Klarinet Archive - Posting 000698.txt from 1999/07

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Vice-grips
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 04:10:47 -0400

Outside the U.S., though, they *are* spelled "vice".
Talking about "vice" grips, has anybody else read J. G. Farrell's novel,
"The Singapore Grip"?
(It's not about ethnic luggage).
Yours,
Roger Shilcock

On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:

> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 10:16:27 -0500 (CDT)
> From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Vice-grips
>
> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 DGross1226@-----.com wrote:
>
> > "Vice-grips" are actually apprentices to "Grips" on movie sets. Or
> > they're the restraining holds that LAPD officers use while
> > apprehending ladies of the night and their clients on Hollywood
> > Boulevard. Vi*S*e-grips are those great locking pliers used for
> > instrument repair.
>
> Vise grips I know about. I think vice grips are something X-rated that we
> can't discuss on this list. ;-)
>
> Ed Lacy
> el2@-----.edu
>
>
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