That's okay Candice. I'm not an East Coast Ivy League livin' folk either.
Mairead
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Candice Ward wrote:
> Sorry, Mairead, old family habits die hard, and that's what the
> McAllister-O'Brien side have always dubbed themselves. But anyway, I was
> referring to those in the bogside diurnal region, not to East Coast Ivy
> League livin' folks like you and me--Candice
>
>
>
> on 6/10/01 9:28 PM, Mairead Byrne at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > don't like being called a mick.
> > mairead
> >
> > On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Candice Ward wrote:
> >
> >> Ah, thank you, Jill--and please forgive what must have seemed like
> >> Northern-Hemispheric insularity on my part, but was just the usual ignorance
> >> and confusion so endemic to Yanks. Not that your system of holidays isn't a
> >> tad opaque, like this baffling queen's birthday that isn't or perhaps is the
> >> birthday of some other queen? (But maybe this is why you once alleged that
> >> Sydney has too many queens as it is and not enough up the republic!)
> >>
> >> Yeah, that soprano axe ain't bad when yer in the mood fer sum letting down
> >> of the old mayhem--oh but it's June already, so I'm even behind on that
> >> score. Let me rush things, then, by proposing 800.40 hours instead of
> >> 20(hundred).40, as proposed by Robin, to put ourselves out of the misery all
> >> the sooner. Whaddyarekkon? By my reckoning this would be in US Eastern
> >> Standard Time (which is all I know for sure) eight-forty tomorrow morning,
> >> so creeping up on mid-afternoon for the Brits, Scots, Welsh, and Micks--but
> >> perhaps getting too close to cocoa time for you and your countrypeople?
> >> (Please advise.)
> >>
> >> And Kent has sent me a b-c plea for attention to BOTH johnsons@, so those of
> >> you who plan to participate in this strike might want to add the second
> >> e-address as a CC to your "unsubscribe" messages. Up to you, of corps--
> >>
> >> Candice
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> on 6/10/01 8:24 PM, Jill Jones at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >>
> >>> Candice - unfortunately today here is a holiday known as the Queen's
> >>> Birthday (Father's Day is in September). Although ostensibly it's for a
> >>> certain Betty Windsor (whose actual birthday it isn't - don't ask), I'm sure
> >>> we could claim it for Clytemnestra. She played a mean axe.
> >>>
> >>> Jill
> >>
>
|