Re: OT: Strewth (was Re: Tan's Travelogue

2004-06-15 Thread Anthony Farr
Otis, The Stoned Crow is still trading, according to the current Sydney Yellow Pages. regards, Anthony Farr - Original Message - From: "Otis Wright" <"rusty."@att.net> > Every time I see this, it for some reason reminds me of the Stoned Crow, > a wine bar in Crows Nest (Sydney). Anyo

RE: OT: Strewth (was Re: Tan's Travelogue

2004-06-15 Thread Jostein
> -Original Message- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What about 'stone the crows' ?? > > Why crows? Um... cleptoparasites? nice word, at least...:-) Jostein

Re: OT: Strewth (was Re: Tan's Travelogue

2004-06-14 Thread Otis Wright
Every time I see this, it for some reason reminds me of the Stoned Crow, a wine bar in Crows Nest (Sydney). Anyone happen to know if it is still in business? Otis Wright Malcolm Smith wrote: Cotty wrote: What about 'stone the crows' ?? Why crows? http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-sto

RE: OT: Strewth (was Re: Tan's Travelogue

2004-06-14 Thread Malcolm Smith
Cotty wrote: > What about 'stone the crows' ?? > > Why crows? http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-sto1.htm Malcolm

Re: OT: Strewth (was Re: Tan's Travelogue

2004-06-14 Thread Doug Franklin
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 19:30:42 +0100, Bob W wrote: > > And just what does "Strewth" mean, anyway? > Contraction for non-blasphemic purposes of "God's truth!". A! Thanks. I never deciphered that one in all the times I've run across it, being a bloody Yank, and all. :-) TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ