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The Lighter side of Gas Prices - ordnance11 - 06-28-2008 Someone placed these on a forum I fequent and I thought someone should get a kick out of this: __________________ Into terror!,  Into valour! Charge ahead! No! Never turn Yes, it's into the fire we fly And the devil will burn! - Scarlett Pimpernell - Sofaspud - 06-28-2008 Regarding that last one: a local mom-n-pop gas station here (who have closed their doors now, alas) had, at the start of the sharp upswing last year, a sign reading: ARM 9/10 LEG 9/10 SOL 9/10 I was vastly amused, both by the wordplay, and then also by the thought that premium gas would cost me the Sun. --sofaspud --"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs - Ankhani - 06-29-2008 Not being a spiritualist, I can't be certain, but knowing the general disposition of most people I believe they weren't using 'Sol' as sun, but as Soul. Maybe. Makes some sense, at least (i.e. Sell your soul for a tank of gas). --- The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself." >Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI - Bob Schroeck - 06-29-2008 Or perhaps "Shit Out of Luck".... -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. - Sofaspud - 07-02-2008 *slaps forehead* Obviously I'm more of a geek than I thought. Either of those would be more likely than my interpretation. --sofaspud --"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs