Re: RTFM apology

--- "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> > wrote: >From: Carlos Benjamin <benj@firstlinux.net> >> >>--- "Neil Truby" <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> >> > wrote: >> >Do you know what a petard is? >> >>A domesticated aardvark? >> >>It's a conical iron container filled with gunpowder used to blow open the >>gates of a castle or walled enclosure (fortress, city, etc.). I believe the >>proper term is hoist ON my own petard (paraphrase from Hamlet I believe). > >Gonggggggggg..... No, no. The 'Gongggggggg' belongs after the 'aardvark' comment. 'What is a petard, Mr. Trebek?' should follow the more serious answer. I can spell 4GL. == Maintainer of the procrastinator's FAQ. Well, maybe tomorrow I will be. _____________________________________________________________ Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net

> >> >Do you know what a petard is? > >> > >>A domesticated aardvark? > >> > >>It's a conical iron container filled with gunpowder used to blow open the > >>gates of a castle or walled enclosure (fortress, city, etc.). I believe the > >>proper term is hoist ON my own petard (paraphrase from Hamlet I believe). > > > 'What is a petard, Mr. Trebek?' should follow the more serious answer. > > I can spell 4GL You can't spell "Truby" though. Anyway, it's what the Clown said it was (the gunpowder container). It's derived from the French word to fart. I think the quotation should be "... with one's own petard".