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Default Why call it a Dutch Oven?

On Sun, 16 May 2010 20:08:09 -1000, dsi1 wrote:

> On 5/16/2010 5:02 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 May 2010 14:30:49 -1000, > wrote:
>>
>>> I've always
>>> wondered what Swedish rats are called in Sweden - I'm guessing
>>> "Norwegian rats" or "French rats."

>>
>> Swedish rats? Haven't heard that one.
>>

>
> That's because I got mixed up - the big brown common rats are really
> called "Norwegian rats." Sorry about that. I wonder what they call a
> French kiss in France? Probably "a kiss." :-)


well, in france they used to call homosexuality 'the english vice' while in
england it was 'french.'

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blake