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Posted by Neredbojias on 10/01/52 12:01
Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:55:57
GMT dorayme scribed:
>> Right. It was never a cup to begin with.
>>
>> > It is a cup without a bottom.
>>
>> Nope.
>
> Ah Boji, you very significantly don't say what a bottomless cup
> is. Most of us would have no trouble, it is *a bottomless cup*.
> But all you can say is "Nope". I do understand your predicament.
> Having eschewed a perfectly natural form of words, you are at a
> loss to describe such a cup.
A cup needs a bottom to be a cup. Is that unreasonable?
> I have thought of another use for a cup that has a (small) hole
> in it. And am thinking to actually drill such a hole in existing
> cups to make them functionally better. In Australia, if you
> forget to drink some or all of your cup of tea or coffee, you
> stand a good chance of a cockroach drowning and making for an
> ugly sight in the morning. With a small hole, the liquid drains
> away slowly and lessens the chances of this.
>
> True, when one is actually drinking with it, there would be a
> slight dripping on ones clothes. But in the bush*, this would not
> matter much. City refined types would need a small plug perhaps,
> this could be engineered or designed (hell, I am clean confused
> about which you want to use of these two terms now) into it.
Well, if the subject wore a raincoat, it would probably never get to the
bush in either a rural or urban setting.
> Please think about cups more, Boji. Are you absolutely and
> utterly sure you don't want some little pics of cups from me?
Quite sure. Might give me the hic'cups.
> * Where is Farmer Joe? He is not around these ngs any more. I
> hope he has not had an accident with his tractor.
And certainly he's not avoiding this topic, this thread, or you...
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Neredbojias
Riches are their own reward.
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