...stupid question

Brett Dikeman brett at cloud9.net
Sat Jun 29 02:06:12 EDT 2002


At 12:07 AM -0400 6/29/02, Huw Powell wrote:
>  > 855 407 365 A Left  and  366 A Right
>>
>>  Does 365 A Left belong on the driver's side, or on the pass. side?
>
>depends on what country you are in!
>
>Left and Right are supposed to be like Port and Starboard, or, I think,
>as Brett would say, Stage Left & Right?

Ah yes, but it is amazing how many people get Stage Left/Stage Right wrong :-)

For bonus points, which direction is Stage Left, folks?

For -extra- bonus points, which direction is upstage, -and- why...ie,
what's the meaning/origin behind the word?(and hence the origin of
the alternate use of "upstage")

B
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