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Falky foo
 
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Well, perhaps ironically, my current girlfriend's last name is Fanning, and
she owns a Beagle. And boy do I make fun of that last name.



"Michael Plant" > wrote in message
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> So, Falky Foo, are we to surmise that your appeciation of restaurant teas
> and OP ranks low? Well, I agree completely with your cogent analysis.

Now,
> what about those famous taste choices, dust and fannings. Logic would
> strongly indicate that a relatively decent tea would not be ground to

dust.
> By the way, beagles are cool. Don't denigrate beagles. Thanks.
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> Michael
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> Falky m12/13/04
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> > She knew absolutely nothing about tea. Here's the thing: the tea served

at
> > basically all restaurants is about as high a quality as powdered Beagle
> > feces. So, 'OP,' being one slight step above pure crap, is considered

"high
> > quality" at many restaurants.
> >

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> > "Roy Smith" > wrote in message
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> >> I had lunch in a restaurant today that specializes in serving many

kinds
> >> of tea. The list included many varieties that were marked "O.P". We
> >> asked the waitress what "O.P." meant and she said it meant high quality
> >> tea, but didn't know what the letters stood for.
> >>
> >> A little web searching this afternoon found the explanation
> >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Pekoe), but I'm still a little
> >> confused about something. The chart lists a bunch of grades, with OP
> >> being the lowest of them. So what were all the teas that didn't have

OP
> >> (or any letters) next to their name? Does that mean they're such a low
> >> grade they don't even rate the lowest rating?

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