone. >> >> - Phong >> >> In certain crowds, though possibly not the LUG, a Beamer is >> one who drinks Jim Beam, a Bourbon whiskey. >> >> >> Frank Dernie wrote: >>> >>> I always wondered what a Beamer was - now I can guess that it is >>> American slang for BMW! The LUG is a great educational source! >>> Happy Christmas everybody, >>> Frank >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html