# It's PUS, dammit!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-pus-dammit/86070>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 8, 2001, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-pus-dammit/86070 "2001-10-08T06:24:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-pus-dammit/86070/21 "2001-10-11T14:07:33Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Goo \*  
> \*\*Assumption : Mangetout is American. Go ahead and howl me down regs if I’m wrong \*\*

Wrong

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-pus-dammit/86070/22 "2001-10-11T14:15:39Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Mangetout \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by Goo \*  
> > \*\*Assumption : Mangetout is American. Go ahead and howl me down regs if I’m wrong \*\*
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> Wrong \*\*

Sorry **Goo** , If I’d noticed at first that your post was filled with admiration, I’d not have snapped out a one-word reply.

**Mangetout** is quite definitely British; as British as grey skies and traffic jams, as British as constant rain and unsafe meat products.

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**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-pus-dammit/86070/23 "2001-10-11T23:26:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by lieu \*  
> \*\*Dijon, as my work currently has me involved with the Canopus Prospect, I can only sigh with relief that others have chosen to share in your wisdom. \*\*

Canopus? CANOPUS!?!? I hate to even ask what this entails. Is it anything like [this](http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/ads/sos.html)? God, I hope not…but now I’m suspicious.

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**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-pus-dammit/86070/24 "2001-10-11T23:28:11Z")

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ACK! [Here’s _another_ one](http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/ads/sos2.html)!!!

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