Re: RTFM apology

From: "Neil Truby" <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> > > > >> >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". Jeez. I didn't say what it was, I just said I knew what it was. And I think the quotation should be "who gives a toss?" :0) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com