In article <v03110701b1c10b7dd1a8@[208.3.160.70]>, Douglas W. St.Clair <[log in to unmask]> writes >Was this an example of bad writing or bad reading (or both)? > >>The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum used to have a label by the prairie dog >>exhibit that said: "a family of prairie dogs can eat as much as a cow." I >>heard more than one visitor say: "I didn't know they were carnivorous!" > >END >end >************************************************** >Douglas W. St.Clair >Tir Na Nog >400 Burton Highway >Wilton. NH 03086-5022 >PH: 603-654-9321 >FAX: 603-654-5440 >EMAIL: [log in to unmask] >************************************************** In England, some early stationary steam engines have domed boilers; these are popularly known as "Haystack Boilers", because of the shape. A friend of mine was walking through a display of early steam engines in the Science Museum when she overheard a family group discussing one of these exhibits, including the comment: "I wonder why anyone should want to boil a haystack." best wishes and "there but for the grace of God go all of us", fp > Frances Palmer, Keeper of Musical Instruments The Horniman Museum & Gardens 100 London Road, London SE23 3PQ [log in to unmask]