Re: Jaffa cakes biccie

2009-09-25 Thread Matt Grimaldi
From: Charlie Bell On 25/09/2009, at 4:20 AM, Jo Anne wrote: > Charlie wrote: >> A kind of biccie (or possibly a cake?). A sort of sponge base with an >> orangey bit and a chocalate covering on one side. :) > > ROFL! Now it's *perfectly* clear. What the heck is a biccie? > Biccie is bisc

Re: Jaffa cakes biccie

2009-09-25 Thread Charlie Bell
On 25/09/2009, at 11:13 AM, Ray Ludenia wrote: On Sep 25, 2009, at 8:05 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: On 25/09/2009, at 4:20 AM, Jo Anne wrote: Charlie wrote: A kind of biccie (or possibly a cake?). A sort of sponge base with an orangey bit and a chocalate covering on one side. :) ROFL! N

Re: Jaffa cakes biccie

2009-09-25 Thread Jo Anne
Ray wrote: > A bickie is indeed a biscuit to right-thinking people, but that's just > going to confuse others who think a biscuit is a "small bread" more > like a scone. I hope Jo Anne remembers her lessons in Aussie-speak, so > she probably knows what you mean. > > For more info on Jaffa cake, ch

Re: What's to read?

2009-09-25 Thread Kanandarqu
Max wrote- >Some Pratchett fans that particularly hate *Night Watch* would be amazed >that you find *Night Watch* "lighter" reading, but perhaps you lucked >out by skipping *Thief of Time*, first. You might find *Night Watch* to >be a subtly different beast if you re-read it after *T

Re: What's to read?

2009-09-25 Thread Max Battcher
kananda...@aol.com wrote: OK Max, you are going to chuckle, guess what one of the other 2 Pratchetts I downloaded was? Already a good chunk of the way through Thief of Time, not as good as Night Watch to me, but it is good enough to pass some flight time. Like I said, I got a h

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2009-09-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
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