--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Behalf Of Deborah Harrell > > >William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Religion is extremist by nature. > > > > <YAWN> > > <stre-e-etch> > > <curl up comfortably under the lilac bush> > > > > Heretic Lutheran Deist Maru :) > > > Why Lilac? :)
Perhaps Gandalf's or the hobbits' pipes were made of lilac: http://www.devonian.ualberta.ca/pwatch/lilac.htm "‘Syringa' originates from the Greek ‘syrinx', meaning hollow stem. One of the first common names for Syringa vulgaris in English was ‘pipe tree', because the straight stems made excellent pipes. The stem was used by ancient Greek doctors to inject medications into their patients..."
The hemlock plant also has hollow stems . . .
-- Ronn! :)
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-- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
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