Absolutely! In Richmond, near the bridge, I've seen some of that foam on my Sunday morning strolls. It certainly looks like stupid. Very unpalatable.
D Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Walkden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dr E D F Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 10:10 AM Subject: Re: OT: Re: Metaphors (Was Re: A funny problem with digital) > Hi, > > perhaps they threw him into part of the creek where stuff accumulates. > The Thames close to my house usually flows quite quickly but there > are parts where all the crap that people throw in upstream, often > including pairs of short planks, gathers sometimes for days at a time. > There are a couple of barges that skim it off the top every now and then. > The stuff even includes a sort of dirty foam - perhaps that's 'stupid', > although it's not as dense as the planks. I should get the public health > people to test it sometime. > > --- > > Bob > > Sunday, October 27, 2002, 7:09:32 AM, you wrote: > > > So 'stupid' is a substance - less dense than water and insoluble. But creeks > > flow. At least all those I've seen do - most of the time. All the 'stupid' > > would be washed downstream. I don't find this one funny at all. > > > Still thick as two planks. > > > Aaaaargh! > > > Dr E D F Williams > > > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams > > Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery > > Updated: March 30, 2002 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Feroze Kistan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 11:56 PM > > Subject: Re: Metaphors (Was Re: A funny problem with digital) > > > >> The way I read it was that the person was so stupid > >> that it(stupidity) dissolved in water and floated to the surface, > >> which could be skimmed off the top for a period of 3 weeks. > >> Now all the "funny" is gone since you made me think about it, > >> thanks a lot buddies > >> > >> Feroze > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Dr E D F Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 2:03 PM > >> Subject: Re: Metaphors (Was Re: A funny problem with digital) > >> > >> > >> > Rob, > >> > > >> > You are not alone. I didn't understand it either. Perhaps there's a > > typing > >> > error? Is stupid a substance? In any case 'throw'em' translates (for me > > at > >> > least) to 'throw them'. > >> > > >> > But I am also thick as two planks! > >> > > >> > Don > >> > > >> > Dr E D F Williams > >> > > >> > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams > >> > Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery > >> > Updated: March 30, 2002 > >> > > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 2:55 AM > >> > Subject: Re: Metaphors (Was Re: A funny problem with digital) > >> > > >> > > >> > > On 25 Oct 2002 at 11:36, Feroze Kistan wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > That is one of the funniest I have ever heard > >> > > > feroze > >> > > > > >> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > > > Treena Harp wrote in part..... > >> > > > > > >> > > > > And, here's one of my dear, departed dad's: He/She's so stupid, > > you > >> > could > >> > > > > throw'em in the creek (prounced crik) and skim stupid for three > >> weeks. > >> > > > >> > > I must be thick as two short planks 'cause I don't get it :-( > >> > > > >> > > Rob Studdert > >> > > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > >> > > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > >> > > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > >> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >
