On 12/6/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG
<guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote:
On 12/6/07, Daniel R. Tobias
<dan(a)tobias.name> wrote:
Yeah... the "rutabaga" analogy is more
apt.
You really have no idea how offensive your fatuous example is to
those who have been viciously attacked, do you?
The whole lot of you really need to stop this...
[...]
And Dan - yes, Rutabaga is insulting.
Forgive me if my question is a grossly ignorant one, but I'm not
finding Swedish turnips offensive at face value. Does "rutabaga" have
some non-literal meaning in this context or is this another silly
inside joke?
—C.W.