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Subject: [OM] Re: New European Olympus Odyssey images posted
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:47:38 +1100
A 'Shambles' was orginally the street with all the butchers in a  
town. It was such a foul mess usually that the meaning migrated.
Just off to the ramble sale...
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



On 12/10/2008, at 2:10 AM, Chris Barker wrote:

>
> Ignoring your ramble, Andrew, what's the meat in shambles?
>
> Chris
>
> On 11 Oct 2008, at 12:26, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
>> Hmmmm....
>> Does the term 'back garden' apply if there is no actual garden I
>> think there's a few things I planted out there but they're dead - the
>> forest killed them). The term backyard conjures a charming image of
>> beaten earth, straggly weeds and several dead cars.
>> Of course it's not a garage sale if you aren't selling garages which
>> makes a boot sale a bit strange too. Can I buy a jumble, or is it
>> that everything is jumbled? Tomorrow is the local photographic swap
>> meet (damn - what's the English for that then?) and it'll be a pretty
>> jumble of jumbles, a shambles (minus the meat).
>
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