[ih] For our next argument ....

Bob Purvy bpurvy at gmail.com
Wed Nov 24 17:03:50 PST 2021


It's "rooter" in the UK? Excuse me, Dr. Fauci says I have to go get my
Borchestershire shot.

On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 4:14 PM John Kristoff via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Nov 2021 01:03:38 +0100
> Toerless Eckert via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org>
> wrote:
>
> > "rooter" = brits, "rowter" = colonists ?
>
> Rich Seifert, a colonist, was clearly on the rooter side.  His standard
> joke went something like... "I have both types at home.  For a
> weekend projects one of them I use int the confines of my garage,
> which makes a heck of a racket and a mess all over the floor.  The
> other one carves wood."
>
> John
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