re: points

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 21 2000 - 14:24:29 BST

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    Hi Vincent Campbell --

    >Is that a misunderstanding of the term 'brownie points'?
    >
    >In the UK this is a reference (at least as I've alwasy understood it) to a
    >movement akin to the Boy Scouts, for young girls called the Brownies

    Yeah, that reference is valid as well....

    - Wade

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