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More jetsam than flotsam

Posted by Bob on January 03, 2005

In Reply to: More jetsam than flotsam posted by R. Berg on January 03, 2005

: : : : The Mountains out of Molehills thread, 19 Dec., attracted some flotsam.

: : : Thanks. That's cleared up now.

: : Some cretin threw it out there ... which makes it more flotsam than jetsam, to me.

: ...or, rather, the reverse? It was jettisoned, not flottisoned.

Oops. You're quite correct; I was incorrect correcting, although I did correct the subject line but incorrectly corrected the text. What I meant was in the subject, subject to correction, but clearly was unclear. I stand corrected.

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