'a few pickles short of a jar' but I really like one my wife heard a friend say, & never again from anyone else: 'He's the kind of person who wouldn't piss in your ear if your brain was on fire.' Douglas Barbour Department of English University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5 (h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521 http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm in the rooms you live in people's books line your shelves the traces of their lives their minds too bpNichol %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%