----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Silbajoris" <asilbajo@hotmail.com> It reminded me of a bit of stage > performance by Frank Zappa: > > Alone in the hissing laboratory of his wishes, > Mr Pugh minces among bad vats and jeroboams, > spinneys of murdering herbs, > and prepares to compound for Mrs Pugh > a venomous porridge > hitherto unknown to toxicologists > which will scald and viper through her > 'til her ears fall off like figs, > her toes grow big and black as balloons, > and steam comes screaming out of her navel. > > Another bottle goes to a Russian lady programmer in the office > who, along with her husband, is a hot pepper lover (I'm a bit surprised we > have no Russians on this list - ya lublio krasni pipir). . > I've already finished out my bag of > wasabi snacks with my first mug of coffee. Great Stuff Alex, I can almost see it :-) I too am surprised that we have no Russians on the list, or Hungarian. I knew an exuberant (mad) Hungarian many years ago who was a big Chile scoffer :- What do you put in that first cup of coffee ? Look forward to meeting in October Tony Flynn Grandad. Retired at the beach Bay of Plenty, New Zealand