>Dean,
>You can order "Iced Tea". Down here in the desert, we drink gallons of it!
Iced tea! Not *that's* revolt-ing! ;-)
Laura G.
>
>Joe
>
>Dean Dashwood wrote:
>>
>> Taxation of tea? Didn't know Yanks drink tea! The few times I've been in
>the
>> States and ordered a cup of tea with my breakfast, I've got a confused stare,
>> followed by "Oh, of course, you're English!" Exactly the same in Canada,
>too.
>>
>> Dean
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>> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:13:42 -0700
>> From: "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
>> Subject: RE: Running out of Petrol
>>
>> Richard;
>>
>> I think it's called a "tax revolt". As I recall a while back we Yanks did a
>> similar thing to you Brits over the taxation of tea, a lot of which wound up
>> in Boston Harbor no doubt damaging the ecostructure there. Now I'm not
>> suggesting that you Brits dump petrol into the Thames or similar body of
>> water in protest over the tax, but... well, you get the picture. :-)
>>
>> Reid
>> '79 Spitfire (original owner)
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