> > > > > > There's a lot of sugar beets grown here also. Sometimes > > > they're laying all > > > over the highway when they bounce out of the semi trucks that > > > carry them. > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > >Tricky stuff, sugarbeet. > > > >Biggles and Ginger were once driving through Northern France on their > >way to or from Le Touquet aerodrome and were considerably > >inconvenienced by beetroots on the road. There was even a picture of > >them in a lovely old roadster, avoiding beetroot. > > > >Ginger must have been driving because I can distinctly remember > >Biggles saying "Watch out for betteraves, Ginger!", and that's how I > >learned the French for beetroot. > > > >I owe it all to Capt. W. E. Johns. > > > >I never understood why he didn't just say "Watch out for beetroots, > >Ginger!". Perhaps he was trying to impress Ginger with his > >cosmopolitanism and keen eyesight. But what if Ginger didn't > know what > >betterave meant? It could have led to a nasty accident, a long visit > >to the A&E department, and some difficult conversations with Ginger's > >lawyer. > > > >Bob > > > > I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, but it > sounds like an > interesting dialogue. :-) > > Tom C. >
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