Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 13:47:28 +0100
From: mokey <higginsc-AT-tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: cheezy poof clarification



gordon (the "una beefer", and not the green train from thomas the tank
engine) writes:
>May I ask... how the bleeding HELL did we get homophobia out of the
>snack of a South Park character?!?!  Has anyone ever heard of Cheetos? 
>That's what they are, only with a different name due to copyright laws.

well, over here on the wrong side of the atlantic, a "poof" refers to an
effeminate man.  it's a word that is peculiar to britain i suppose,
although here in the land of ire, the word "puff" refers to the same thing.

as for south park, well i don't have the foggiest as to what you're talking
about.  i don't watch the program because i think it makes rather awful
teevee.  and finally, i don't know about anyone else on this list, but
personally i'm not a big fan of long signatures, and yours is quite the
longest i've ever seen.  maybe you could have a quote for the week or
somesuch thing rather than the catelogue of snappy sayings?

colin