From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Apr 3 22:19:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA01044 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 22:19:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (palmer.demon.co.uk [158.152.50.150]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA01039 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 22:19:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by palmer.demon.co.uk (sendmail/PALMER-1) with SMTP id HAA00605 ; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 07:17:54 +0100 (BST) To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Nate Williams , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 03 Apr 1996 22:02:37 -0800." <4900.828597757@time.cdrom.com> Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 07:17:54 +0100 Message-ID: <603.828598674@palmer.demon.co.uk> Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote in message ID <4900.828597757@time.cdrom.com>: > And, I might also add, favored by rock stars for the round, full > appearance it gives to said equipment when worn under spandex pants. > Doesn't hurt to protect the old family jewels from thrown beer > bottles, either, which is probably where the whole idea started. > History is somewhat vague on this, but I'll bet if you could have been > a fly on the wall of the Hammersmith Odeon you'd have heard a ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Just for those who HAVEN'T been to London or seen a map of the London Underground, Hammersmith is a district of London. > Keith: "'ere mate, look.." [opens a book and holds it up] "Codpiece (n) > A bag covering the male genitals, attached to breeches.." Yeah, right, like Keith would really be able to read if he's that drunk :-) > Sadly, such a conversation, if it indeed took place, is lost forever > in the mists of rock history. Rock history perhaps, but do we keep an archive of the chat list? :-) > > [Gary consults Webster's ] Err, better be accurate (for the record), it was ``The Collins Concise Distionary Plus'' :-) Gary