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Subject:Re: Metal Stove Cover
From:neil N
Date:Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:42:51 -0700

ha ha!

Yah much like the a Simpsons episode were Bart is sent to a "special
class", we also use rounds of paper. No corners.

;^)

For sure a smiley no worries.

Neil.

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:27 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> At 12:35 PM 9/4/2008 -0700, neil N wrote:
>>
>> --- :^)
>
> Hmmm...Pinhead with a carrot in one eye?
>
>> "Big Brother" ? Am I in some kind of reality show?
>
> Since I'm not certain of the smiley and I don't watch reality shows to catch
> the reference, I'll give a straight answer on the off-chance.  I meant that
> the Canadian government or safety-standards organization had apparently
> decided that you couldn't be trusted not to hurt yourself somehow with the
> folding drainboard (presumably by burning your um...elbow on it after
> accidentally lighting a burner beneath?  Or perhaps pinching your elbow when
> folding it back into the cover?) and had therefor taken it away.
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(1984)#Response_to_Big_Brother_today>
>
> <];-)###~~  (winking old faht in a hat drooling in his beard...)
> David
>
> --
> David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"
>

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