[Sca-cooks] Re: dropping buttered bread - OT

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Dec 25, 2005, at 2:05 AM, ranvaig at columbus.rr.com wrote:

> Back in the 40's my grandmother used to say that they should butter  
> the bottoms of airplanes, so they landed the right side up (butter  
> side down).

It seems to me it would come in handy if the landing gear were to  
fail, too.

"But I'll butter my ears on the Fourth of July, and then I'll be able  
to skate!"

Adamantius




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brioche!" / "If there's no bread to be had, one has to say, let them  
eat cake!"
     -- attributed to an unnamed noblewoman by Jean-Jacques Rousseau,  
"Confessions", 1782

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