Re: [Epic] War Cakes

From: Chris White <chris_at_...>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 12:30:22 -0700

At 01:55 PM 9/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
>At 09:31 AM 9/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>Francois Bruntz wrote:
>>>
>>> Erik wrote :
>>>
>>> >I have always had a talent at being long-winded. ;-) Au contraire,
>>> >mon
>>> >plume est eclair!
>>> >(Did that make any sense? I really am making this up as I go...)
>>>
>>> "Ma plume est plus rapide que l'�clair" would be better I think but
>>> it's not so bad for a non French-speaker. Don't worry if you make
>>> some mistakes, do I worry about my English mistakes? Fortunately I
>>> don't... Hum, maybe I should... ;o)
>>
>>My pen is a fast cake?
>>
>>I don't think I want to know really.
>>
>Ack, I though pen was stylo! Plume would be feather then? Plummage
>
        I think, in this case, he is saying that he writes faster than
lightning...plume being a hold over from the days of feather pens, but I
kind of like interpreting it as saying that he writes faster than a pastry.


Willful ignorance can be fun!



Nickles
Received on Wed Sep 10 1997 - 19:30:22 UTC