[Groop]NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF INDEPENDENCE

[Charles Klein]

If I remembered what a petard was I might be outraged, embarrassed, wroth,
etc., but instead I looked it up and found out it was (from
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=petard):

pe·tard (p-tärd)
 n.

        1.A small bell-shaped bomb used to breach a gate or wall.
        2.A loud firecracker.


[French pétard, from Old French from peter, to break wind, from pet, a
breaking of wind, from Latin pditum, from neuter past participle of pdere,
to break wind; see pezd- in Indo-European Roots.]

Now I'm REALLY confused, but I suppose that's a general state of mind for
me.

-----Original Message-----
From: groop-admin@groo.com [mailto:groop-admin@groo.com]On Behalf Of
Chris Schechner
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 2:06 PM
To: groop@groo.com
Subject: RE: [Groop]NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF INDEPENDENCE


Gee! And I didn't even know you *had* any petards!


>By God, I've been hoisted on my own petard!  The Groo was mine.
>
>I didn't know the actual conversion rate between litres and gallons, which
>is why I was using approximations.  If 3.7 litres equals a gallon, then the
>price is $4.662 to $4.995 per gallon.  I was equating one litre to one
>quart in my original estimation.
>
>The most common price I saw was 88 pence, so let's use that shall we?
>
>88p * 1.5 = $1.32 per litre
>$1.32 * 3.7 = $4.884 per gallon
>
>Still rawther expensive, eh wot?
>Richard Buswell
>http://www.kcstage.com
>http://www.naughtynobles.com
>http://www.geocities.com/rabuswell



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