Sinister: Murdochs Bored.

[agnes bonnet]

     thanks folks! I now can improve my english vocabulary and know every
     subtilities between biscuit/bar and kiosk/cubicle/booth.

     i personnaly think the difference biscuit/bar lies in the fact that:
     a biscuit has a rond form and a bar a long one.

     Hope it will help


     Agnès


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Subject: Sinister: Murdochs Bored.
Author:  Adrian Evans <aevans at env-dept.devon-cc.gov.uk> at X-MAIL
Date:    19/02/1998 10:59


>He wrote :

>*What makes a biscuit a biscuit and a bar a bar? For example, Twix, biscuit >or
bar? 5,4,3,2,1 bar or biscuit? Which treat surfs the elusive dividing line the
>best?

I don't think anyone can better Windy Miller - United Bisuits man, so I'm not
going to try.

>and also

>*Who is the most famous living person?

Obviously this is Fred Dibner. That bloke who used to blow up knob-like
structures.

As for the Kiosk / Booth / Cubicle debate.

I consider a Kiosk to be a retailing outlet, usually situated in the middle of a
pavement in a narrow busy street. They usually trade in cigarettes, but some of

the more reputable kiosks have been known to trade in bisuits and choc bars.

A cubicle is definitely a compartment with three walls a door and a bench more
commonly found in public bathing facilities.
You will often find coat-hooks in cubicles in some of the more well-off parts of
England like Bognor Regis.
In the liberal ninetees, many working-class baths have employed changing-room
attendants.  These are primarily ex-cons who wear seventies-style red tracksuits
and stride up and down in a disturbed manner looking at young boys and
thinking..."mmmmmmmmmmmm" and licking their lips.

A booth is a bit more non-descript and could be applied to either of the above.

The more common application of this word though is either :

a) The small box like structures found on train-station platforms used for
obtaining passport style photographs.  These "photo-booths" generally have
seventies style orange curtains, and can only be used by people under six feet
tall.  They are widely known for their ability to make even the best looking of

people appear to have been on class A drugs for 15 years, and often result in
customs officials giving you "dodgy" looks when presenting your passport for
access to places like Columbia or Amsterdam.

b) The Balsa-wood structures found in primary school halls on polling day used
to cast ones vote in secrecy.
These "voting-booths" generally have a single shelf, and often have ancient
etchings on them which give a popular insight into political history, for
instance,
"John Major...kiss my bottom" or "For a good time call.." etc etc.

There.
Can I slag off Chelsea now Paul ?

Adrian.







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