Re: Provo Dive Operators



On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:57:21 -0400, "Gumby" <gumby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

<snip>

<does a triple-take>

Reading the title of this post the day after the IRA went out of
business made me think of fascinating new career options for former
terrorists/freedom fighters.

(In the UK, 'provos' is short/slang for 'members of the Provisional
IRA'!)

Mike
--
http://www.corestore.org
'As I walk along these shores
I am the history within'
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