MrPedantic  +  353133 Thu, 19 Apr 07 11:11 PM  Grammar Geek wrote: ...but after a few beers... (Frankly, when I first joined this thread, I thought it was about that kind of glass too. I'd been sitting hopefully for months in front of my Maßkrug of Peroni...) MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris... Grammar

	Francesca  +  353156 Fri, 20 Apr 07 12:48 AM  MrPedantic wrote:  Grammar Geek wrote: ...but after a few beers... (Frankly, when I first joined this thread, I thought it was about that kind of glass too. I'd been sitting hopefully for months in front of my Maßkrug of Peroni...) I definitely do make passes at men with that kind of glasses...! Francesca Joined on Tue, Oct 11 2005 Contributing Member 1,786 Grammar

	Doll  +  353554 Fri, 20 Apr 07 11:08 PM Really? I generally throw glasses at them if I can't find any I throw my slippers. Doll Joined on Sat, Mar 10 2007 Senior Member 2,811

	MrPedantic  +  353556 Fri, 20 Apr 07 11:14 PM  Doll wrote: ...if I can't find any I throw my slippers. After a few Maßkrüge of Peroni, I would probably find being pelted with slippers strangely alluring. MrP MrPedantic

	Doll  +  353665 Sat, 21 Apr 07 12:31 PM In a jiffy, I will be there with my slippers. Doll

	MrPedantic  +  353675 Sat, 21 Apr 07 01:03 PM ...in a jiffy... Whoah! This is turning out to be such a good day...sunshine – summer – a quart of beer – and being pelted with slippers by glassy-eyed girls in: http://ecotopia.co.uk/cache/padded-jiffy-bag-100-box-medium-5001203-200.jpg MrP MrPedantic

	Doll  +  353677 Sat, 21 Apr 07 01:06 PM lol. In a jiffy:informal, very soon. I see I have used it wrong. Doll

	MrPedantic  +  353684 Sat, 21 Apr 07 01:23 PM No, you used it perfectly well – the name of the packaging derives from the phrase! MrP MrPedantic

	Doll  +  353686 Sat, 21 Apr 07 01:30 PM Thank you Mr.Pedantic for your answer. Doll