Re: OT-HUMOR: The 100 PC Solution




On Mon, 5 Jan 1998 20:36:17 -0700 (MST) Henryanner <Henryanner@aol.com>
writes:

>I had thought of rousing myself from the empathetic depression 
>engendered by
>the phrase "rejected vegetable matter" to propose these poor plants 
>might be
>called "culls" but since that is almost French for "neck" I thought we 
>might
>then be treading on the toes of the hick population.
>

Not likely, since most hicks wouldn't know that "culls" is almost French
for "neck."  Besides, to really offend, we would have to call the rejects
"culls rouge," or something similar.


Lynn Woosley
Marietta, GA
USDA Zone 8



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