On 21 Mar 2003 at 20:21, Mark Tiller wrote > <sigh> I had hoped SOMEONE would get the Monty Python reference :-( So, you don't want to know about the origins of "your mother wears army boots"? Does that mean that the time I wasted looking this up was wasted? the phrase finder http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin_board/18/messages/508.html By the way - I did get the reference, and now I have various people saying "neep" in my brain...thanks M Michele Riccio mr1 at rcosta.com