Rachel Carmichael wrote:
>
> sorry Jared, I have to tell this story on myself:
>
> at UKOUG in '99, I did a presentation on 24x7 options. I was being very
> professional so I was standing in front of the room wearing a skirt,
> instead of pants.
>
> I said to the room "being a paranoid DBA, I tend to want to wear a
> belt, have elastic in my waistband and wear suspenders"
>
> silence..........
>
> and then I realized that what Americans call suspenders the British
> call braces and what I had said translated into Americanese as "garter
> belt"
>
> I got a LOT of interested looks during the remainder of that
> presentation.
>
Hony soit qui mal y pense.
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