HW: Hawkwind's Lemmy, Nik and...

[K Henderson]

Eli spouts sense...

>In a message dated 1/28/02 5:57:47 AM, sskane at BIGPOND.NET.AU writes:
>
><< "Lemme a fiver" is where the name comes from. As far as I know speed has
>never been called lemmy.
>
>This is correct. I was getting worried by the end of the morning you guys
>would be buying this "lemmy means speed" nonsense. Sheesh.

Yeah, OK, so I know I've read that before, who was it that wrote/printed it?
Or has it been many people?

To be honest, I've never heard the 'lemme a fiver' origin, but that of
course makes 600 times more sense.

And water goes down the drain counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere,
right?  :)

Keeping it short...Grakkl (FAA)

P.S.  Oh yeah, and it's not Shrat on the cover of Yeti either, Mr. Cope.