[geeks] Re: [rescue] This is starting to bug me: *Cheques*

[John Duksta]

At 10:50 AM 6/25/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Yeah, what's a "cheque"?  Is that in any way similar to the world
>standard
>financial instrument known as a CHECK?  Did anybody notice what pretty
>COLOR blue the sky was today?
>
>Actually, the only world standard words are "BIG MAC" and "COKE".  They
>even work in Poland where nobody outside of the western hotels speaks
>English.
>Just don't try to say "Quarter Pounter with cheese".

wouldn't that be a "0.1134 kilogrammer with cheese"?

 From yesterday's Foxtrox, for those who don't get the
sunday funnies...

http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/viewft.cfm?uc_full_date=20010624&uc_comic=ft&uc_daction=X

-john