Howdy!

On Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 6:16 AM Andrew Long - andrew.long at me.com
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> > On 31 Jul 2021, at 00:22, Jeff Zeitlin - editor at freelancetraveller.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
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> > <snip/>
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> > (Bonus points to anyone who can name the two references I was thinking of
> > when I wrote the subject line.)
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> ‘Blue mud’ - that is from the Senior in (I think) ‘Time enough for Love’
> ‘Pie with a fork’ - that *sounds* like another Heinleinism, but I can’t place it.
> Although personally I’d use a fork *or* a spoon (whichever was available) unless there was something extremely liquid involved (like custard over apple pie).
> But I think the American custom of swapping the fork between hands to be a bit bizarre, so what do I know?

I'm aware of the concept, but it is utterly foreign to me. My fork
goes in my left hand and generally stays there.

yours,
Michael
> Regards, Andy
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