> >> Ahem.   ...   You have also forgotten Poland,
> >> which is the second-largest country in Europe
> >
> >       O.K., second in what sense, then?  Russia, Sweden, Finland,
> >Norway... are all bigger by area.  
...
> Sorry, I stand corrected on that one.... 
...
> And despite you snide remarks about '''fluffing up," 

        That was based on Poland.  It did give the sense that you
were trying to make the list sound "bigger" than it was, meaning
that you knew it needed it.  Actually, I'm not sure how Spain
is "4th largest in Continental Europe", either, but let's let that
slide.
                                ---David
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