On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:13:54 -0500, injipoint >
wrote:

> On 21/02/2012 9:36 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:08:17 -0500, >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> What does "brass and fern" mean? I'm not familiar
> >> with the expression.
> >
> > Remember "fern bars" of the '70s? It's decorated like that.
> > "Fern" bar
> > http://www.yumsugar.com/Cocktail-His...1970s-12311384
> > http://goodiesfirst.typepad.com/.a/6...c3b4970b-500wi
> > Applebee's
> > http://philosophy-religion.org/chris...Image_0001.jpg
> >
> >
> Thanks for that. The Urban Dictionary just said they were
> brass and fern bars, which says nothing. Interesting about
> Henry Africa's. There was one opened in Perth, West Oz back then
> but I had no idea it was a rip-off. I just thought it was a name
> for a bar.

He was quite a character!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...MNOU1I1N69.DTL

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