word play

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:48:14 -0700, JA_MORAN
wrote:

>an engineer at a company that makes military items is at airport and
>gets a cellphone call and is talking about bombs to a colleague
>
>a petroleum engineer at a hotel where there is a police convention is
>talking to a colleague about coke, making coke ans testing coke, of
>course the police have no idea they are talking about coke made at an
>oil refinery, not the beverage or controlled substane

Eh? Coke is made from coal.

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On Feb 21, 1:46 pm, Hatunen wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:48:14 -0700, JA_MORAN
> wrote:
>
> >an engineer at a company that makes military items is at airport and
> >gets a cellphone call and is talking about bombs to a colleague
>
> >a petroleum engineer at a hotel where there is a police convention is
> >talking to a colleague about coke, making coke ans testing coke, of
> >course the police have no idea they are talking about coke made at an
> >oil refinery, not the beverage or controlled substane
>
> Eh? Coke is made from coal.
>

And since when is it a crime to discuss the carbonated beverage?

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore
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Many Americans ARE profoundly ignorant - but, Hatunen - I'd not have
included them among them!




"Hatunen" wrote in message

> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:48:14 -0700, JA_MORAN
> wrote:
>
>>an engineer at a company that makes military items is at airport and
>>gets a cellphone call and is talking about bombs to a colleague
>>
>>a petroleum engineer at a hotel where there is a police convention is
>>talking to a colleague about coke, making coke ans testing coke, of
>>course the police have no idea they are talking about coke made at an
>>oil refinery, not the beverage or controlled substane
>
> Eh? Coke is made from coal.
>
> --
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> * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:11:52 +1000, " A Mate"
wrote:


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>"Hatunen" wrote in message
>
>> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:48:14 -0700, JA_MORAN
>> wrote:
>>
>>>an engineer at a company that makes military items is at airport and
>>>gets a cellphone call and is talking about bombs to a colleague
>>>
>>>a petroleum engineer at a hotel where there is a police convention is
>>>talking to a colleague about coke, making coke ans testing coke, of
>>>course the police have no idea they are talking about coke made at an
>>>oil refinery, not the beverage or controlled substane
>>
>> Eh? Coke is made from coal.

>Many Americans ARE profoundly ignorant - but, Hatunen - I'd not have
>included them among them!

Having grown up a few miles from a Republic Steel coking plant,
I'm pretty sure.



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On Feb 21, 9:46 am, Hatunen wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:48:14 -0700, JA_MORAN
> wrote:
>
> >an engineer at a company that makes military items is at airport and
> >gets a cellphone call and is talking about bombs to a colleague
>
> >a petroleum engineer at a hotel where there is a police convention is
> >talking to a colleague about coke, making coke ans testing coke, of
> >course the police have no idea they are talking about coke made at an
> >oil refinery, not the beverage or controlled substane
>
> Eh? Coke is made from coal.

Coke is the residual left after distallation of volatile materials
from organic materials including coal and petroleum. For instance:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=coke

From someone who is most familiar with petroleum derived coke.

George
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:59:01 -0800 (PST), george
wrote:

>On Feb 21, 9:46 am, Hatunen wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:48:14 -0700, JA_MORAN
>> wrote:
>>
>> >an engineer at a company that makes military items is at airport and
>> >gets a cellphone call and is talking about bombs to a colleague
>>
>> >a petroleum engineer at a hotel where there is a police convention is
>> >talking to a colleague about coke, making coke ans testing coke, of
>> >course the police have no idea they are talking about coke made at an
>> >oil refinery, not the beverage or controlled substane
>>
>> Eh? Coke is made from coal.
>
>Coke is the residual left after distallation of volatile materials
>from organic materials including coal and petroleum. For instance:
>http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=coke
>
>From someone who is most familiar with petroleum derived coke.

You've sent me on a google search and I see that coke can indeed
be made from petroleum, although the word usually applies to a
product made from coal. Wikipedia mentions petroluem-based coke
almost in passing and raises a couple of questions in my mind
that I don't think I'll pursue.

Being raised in a steel town, I would obviously be most familiar
with coal coke.

I stand re-educated.

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