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Quote #355 -- C.S.Strowbridge -- His Divine Ego

Me: It's my spell checkers fault. The Chimaera: Your checker changed it to that? So what is a "Spikenard" then? Crayz9000 wrote: Webster's New World Dictionary: spikenard n. An ear of grain. (see SPIKE) 1. A fragrant ointment used in ancient times. 2. an Asiatic plant of the valerian family that yielded this ointment. 3. A perennial N. American plant of the ginseng family, with whitish flowers, purplosh berries, and fragrant roots. Me: There you go. You learn something new every day. Hopefully tomorrow we'll learn something useful.




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