In a message dated 2/7/2005 1:12:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, pas@xxxxxxxx writes: actually 'calcium hypochlorite' which is used as a more stable solid form (like swimming pool tablets/pucks) of chlorination chemicals and doesn't actually smell "like bleach", but more like chlorine and so... you are right, in your case, "bleach (your bleach) smells like bleach (our bleach)" is inchoherent and in fact, wrong. OTOH, cf. Dr Dave's Blog » If it smells like bleachâ?¦ donâ??t drink it. ... If it smells like bleachâ?¦ donâ??t drink it. ... unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/ 2004/10/24/if-it-smells-like-bleach-dont-drink-it/ If it smells like bleach, don't drink it. It may _be_ bleach. "Million dollar baby", talking of conditionals, has a few good lines of 'interrupted conditionals', where: Frankie: If ... Maggie Fitzgerald [provides apodosis] twice, but that's another story. Cheers, JL ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html