Hi & welcome, Herman!  Awhile ago you quoted in a message to Roy Witt:

RW>   Russian cosmonaunt: They're just looking for the last
RW>   drop in their Vodka bottle.

ak>>  What a love for astronomy!" Russian cosmonaunt: "They
ak>>  just drink straight from the bottles."


           Hmm.  I wonder who else can find the spelling error which Roy copied
 from Alexander's joke... probably without retyping... and which I didn't
notice until just now?  Your juxtaposition of these quotes was what brought the
 matter to my attention, shortly after my discussion with Dallas re various
terminology used by sailors.  Another way of saying the last five words in my
last sentence might be [xxx].  If you don't get the drift, do you know of Jason
 and the [yyy] in Greek mythology?  IMHO English is less complicated when one
understands what we've borrowed from whom, and this word is (bad pun) a classic
 example....  ;-)




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