Somewhat OT

[Tom B]

Note received today from one of my buds in our volunteer group that does bascic home maintenance for our less fortunate senior citizens here in Plano, TX.

Tom, >My wife is having a luncheon for some friends Friday. She has suddenly

discovered our table is too small. I found this video of one that would be perfect.

Could you build one exactly like it and have it ready by Thursday morning? > >Harry >

See

to see example his "simple request".

My response:

Harry: > >No sweat! What color latex paint did she want on it? I have some nice Fire

Engine Red left over, with Puce for the trim.

>Tom

[HeyBub]

A male who knows what the hell "puce" is and he's a heterosexual! I'm impressed.

How do you feel about Taupe? Teal?

[Tom B]

Taupe is what I put on wounds I acquire in the shop. Teal I shoot, roast and eat. Yummy!

[mac davis]

Wow, flashback! Had a leasing agent in the 80's telling me about a great deal on a Toyota Supra... Said it was "taupe gray".. I didn't want a gray car, but went to look at it because it was a great deal.. Ended up buying and wondering why he didn't just say it was TAN.. lol Oh.. and the interior was "camel"..

mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

[HeyBub]

Yeah. we guys know the names of about eight colors whereas women are familiar with over a hundred. It's just the reverse when it comes to screwing.

[C & S]

Celery is a vegetable, not a color.

[Greg Neill]

Hey, if orange can be both a fruit and a color, why discriminate against celery?

Somewhere in there is an off-color joke about fruits and vegetables...

[HeyBub]

Oh, you can probably make up your own:

"There have been 12 separate cucumber robberies during the past three months, the most recent involving 150 bags on Tuesday night."

[Patrick Karl]

Hey! This isn't astrophysics. Or is your interest connected to Goethe's color theory?

[Dave in Houston]

My '82 Supra was Terra Cotta.

Dave in Houston

[Mark & Juanita]

My 59 Studebaker was Tahitian Coral Enamel -- said so on the body tag

Got it from my aunt and there was no way this high school kid was going to refer to it as pink.

Hey, it was $50 in 1976, it got me to and from high school in 20 minutes, saving me a 1 hour bus ride.

[Dave in Houston]

Just think what it would be worth if you'd kept it and restored it.

Dave in Houston

[Mark & Juanita]

Actually, it's still on Dad's farm. It's in reasonably decent shape, if I found a decent buyer for it, would be willing to part with it. The engine was rebuilt in 1977 and probably has less than 3000 miles on it. Transmission needs some work.

I'd rather restore my Ford 2N tractor.