On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 16:10 -0800, Konstantin Svist wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 18:31 -0500, Lamar Owen wrote: > > > >> On Monday 28 January 2008, Michael Hennebry wrote: > >> > >>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Craig White wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 14:49 -0500, Lamar Owen wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Last one to the pun is a rotten egg! > >>>>> > >>>> that of course was only 2/3 of a pun... P U > >>>> > >>> Not even that. > >>> Even for punning purposes, sulphur != hydrogen sulphide. > >>> > >> You miss the deeper pun. Further, since when does a US company prefer a > >> Continental spelling over the US spelling 'sulfur' ? > >> > >> Of course, that's part of the pun. But you have to be a history buff to get > >> it. > >> > > ---- > > even with your hints, I am too dense to get it. > > > > Craig > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_sulfide <- H2S is the reason why > rotten eggs smell the way they do. The odor of H2S is often mistakenly > attributed to elemental sulfur. ----- Yeah but Lamar already brought that up... sulphur != hydrogen sulphide and then suggested a deeper pun that required history buff status which obviously escapes me. Craig
