[SEL] OT: Torpedo Test

[Skip Cleveland]

So I thought. Derogatory bullshit.
Skip
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "peter ogborne" <jopeter at omninet.net.au>
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Subject: Re: [SEL] OT: Torpedo Test


> Lets end this bullshit .....POME  can mean either  Prisoner of Mother
> England or it was a description of the ruddy [ pink] complexion of recent
> arrivals in Australia from England.They had a complexion that resembled a
> Pomegranite [fruit] .
> Let me state here and now, four generations ago my ancestor was a POME
> ...prisoner of Mother England.
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> From: "Elden DuRand" <edurand at mchsi.com>
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> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 7:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] OT: Torpedo Test
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>> Geez, guys!
>>
>> I ask a simple question and what do I get?  A pageant!    :-)
>>
>> Take care - Elden
>> http://www.oldengine.org/members/durand
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>>>  Behalf Of Skip
>>> Cleveland
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 05:16 PM
>>> To: Skip Cleveland; The SEL email discussion list
>>> Subject: Re: [SEL] OT: Torpedo Test
>>>
>>>
>>> This is assuming that Pom is deratory. I would
>>> personally pick " person of
>>> mystery" myself but you guys may have some little
>>> resentment hidden inside.
>>> Or not. Who knows.
>>> Skip
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Skip Cleveland" <skipcleveland at bellsouth.net>
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>>> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:09 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [SEL] OT: Torpedo Test
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>>>
>>> > All right. What does POM mean. We now know what
>>> Poms are, what does pom
>>> > stand for, "person of mystery"? Here, we have
>>> "piece of crap", but crap
>>> > doesn't start with "m". Shit? Manure?
>>> > Skip
>>> >
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>>> > From: "Listerdiesel" <listerdiesel at gmail.com>
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>>> > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 4:00 PM
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>>> >
>>> >> On 26/07/2008, Elden DuRand <edurand at mchsi.com> wrote:
>>> >>> Whut's a POM?
>>> >>
>>> >> Derogatory name for the natives of the British
>>> Isles, mainly used by
>>> >> 'Exported Poms' in Australia to described
>>> their relatives back home
>>> >> :-))
>>> >>
>>> >>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_words_for_British
>>>>
>>>> Peter
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