"Phred" > wrote in message
> [I can sympathise with the fish problem. Forty years ago I was on an
> Italian liner and one night the midnight snack in the stern bar was an
> "English night". They served fish'n'chips and it was just plain
> *awful*. (And not even wrapped in _The Times_. ;-) I don't know if
> globalisation has improved things, but back then the Italians had no
> idea how to prepare proper fish'n'chips.]
>
> Cheers, Phred.

Probably tasted like the Italian pasta I was served on a British Airways
flight. At least the wine was free.