Re: OT: Rant about degres Celsius (was: introduction)

On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, John Cowan wrote:

> Tristan Alexander McLeay scripsit:
> > On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, John Cowan wrote:
> >
> > > Lars Henrik Mathiesen scripsit:
> > >
> > > > Snag:
> > >
> > > Why "snag"?  Is that short for "snaga"?
> >
> > What's `snaga' mean? And where did this come from? The only thing I know
> > `snag' to mean is `sausage', which I'm assuming in't what it was meant to
> > mean.
>
> Well, I used the word "troll", which in this context refers to metaphorical
> fishing, and Lars replied with the word "snag", which presumably refers to
> metaphorical catching (as in "to snag your line").
Oh, I knew that meaning... (of `snag', that is). Stupid me... I'll blame
it on the fact that I don't go fishing but I do like snags on the barbie.

Tristan

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