Re: OT : so this is what our troops are dying for in Afghanistan !

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:12:29 -0700, xray <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"If it be true that good wine needs no bush, ?tis true that a good
play needs no epilogue".


Ah, thanks. People here never cease to impress with knowledge.
Apparently originally...
"You need not hang up the ivy branch over the wine that will
sell."?Publius Syrus

I still don't quite understand the marketing strategy, but I'll google
some more.

found:
"Ancient Greek wine sellers used to hang a branch of ivy outside to
advertise their wine shop (in the way that shops still have signs to
advertise their contents)."

-- Still learning new tricks.
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