OT bullet was [Sca-cooks] Numbers, pates, and spreads...

[Philippa Alderton]

Huette asked:

> > So, what is this "bullet" thing you have?  Is it a
> > small bull, or a short Papal utterance?

and Bear replied:

> Tsk.  That doesn't work, bullets pre-date firearms.
> Basically, it is a
> round shot originally used in slings.  It derives
> from "boulette," a
> dimuntive of the Old French "boule" or "ball"
> originally derived from the
> Latin "bulla."

So, does that mean the moral of the exchange is that a
little bull goes a long way ?

Phl.... ah, no, Philip Troy, that's the ticket ;-)

Someone, wearing their knee boots...

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Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....

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