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Re: Re: Tea (was RE: Running out of Petrol)

To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Subject: Re: Re: Tea (was RE: Running out of Petrol)
From: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Date: Tue, Aug 8 2000 9:41:13 GMT-0600
>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
>> --------------
>> 
>> 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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