On 25 Jan 2011, at 16:43, Norman Dunbar wrote: >> >> ... >> I said "That must have cost you an arm and a leg" - innocently I >> assure you. >> He had physical problems and very little use of his arms and hands. > > Oh dear! I used to have an expression for my unwillingness to carry out > a requested task, or whatever. I used to reply "I'd rather stick my arm > in a mincer!". > > I used it for many years, possibly irritating many people as I did so. > > One day a new girl started at work in my office. I was just about to use > the expression, in her presence, when I noticed that she had an > artificial arm! I stopped using that expression there and then! > > :-) >
When my wife asks me to do something uncongenial I pretend i don't hear and just carry on programming, probably in Assembler. This may be equally irritating. Many years ago my mother ground up one of my fingers in a wringer. This makes it slightly more difficult than it should to play the flute. It has no noticeable effect on programming though. George _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
