Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 22:55:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Well of Miriam
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Eric Jablow wrote:

> On Aug 3, 2005, at 4:04 PM, dicconf wrote:
>
>> Cactus is a new world plant, however.  I remember Willy Ley being
>> thankful
>> that, when a Sicilian sat down on a cactus, he didn't know where it
>> originally came from.
>>
>> -- Dick Eney
>
> Really?  Native Israelis are called sabras, named after a desert
> cactus.  Was that cactus imported from the Americas?  Or is that plant
> not actually a cactus?

Sorry, but the only Sabra I know really well is a liqueur of indifferent
quality.  If only that cute...uh, nevefr mind.

-- Dick Eney

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