In article %VAOe.12345$g47.9087@trnddc07,
"Travis" writes:
| Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
|
| 'Paraffin' is a group of hydrocabons which includes solids through
| to gases. The paraffin referred to is somewhere in the middle of
| the group and is called kerosene in Transpondia.

Yup.

| Transpondia? When I Google that word I find something about bringing a
| visitor or fiance to the UK.

It has been used to refer to our ex-colonies (especially the
rebellious ones) in north America for some time - on UK newsgroups.

| This is getting really weird.

Nah. Try uk.rec.sheds.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.