At 10:44 AM 9/01/00 -0500, Robert wrote:
>Well, just to be balanced about this -- In '89 I went to Australia
>to watch the America's Cup races, had my first encounter with Kiwis.
>Ate quite a few of them while I was there.
Aargh! You ate *kiwis*?? This is like admitting to eating those big eagle
things you don't have any more in the States.
Or maybe you mean-- No, surely not. `Kiwis' also refers to New Zealanders,
and I suppose `eating' could--
Oh, I see. You mean what we call *kiwi-fruit* or *chinese gooseberries*.
What a relief.
Sorry abt the anaphylactic shock. We only do it to annoy.
Damien Broderick
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