At 05:03 PM 2/12/98 -0500, you wrote:
>At 05:02 PM 2/12/98 +1100, you wrote:
>>When I visited Taipei last year I entered a lift on the ground floor at the
>>same time as 3 Arabs one of whom laughed and said "Marfi arba". Having lived
>>in Saudi Arabia for 4.5 years, my ears picked up, my brain spun into action
>>and translated it as "There is no 4." It was only then that I realised I was
>>one level closer to the street <g>. "Isn't this a fascinating world we
>live in?"
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Ross McKenzie
>>Melbourne Australia
>
>
>I probably shouldn't ask because of the utter OTness of it, but I've got to
>know: I just don't under stand what the signifigance of "There is no 4" in
>relation to "I was one level closer to the street" is! You walked in on the
>ground floor, or is this expression "closer to the street" not supposed to
>be taken literally?
>
>Sean

Sean,

Too obtuse? The lift had the floor selection buttons labelled. None was
labelled 4. My room was on the floor named "6". With no floor 4, my floor
was actually one level closer to the street (level). HTH

Ross