Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"
From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
Date: | Monday, March 6, 2000, 15:16 |
"Jesse S. Bangs" wrote:
>
> >> In British humorous cliche, Belgium is the paradigm example of the
> place
> >> nothing and noone remarkable comes from, except for chips eaten with
> >> mayo.
> >
> >A disgusting habit, indeed. Chips were meant by God to be eaten with
> >salt, and nothing else.
>
> Wait a sec . . . Do you mean "chips" in the sense of very thin, crunchy
> potato products usually bought in a bag, or what most Americans would
> call "French fries"?
The latter. I call them "French fries" too, except when responding to
a message wherein they are called "chips".
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