Damien Broderick wrote:
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> At 03:17 AM 14/09/99 EDT, Spudboy wrote:
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> >A chapeau is a 19th
> >century french tern for a hat
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> I used to wear a 19th century French tern as a hat, but it started to smell
> and molt. I wasn't finally cured until I read Oliver Ducks' wonderful book
> THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS TERN FOR A CHAPEAU.
>