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On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:22:26 +0000, Chris Tolley
wrote: On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:42:18 -0000, Martin J wrote: My wife reports a complete fiasco of service today. Perhaps she means a complete farce. A fiasco was originally just a bit of posh Venetian glassware that didn't turn out perfectly, but was still good enough to sell as a 'second'. My late father-in-law used to refer to me, before I married his daughter, as "Our lass's fiasco". Maybe I should have read more into his deliberate malapropism. -- Terry Harper http://www.terry.harper.btinternet.co.uk |
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