"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:03:23 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
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~~ sniggappe ~~

~~ sigh ~~ it's tough being old, 'ya know? :)

Yeah...I know. Two weeks ago, I was out with Da Boyz - the same crew I've
known for almost 20 years. I'm 51, and a youngster who's 47 started
whining
about his health, followed by how all supermarket cashiers are idiots. We
took his drink away and told him we'd pants him and toss him in the
parking
lot if he kept it up. He was starting to sound like my 82 old mother in
law.
:-)

Heh - my Platoon has a reunion every year - kind of a last man alive
thing. We all put $100 into a kitty, placed under the control of a
lawyer (now a law firm) whose instructions were to make at least 10%
per annum reviewable every five years and the last man alive get's to
spend it with any charity he so desires. There's a French word for
it, but I can't remember what it is.

It's a phrase, not a word: Une boîte du vin.

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:08:09 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:03:23 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
message
.. .

~~ sniggappe ~~

~~ sigh ~~ it's tough being old, 'ya know? :)

Yeah...I know. Two weeks ago, I was out with Da Boyz - the same crew I've
known for almost 20 years. I'm 51, and a youngster who's 47 started
whining
about his health, followed by how all supermarket cashiers are idiots. We
took his drink away and told him we'd pants him and toss him in the
parking
lot if he kept it up. He was starting to sound like my 82 old mother in
law.
:-)

Heh - my Platoon has a reunion every year - kind of a last man alive
thing. We all put $100 into a kitty, placed under the control of a
lawyer (now a law firm) whose instructions were to make at least 10%
per annum reviewable every five years and the last man alive get's to
spend it with any charity he so desires. There's a French word for
it, but I can't remember what it is.

It's a phrase, not a word: Une boîte du vin.

A box of wine? Is this related to the WWI thing where everybody
passed along a bottle until the last man?

I thought it was one word and started with a T?

Then again, I don't speak French very well. Spanish and Vietnamese
with a touch of Laotian unfortunately.

All the best,

Tom
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"What the hell's the deal with this newsgroup...
is there a computer terminal in the day room of
some looney bin somewhere?"

Bilgeman - circa 2004

It's a phrase, not a word: Une boîte du vin.


Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
A box of wine?

My wife loves boxed wine, but I can't imagine the French being impressed
with it...

... Is this related to the WWI thing where everybody
passed along a bottle until the last man?

Possibly.


I thought it was one word and started with a T?

Tontine. I'm not sure if it's French or Latinate Legalese.

One of the best episodes (imho of course) of TV M.A.S.H. is where Col.
Potter receives a bottle of fine French wine, a tontine from some of his
best WW1 buddies.

Regards
Doug King

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:56:46 -0400, DSK wrote:

It's a phrase, not a word: Une boîte du vin.


Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
A box of wine?

My wife loves boxed wine, but I can't imagine the French being impressed
with it...

Just for the record, I don't partake of alcohol (person choice), but
my wife loves a glass or two in the evening.

She hates French wines for some reason.

... Is this related to the WWI thing where everybody
passed along a bottle until the last man?

Possibly.

I thought it was one word and started with a T?

Tontine. I'm not sure if it's French or Latinate Legalese.

One of the best episodes (imho of course) of TV M.A.S.H. is where Col.
Potter receives a bottle of fine French wine, a tontine from some of his
best WW1 buddies.

That's it!!!

Thank you Doug - you 'da man.

All the best,

Tom
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"What the hell's the deal with this newsgroup...
is there a computer terminal in the day room of
some looney bin somewhere?"

Bilgeman - circa 2004

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:56:46 -0400, DSK wrote:


Tontine. I'm not sure if it's French or Latinate Legalese.

Named after Lorenzo Tonti.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-ton1.htm