<sigh> I had hoped SOMEONE would get the Monty Python reference :-( -----Original Message----- From: Chris Olson - SunPS [mailto:Chrisf.Olson at Sun.COM] Sent: 21 March 2003 20:13 To: matthew at infodancer.org; dragaera at dragaera.info; mtiller at ntlworld.com Subject: RE: drink (was Re: Klava Recipies) >> I -KNOW- that this IS off topic, but does anybody know why the phrase >> "Your mother wears army boots" is supposed to be so insulting? :) Or >> for that matter, "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of >> elderberries" >Hmm... I'm not sure of the first one. I seem to recall >my mother wearing army boots anyway, so it never really bothered me. >The elderberries I'd assume is a polite (heh) way of saying he's a drunkard. The hamster? >Well, I'm sure you could come up with something for that, if you REALLY tried.... <grin>