veggie oil?? (was RE: Audi 5000 Diesel conversion)

mike mikemk40 at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 25 14:27:59 EDT 2005


Actually, doesn’t “fags” have an altogether different
meaning in the States?

In real English it means cigarettes



Britain and America, two countries separated by a
common language


Mike
--- Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- mike <mikemk40 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > and on a lighter note....
> > 
> >
>
http://www.thatbebristle.co.uk/content/2004/11/oil.shtml
> 
> This paragraph is hilarious! If I didn't own a
> British car, I'd still be
> trying to figure out what it all means.....
> 
> "Unfortunately for Mr Sharon, he never actually read
> the full article.
> Speaking to us from his home in Patchway, he told
> us: “I was buying some
> fags in the newsagents, when I read this headline on
> the front of the
> local rag. It sounded too good to true. I thought by
> using cooking oil I
> would be quids in, what with the spiralling cost of
> petrol and everything.
> I popped straight home and poured the contents of me
> mums deep fat fryer
> into me petrol tank.”
> 
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> Central NJ USA
> 



		
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