Big reply ... was - re. Corrections ...

[hamster8 at hotmail.com]

Scott said --I'm not suprised that I misspelled biscuit. Please 
forgive me, I was REALLY tired...And I wasn't making fun of digestive 
biscuits, but I can't seem to get "cookies that work as laxatives" 
out of my head. 
No offence though!

None whatsoever taken.  I'd never thought of them as laxative 
biscuits before - I just happen to have a digestive biscuit addiction 
problem (but at least it keeps me off crack and heroin) ... that and 
jelly babies.  And Ben & Jerry's.  And Cadbury's Creme Eggs.

Are grits like rice cakes?  The only part of the States I've ever 
been to is Massachusetts and Cape Cod (lovely, but not south enough 
for grits) - and of course they don't have them in Canada, where I've 
also been.

All Americans are Yanks in the UK.  I never even considered you guys 
might use the term differently.  It would be like us going around 
calling ourselves 'limeys' and 'poms.'  That is to say, too weird :-)

Thanks to everyone who helped me out re. the chats.  I'll drop in 
later :-).