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pate de foie grasthat's pâté de foie gras to tu, too [/faldage] 
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Powdery white, most of them.
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The use of colors for identification purposes goes back deep into history. Alexander the Great is credited with the first use of color to identify different blocs.
As the successful leader of what was then the largest army ever assembled, Al knew that coordination of troop movement was secondary only to logistics, i.e., keeping the troops fed. He repeatedly came close to defeat because his left wing moved at the wrong time or his right wing failed to move at all.
His scientists solved the problem, inventing chemicals that changed color after a certain time of exposure to the air. Alexander dipped strips of cloth in these various chemicals and passed them out before battle to his troops to wear around their heads. Then, for example, when the green bands changed to orange after three hours, those troops knew to advance. Und so weiter.
And there you have the origin of Alexander's Rag Timebands.
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Canada, being descended from Britain and all, has similar colour coding of its parties. The original two parties were Conservative (blue) and Liberal (red). The Conservatives are now called the Progressive Conservatives (ultimate oxymoron). As in Britain, these parties are often called the Tories and Grits, respectively. We've gained some new parties in the last 50 or so years, starting with the New Democratic Party - the most left wing of them all - whose colour is orange. (Yuck! Sucks to be a latecomer!) The Bloc Québecois seems to be light blue and white. Since the Québec flag is blue and white, no surprise there. And the Reform Party - now renamed something unwieldy which ends or starts with Canadian Alliance - is green, though they're not terribly gung-ho on the environment, I think it was just the only colour left (well, right actually! )
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Bean, then shouldn't their color be yellowish-white? Oh, and TEd: 
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Bean, then shouldn't their color be yellowish-white?
YUCK!!!!!!!!!
Have we discussed before how on earth they came to get those nicknames, the Tories and the Grits? (I'm supposed to be working so I don't have time to LIU all over the place...)
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The use of colors for identification purposes goes back deep into history
TEd's digression notwithstanding, the Romans *did have political color connections. The four major factions in the Games were the Reds, the Blues, the Greens and the Whites. Originally they were four independent and equal groups and, depending on who was the emporers favorite, political factions following them. Later on two of them (Green and White, I believe) became subsidiary to the other two. Whether this is in any way the origin of Red = left wing, Blue = right wing I don't know.
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Stated to mav: You're pate de foie gras.
And weren't mav's legs previously characterized as frog's legs? What is it about mav that brings forth all these food references (all of the upper-crust variety, of course)?
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I think it is from the layout of the French congress/parliament/senate or whatever it is called. I have no idea why I am convinced of this but I will find out for you.
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To be left out of pocket- to have lost out financially. To have paid from ones own pocket instead of the proper debtor.
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