On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, Jeanne Hedge wrote:

        [snippero]

AUSTRALIA, n.  A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and
commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate
dispute among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island.
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

You know Jeanne... having a quotation like that is akin to pouring 
high-octane fuel onto a hotplate...

Gee, Kun-chan just smirked when I asked her about it.

And I thought Australians had a sense of humo(u)r about this sort of thing.
At least that's what we've all been hearing for the last few days....



Jeanne Hedge
http://www.accsyst.com/jhedge/main.htm

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FIDDLE, n.  An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail
on the entrails of a cat.

                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"