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1. Re: [re: A Food Funny]-OFF TOPIC (score: 1): Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>; Date: 30 May 2001 09:14:39 EDT; It has long been a British tradition to give their enemies a derogitory "food" nickname. Hence the French were "frogs" (for frog's legs), the Germans were "krauts", etc. The American repaid the Brits; /html/alpines/2001-05/msg00413.html (8,179 bytes)
2. Re: [re: A Food Funny]-OFF TOPIC (score: 1): Author: "Ian Spencer" <SpenceIC@Healthall.com>; Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 09:16:26 -0500; Just call me "The Chili Dog!" :-) It has long been a British tradition to give their enemies a derogitory "food" nickname. Hence the French were "frogs" (for frog's legs), the Germans were "krauts",; /html/alpines/2001-05/msg00414.html (8,445 bytes)
3. Re: [re: A Food Funny]-OFF TOPIC (score: 1): Author: chuck nicodemus <armorseal@spiretech.com>; Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 15:31:23 -0700; Also not Alpine, I do believe the reson the France guys were called frogs , is the invasion of Holland , the Dutch flooded the fields and were discovered by the Frence who heard the frogs and decided; /html/alpines/2001-05/msg00418.html (7,569 bytes)
4. Re: [re: A Food Funny]-OFF TOPIC (score: 1): Author: Victor Hughes <v.hughes@student.canberra.edu.au>; Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 09:00:07 +1000; "Limey" is apparently from the English navy practice of carrying limes or other citrus fruit to prevent scurvy (Vitamin C). I have often heard Aussies calling eachother 'happy little Vegemites'; it's; /html/alpines/2001-05/msg00419.html (9,244 bytes)
5. Re: [re: A Food Funny]-OFF TOPIC (score: 1): Author: Ian Spencer <ian@sunbeamalpine.org>; Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 19:16:37 -0400; Limey came from the British sailors who ate limes to help prevent scurvy... or so I've been told. - Ian -- Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org> '61 Series II Alpine B9104704 LRX '61 Harrington Alpine; /html/alpines/2001-05/msg00420.html (8,153 bytes)
6. Re: [re: A Food Funny]-OFF TOPIC (score: 1): Author: John Slade <edalsj@igs.net>; Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:17:00 -0400; Limey came about because the Royal Navy, in the days of sailing ships and hearts of oak, carried copious quantities of limes in their ships which they ate to assist in fighting the dreaded scurvy. Jo; /html/alpines/2001-05/msg00421.html (7,391 bytes)
7. Re: [re: A Food Funny]-OFF TOPIC (score: 1): Author: sosnaenergyconsulting@home.com; Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 21:05:39 -0700; I'd heard that the Cockney slang for Americans was "septic", as in: Septic=Septic Tank= Yank. Don't know how accurate this is; it was written by a Welshman who might have been taking poetic license.; /html/alpines/2001-05/msg00422.html (9,793 bytes)
8. Re: [re: A Food Funny]-OFF TOPIC (score: 1): Author: chuck nicodemus <armorseal@spiretech.com>; Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 11:28:17 -0700; This I can believe, I thought it was because they ate the lima beans ,,while sailing ,, butt we're not getting into that. Darn me any way. cheers chuck who will eat just about anything and EVEN Sushi; /html/alpines/2001-05/msg00427.html (7,393 bytes)
9. Re: [re: A Food Funny]-OFF TOPIC (score: 1): Author: chuck nicodemus <armorseal@spiretech.com>; Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 11:29:33 -0700; That is very good!! chuck a loose Yank.; /html/alpines/2001-05/msg00428.html (7,401 bytes)

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