On Sun, 8 Jul 2001 10:26:49 -0400 "Dana Shilling" dshilling@worldnet.att.net writes:

Helen said:

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You mean to say Terry's Mum never put homemade preserves on the

table

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when he was a lad?

Possibly even Terry's Dad--Alan Davison's "A Kipper With My Tea" says that in many families, marmalade-making is considered a masculine activity. I just don't think our TN took a lot of inspiration from domestic artifacts.

But Ray Bradbury named the main character of one book after a brand of writing paper without even realizing where he'd read the name.

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