At 02:00 PM 9/7/96 +1000, you wrote:

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...

        Didn't we all see this coming?


        - Greg