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Dennis... In California. THAT would mean some poor hapless individual had their feet encased in a slab of concrete and was then dumped off a pier into the ocean! Funny, none of us English-as-a-mother-tongue speakers (if ya call what you Aussies speak "English") <grinning, ducking & running> have a regional accent in TYPE, but just put us in a room together (HEY - not a bad idea!) and none of us would easily understand each other. Barb Mallut (speaking real CALIFORNIA-type English) <wee snirk> [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Greene <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, November 20, 1998 5:27 PM Subject: Re: More humor for the weekend >BarbaraP, > >...unless the Canadian is referring to 'May two-four >>weekend' which is the weekend nearest May 24 (Queen Victoria's birthday) >>which is a long weekend in Canada (during which many two-four's are >>consumed). Are we the only country that still celebrates this? > > >I suspect so Barbara. Hate to tell you guys this but the lady has been dead >nearly a hundred years. Mind you I admit that should not be a reason for >stop a perfectly good excuse for consuming a couple of two-fours (or as we >say in this bit of Oz - sinking a slab or two) > >Dennis >