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Re: Att. Ray -- of snails and slugs

From:Dan Jones <feuchard@...>
Date:Friday, June 15, 2001, 9:22
Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> En réponse à Dan Jones <feuchard@...>: > > > Christophe Grandsire wrote: > > > > > It's basic ingredients are butter, garlic, and persil (what > > > is the English word?). > > > > persil - "well known detergent powder". > > > > :)) I was waiting for this one to come, though I was not sure it would
appear
> because I didn't know if "Persil" actually existed anywhere else than in
France
> :) .
Nope, we have it in England too. I've got a box of it under the sink at the mo. What ever posessed them to name a detergent "Parsley"? It's almost as bad as the Scandinavian loo-roll called "Dubbelkrapp". Dan ---------------------------------- La plus belle fois qu'on m'a dit "je t'aime" c'était un mec qui me l'a dit... Francis Lalane ----------------------------------

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