A phrase queary and a quiz

SRoweCanoe@aol.com SRoweCanoe at aol.com
Fri Oct 25 14:13:21 CEST 2002


In a message dated 10/25/2002 7:06:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Ola.Martinsson at uab.ericsson.se writes:

> Everything from sloop to knots.
> 
> I should be some kind of pun I understand from the context but I don't
> get it. Can someone explain this for me?
> 

a pun yes: sloop and knots are nautical terms
   the usual phrase is "soup to nuts"  -- meaning we have everything

Steven Rowe
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