In article > ,
PeterL > wrote:

> Omelet > wrote in newsmpomelet-120052.09005626042009
> @news-wc.giganews.com:
>
>
> > Had to remove lots of cobwebs (and yes it's got a cover over it) and
> > chase out all the geckos. Hopefully at least!
>
>
> As an aside to this........ 1975 in Malaya, we used to have a mobile food
> 'van' come around to our barracks. The dude cycling it couldn't speak much
> Engrish, but he had these things that looked like the good old Australian
> meat pie, except smaller. So we used to buy them and eat them with gusto.
> Well, the other guys did, until they finally got the name out of the vendor.
>
> "Gecko pies".
>
> And if we had bothered to look closely, you could see the different parts of
> the Geckos body. BTW, Geckos over there grow to be *huge*!!
>
> I enjoyed Gecko pies for the whole time I was there. It used to gross out the
> rest of the guys in my Section/Platoon :-)

<lol> You'd have to use at least 100 Mediterranean geckos from here to
make a pie!

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Or:

<http://tinyurl.com/chnb57>

But, I have seen some other very large Geckos for sale in the pet shops
of various species.

I'd rather try Iguana. More efficient. <g>
And they make nice boots. I have a pair of Iguana Justin cowboy boots
I've had for several years.
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It's about learning to dance in the rain.
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