From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-18 10:51:28


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From: "Brey, Edward D" <EdwardDBrey_at_[hidden]>

> from the days when unscrupulous potters would use wax to hide defects in
> their work, and so the reputable merchants would hang a sing over their
> shops advertising their abstinence from the practice

I thought it was the marble quarries that did that. Seriously!