Heard from a friend of mine today whom I have not seen for some time, Lex Leonard Olson, a.k.a. "Skando". Many years ago we spent an overly generous amount of time coming up with various "lists" for various topics. An example would be when we looked at some mail order catalogues from companies that used really snotty sounding names to describe the color of the clothing they were selling. For instance, a GRAY sweater wasn't really just gray, instead, it was Welsh Oatmeal Heather. You get the idea. So, we came up with a list of rejected color names for these various mail order catalogues from the likes of L.L. Bean, J. Crew, etc. Here are a few of them:

Our suggested name---------------- Actual color

1. cardboard---------------- light brown

2. tire---------------- black

3. specimen--------------- yellow

4. pepto--------------- pink

5. haggis--------------- brownish red (or reddish brown)

6. phlegm--------------- green

7. scab--------------- dark red

8. doug--------------- plaid

9. t-shirt--------------- white

10. sweet-tart--------------- bright orange

Another list from the past tomorrow. RGNC'ers, please, don't rush so fast to respond or offer your own posts, the volume has been so heavy lately...

be good.