In a message dated 7/26/2006 12:46:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: in 1944 Margaret Truman christened the battleship Missouri at the Brookyn Navy Yard with "Missouri champagne" What makes me think that "Missouri Champagne" is a synonym for mule piss? Sign me, Septic Skeptic PS-- I was wondering only today exactly how it happened that FDR had the good sense to choose Truman as his running mate in 44; who he told about it, and what he told them--including whoever had been his Veep before. -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>