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the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" Posted Oct 1, 2001
was it 'russian water'? (ie vodka) 
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Oct 1, 2001
'Little water' is probably the literal translation of the native language expression for a very potent drink. Many languages refer to their local alcoholic beverage as "aqua vita", the water of life.
"Little water" strikes me as a particulary ironic variation but I'm not sufficiently cunning as a linguist to narrow it down.
Best-guess is it's some obscure semi-tropical aboriginal dialect if not a central American Spanish thing for a mescal type potion.
*hope we don't get into that old argument about 'vod-ka' and 'wis-ky' not coming from the same linguistic root*
peace
jwf
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the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" Posted Oct 1, 2001
hey, im not gonna start any arguments bout alcohol, except whos gonna pay 4 the next round! 
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Oct 1, 2001
Fill yer boots folks. s 
s 
s
Ya caught me in a good mood.
TPTB have given me a peace sign!
~jwf~
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the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" Posted Oct 1, 2001
i got a necklace wiv dat on , but its rainbow colours & shiney on black background. v nice! 
oh, & ta 4 d drinks! 
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Mycroft Posted Oct 1, 2001
Sorry for the delay - I gotta sleep sometime...
the other omylouse pretty much wins it: 'voda' is water in Russian, and 'vodka' is a diminutive of it (i.e. little water) in reference to its water-like clarity and the smaller quantities it tends to be served up in.
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the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" Posted Oct 1, 2001
WOOHOOO!!!!! i rock! 
russian waters all round!
only reason i guessd that tho was coz spent 2 weeks in ukraine during summer & they called vodka 'russian water' & 'water without bubbles' (all water there was fizzy which i hate!)
does this mean i gotta think of d next question now? (soz, new 2 this place) if so i'll try 2 think up a goodun bit later or 2morrow.
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Oct 1, 2001
*drinks wisky, states obvious, gazes westward to Great Canadian Shield and the Niagara Escarpment, contemplates fossils in cyberspace*
the daring young man on the flying
~jwf~
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Bagpuss Posted Oct 1, 2001
*waves from just below the Niagara Escarpment*
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the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" Posted Oct 2, 2001
ok, heres an easy 4 u yous coz im in school & my brains switched off:
what proportion of the worlds population have a greater than average number of hands?
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Bagpuss Posted Oct 2, 2001
Almost all of them.
(the average is slightly below 2 due to more people missing hands than having extra ones blah blah blah)
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Mycroft Posted Oct 2, 2001
I'll go for none of them, as I'm taking average to mean median instead of mean
.
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Oct 2, 2001
The North Atlantic portion:
Icel'and, Newfoundl'and, Greenl'and, Engl'and, Scotl'and, Finl'and, Deutschel'and, Holl'and, 'and on 'and on like that there.
jwf
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the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" Posted Oct 2, 2001
well done bagpuss!
soz mycroft, it was the mean! have a condolence slice of 
tho
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Bagpuss Posted Oct 3, 2001
Okay, my go is it?
Name a common English word ending in the letters "AMT".
There is one, promise. In fact, there's two.
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Mycroft Posted Oct 3, 2001
Does anyone want to try for the remaining three?
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