I know what a Manacle is! (But that's a different list!) :)
Joe
"Michael D. Porter" wrote:
>
> Joe Curry wrote:
>
> > > John Macartney wrote :
> > > <snip>
> > > > sometimes one gets one's
> > > > t*ts in the mangle
> > >
> > > Okay, a quick poll. How many listers have any idea what that phrase
>means,
> > > or even what a mangle is ?
>
> Obviously, some folks never got near a laundry in their student
> employment days... a mangle (aptly named) is a big steam iron press, the
> sort big enough to do all of a pair of pants, or a dress, in one plunge.
> In the UK, it may mean something else entirely, but here, in the US,
> that's a mangle. (!)
>
> Cheers.
>
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>
> Michael D. Porter
> Roswell, NM
> mailto: mporter@zianet.com
>
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