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> four masted bark the "poop deck." And . . . I'll bet you 20 Eldepryl > capsules you don't know either - smarty-pants! However, I am > absolutely, positively, unequivocably sure <well 75% any way> that it is > not because sailors - uh, you know, uh whatever. Looked it up in my dictionary (no romance in the soul, me) and found, "... from the French... from the Latin for..." Wait for it! <roll of drums> THE POOP! Duh! Really? My personal theories? 1. Well, it is at the *stern* of the ship... 2. Maybe that is where they kept the "dog watch". Jim ************************************ James F. Slattery, JP, MACS JandA Computing Consultancy E-mail: [log in to unmask] ************************************