At 07:41 AM 4/14/97 +1000, you wrote:
>>To prevent any more squabbling, the drawing would be witnessed by an
>>American statesman, to guarantee objectivity.
>
>        By which you mean a citizen of the United States of America?
>        You haven't taken over the whole continent yet!

Any Canadian with sense won't go to a hostile Mid-East country and claim to
be an American just because he shares the continent with us and the
Mexicans.  And few Canadians that I know would care to admit the Quebecers
are on the north side of the parallel (at least in public).

>>The day arrived, and the American ('merkin, for you Canadians <G>) had his
>>long quill pen in hand.  A Frenchie would draw a letter from a hat, and his
>>English-speaking companion would read it to the others.  The American would
>>record the letters.
>
>        Hmm, using 'merkin' as a tag for ethnic United Staters has
>        an hypnotically appealing tone <G>.

Eh Bob, you knew what I meant, yeah.  For those who don't...

>PS:     look it up.

if your dictionary has it.  Ours goes from "merit" to "merle."

Andy

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