Posted by John Nichols on January 30, 2004 at 20:38:49 from 165.91.196.181 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: Re: marmite?.. posted by Mike Dennis on January 30, 2004 at 19:46:19:
Mike:
Maybe it is because for some people vegemite is the last thing that attaches you to your childhood. And it is simple, and simple is often not simple,
take the semaphore system - why is J out of place in terms of arm movement sequence between the letters and 2 other letters in the 1904 British Naval Manual share the same arm placement (O and one other).
Ed never asks simple questions - they just look simple
Like what is the fourth room on the ground floor of Beckfoot that Ransome never mentions. I will ponder that for along time.
JMN