Re: OT: Two countries separated by a common language

On Sunday 18 May 2003 01:10 am, you wrote:
> On Sat, May 17, 2003 at 09:57:31PM +1200, Wesley Parish wrote:
> > I find this too irresistable a topic - for me:
> >
> > muffins are light cake-like things, often sold with chocolate or fruit or
> > cheese mixed in, generally baked in flat trays with cup-cake-sized
> > indentations;
>
> That is true here, too, for the unadorned term "muffin".  However,
> "English muffins" are an entirely different beast from "muffins".
> I have no idea where English muffins got the name, but they're not
> muffinlike at all.
"Fi, Fie, foe fum\
"I smell the blood of an English man.\
"Be he alive of be he dead,\
"I'll grind his bones to make my bread!"

It's the sole remaining custom of the Giants of Overheaven, who used to make
English muffins out of the bones of Englishmen unlucky enough to accept their
offers of hospitality for the night.  Read all about in "Jack and the
Beanstalk", which is President George (Dubya) Bush's sole trusted authority
on English History ... !!!

Ask your local friendly baker, hot bread shop or cafe if the "English muffins"
they sell are authentically made from the ground-up bones of Englishmen.
It's a serious trademark issue, that according to Disneyworld, the RIAA and
the BSA, must be cleared up and the miscreants brought to trial.

15 minutes of fame!

Wesley Parish

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> -Mark
--
Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?"
You ask, "What is the most important thing?"
Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata."
I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."