On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:42:15 -0400, Glenn Knickerbocker
> wrote:

>On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:32:26 +0000, Adam Funk wrote:
>>On 2008-03-13, blake murphy wrote:
>>> ...i heard it as 'umbrella stand,' but who knows.
>
>So says the Grauniad:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardia...features11.g21
>
>So who knows, indeed?
>

god forbid i should say cecil might be wrong, but that's the way i
first heard it. no doubt an example of that dry british wit.

your pal,
blake