Andrew Dunstan wrote:
This is a furfy that has been raised before and explained before.
Of course, as usual I misspelled it, the word is "furphy". I didn't realise that it was an Australianism. It means more or less "a red herring". Wikipedia says that it is a term particularly popular in Australian politics, and as some people know my late father was a noted practitioner of that art ;-)
cheers andrew ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
