Barrie,
Ah yes, but you were hoping for more than one person to send you the
money, no? so if this three-dollar bill existed, you would be asking the
group, at large, to send you these bills, with the 's' on the end of
bill? Now the real questions: is this US $, or Canadian
dollars........ Having grown up in upstate NY, we would see those
"canadian funds discounted 20%" signs all over the place.
Now if the rain will just stop along the East coast, I'll stop being a
smart-ass and get back to the B'
Cheers,
James.
Barrie Robinson wrote:
>James,
>
>To those not accustomed to lateral thinking I will point out that the
>phrase "three dollar bills" is, of course, an abbreviation of "three one
>dollar bills". To the lateral thinker this is obvious because if it had
>meant a single three dollar bill it would not have the 's' on 'bill'. So
>"three dollar bills" means three one dollar bills, while "three dollar
>bill" would mean a single dollar bill with a denomination of three. Now
>get back to your car mate!
>
>
>
>At 07:07 PM 6/7/2003 -0400, James J. wrote:
>
>
>>Hmm, I've seen one, two and five dollar bills, but never a three-dollar
>>bill. That must be where the expression comes from:
>>"Queer as a three dollar bill"
>>:-)
>>JJJ
>>
>>Barrie Robinson wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> So send your ill gotten gains in the form of
>>>three dollar bills wrapped in paper and mailed to me as below
>>>
>>>
>
>Regards
>Barrie
>
>Barrie Robinson
>barrier@bconnex.net
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