Re: OT: baloney and cheese

Nik Taylor scripsit:

> That or sometimes "Washington", the two being (I believe) pretty much
> co-terminous nowadays.
The two being exactly coterminous in all days.

> Of course, Washington being also the name of a state, that name is
> generally used when the context is obvious, i.e., when talking about the
> government, in which case it's pretty much just another way of saying
> "the federal government"
Yes.  Of course "Washington" has another ambiguity, best illustrated by
the following thigh-slapper, which I first encountered at about age five:

Q: Why is it pointless to send a telegram to Washington these days?
A: Because he is dead.

--
John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all.  There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
        --_The Hobbit_