"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:39:22 -0700, Dimitri wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> Because British Sailors carried and ate Lymes (our limes) to prevent
>> scurvy.
>>
>> Ergo the Brits became Limey's
>
> I heard they were allotted one peck of limes per week. Why don't they
> call them peckers?
>
> -sw

They tossed the rinds overboard. That is why we call them *******.