SC - Americans and corn (was: Food guessing game)

[Decker, Terry D.]

In a message dated 5/8/00 4:32:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time, troy at asan.com 
writes:

> The odds against a trireme making an
>  intentional and successful trip across the Atlantic, properly
>  provisioned so that anybody survived at journey's end, are astronomical.

Oh, I agree whole-heartedly with this.  Ancient sailors, after all, were 
fearful of sailing out of site of land, and last I checked, there is a whole 
lot of open sea between Greece and Brazil.  Let me correct that statement by 
saying "Greek sailors" were fearful... The Vikings didn't seem to give a hoot 
how far they had to sail...

>  
>  And it is my further opinion that Carthage must be destroyed!
>  

And while we're in the neighborhood, can we change the name of Istanbul back 
to Constantinople?  I'm so tired of that They Might Be Giants song....

Balthazar of Blackmoor

Words are Trains for moving past what really has no Name.