Susan is lazy

7 posts ยท Oct 8 1997 to Oct 9 1997

From: Tim Jones <Tim.Jones@S...>

Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 17:07:20 +0100

Subject: Susan is lazy

On Wednesday, October 08, 1997 3:14 PM, Joachim Heck - SunSoft
> [SMTP:jheck@East.Sun.COM] wrote:
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> middle. Might be cheaper than going out and buying a lazy susan.
							^^^^^^^^^^
Whatzzat?

From: Joachim Heck - SunSoft <jheck@E...>

Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 13:18:52 -0400

Subject: Susan is lazy

> Tim Jones writes:

From: Scott Nolan <nolan@p...>

Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 13:57:05 -0400

Subject: Re: Susan is lazy

> At 05:07 PM 10/8/97 +0100, you wrote:
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> middle. Might be cheaper than going out and buying a lazy susan.

A 'lazy susan' is a pivot-mounted serving tray or card tray, often used
to place multiple condiments on a table. Each diner can then rotate the tray
to bring the appropriate condiment in front of him.

From: )_KriTTeR_( <kritter@s...>

Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 14:50:28 -0500

Subject: Re: Susan is lazy

> At 01:18 PM 10/8/97 -0400, you wrote:

> @:) >> middle. Might be cheaper than going out and buying a lazy

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> Sorry, it must be an Americanism. It's kind of like a string, but

I wasn't aware it was an americanism. I thought you guys had all the kewl
gadget thingies and we were the backward colonists:)

From: Niall Gilsenan <ngilsena@i...>

Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 22:00:53 +0000

Subject: Re: Susan is lazy

> Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 14:50:28 -0500

> At 01:18 PM 10/8/97 -0400, you wrote:
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> >@:) >> middle. Might be cheaper than going out and buying a lazy

At the risk of extending a pointless conversation...Que????

From: Jonathan white <jw4@b...>

Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 08:33:49 +0100

Subject: Re: Susan is lazy

> At 22:00 08/10/97 +0000, you wrote:

> At 01:18 PM 10/8/97 -0400, you wrote:
Never heard it before. But then, remember, America is the home of the
Remington fuzzaway, which is an idea even the most eccentric vrit would have
thought was too daft.

> At the risk of extending a pointless conversation...Que????
Indeed. How do you actually TELL if a piece of string is upside down?

                        TTFN
                                        Jon

From: Joachim Heck - SunSoft <jheck@E...>

Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 11:15:55 -0400

Subject: Re: Susan is lazy

> Deeply in Love with Dot writes:

@:) >At the risk of extending a pointless conversation...Que????

@:) Indeed. How do you actually TELL if a piece of string is upside
@:) down?

What? You mean they don't label them on your side of the pond?

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