thanks, Mydidon--you made me laugh out loud!

bingo--i word i know (sort of) but can't spell for sh*t

many years ago, the NYtimes magazine section had a photo array of funny photo's --the one i 'missed' was the graffiti of hell's satins... it wasn't till the next week when letters to the magazine started making jokes about how dangerous the gang must be, asking if the wore silk satin, or cotton satin.. did i look at the word, and realize, satin=shiny cloth, satan=name for devil.. (and now i remember satan wouldn't be caught dead IN satin (and learned how to keep track of these difficult for me words..) usually, context does it.. but