Re: What are the odds, Ken?

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:34:46 +0100, Sarah Eggleston
<sarah.eggleston1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Ken Butler wrote:
>> 
>> When I was at the rehab hospital, one of my fellow
>> inmates^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hpatients had as his goal to reach a weight of 200
>> pounds. This was quite a challenge, on hospital food, but he was most
>> expert at persuading others that they didn't really want that dessert.
>> 
>Why would you want to be 200 lb?

And more to the point, why would you want to get to 200 lbs *on hospital
food*?

This was the chap who got lost on the way to our wedding reception, and
eventually found his way in through the kitchen. This may or may not be
relevant.

>Thank you. I brought back my lightly annotated copy of "Trains at a 
>Glance", aka "trains between im****tant stations", as published by Indian 
>Railways for the princely sum of 35 rupees. Its around 250 pages of 
>exciting armchair travel reading. It originally came with two route 
>maps, but unfortunately they were detachable and I lost one. Anyhow, 
>this (slightly dogeared) tribute to my adventures is for you, if you 
>would like it.

I would. Don't post it, though.

>> Ken, who also has a local fish and chip place (that serves Guinness).
>
>Strangely, I'm not at all sure that I do. Unless you count the posh fish 
>restaurant in Winchester.

I don't think "posh" counts. (When I lived in Canterbury, I had a non-posh
fish-and-chip place literally two minutes from my front door). The one
here, if you go on Friday night, is usually full of Bramptonites of
British
ancestry, even though it's owned by a Greek guy. You can even get mushy
peas.

-- 
Ken Butler
Brampton, Ontario, Canada