Re: Catching a bite

On 2008-03-10, Richard Bos (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
TimC <tconnors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm quite fond of good fresh croissants from a reputable bakery (ie,
not within 500km of here), but I think I might offend them when I ask
for butter to spread on them.

Why should it? As long as it's real butter, and not crisco, that's
perfectly acceptable to put on a fresh, warm croissant.

Oh, I thought they might take is as being accused of not putting
enough butter in the croissant itself.

--
TimC
I got told by a friend's ex-girlfriend that she could tell I was
a Linux geek from the way I *walked*. -- Skud
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