Posted by David Chorley on October 22, 2000 at 19:29:59 from 63.30.60.187:
In Reply to: Re: Pigeon Post Observations (not "oddities...") posted by Alan Hakim on October 22, 2000 at 16:42:56:
I think Castor oil comes from the Castor bean... widely used in WWI for lubricating aircraft engines.. the pilot getting a faceful... and also the origin of the CASTROL company...
Giovanni Guareschi in the "Don Camillo" books ( a jolly good read in themselves) relates fascist groups in Italy forcing their adversaries (individually, at gunpoint) to quaff entire bottles.
David