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I always thought of a colander (or cullander) as a bowl with perforations inside a solid bowl with a lid. The perforated inner bowl is rotated by turning a handle on the lid. We use it mainly for removing the excess water from things like lettuce after washing it.
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A colander can be made by riddling a metal bowl with a shotgun. When I worked in the foundry, the moulders used "riddles" to sieve their sand.
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Which came first, David or Ricky?
Also known as a Nelson Riddle.
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"what's a seive?" and i chimed in " a colender
Ohhhh, now I understand why I keep missing appointments! I keep writing them down on one of those. I knew I should not write on a calendula, at least, because it would upset my neighbor, Mary Gold.
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Which came first, David or Ricky?
Neither. First there was the bastard son, fathered by a wrestler when Ozzie wasn't looking. He was the half Nelson.
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Which came first, David or Ricky?Well, akshully®, TEd...Ozzie and Harriet. 
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I always thought of a colander (or cullander) as a bowl with perforations inside a solid bowl with a lid. The perforated inner bowl is rotated by turning a handle on the lid. We use it mainly for removing the excess water from things like lettuce after washing it.No, no! At least in my ideolect, that's a salad spinner. One of my VERY FAVOURITE kitchen toys. (I love kitchen toys with gears or teeth - salad spinner, egg beater, can opener...). A colander is often plastic (but can be metal), and is more plastic than holes (by surface area), while a sieve is metal mesh, formed in a bowl shape, and is more holes than metal. Here are some pics: Colander: http://www.cybercucina.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/ccdocs/products/3535-x.html?E+cybercucinaSieve (hanging on the wall in the picture, with bonus Indonesian vocabulary!): http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Indonesian/Themes/Houses/kitchen/Default.htm
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I am reminded (and what doesn't remind me??) of the story I heard in Australia years ago. Seems this poor English fellow got lost in the Outback without proper supplies. Meaning he didn't have one ounce of tea in his pack. He wandered for days, his mind consumed with the thought of a good cuppa.
Finally, he saw a sign of civilization, quite literally a sign:
Welcome to Mersey
Compliments Mersey Tea Room
Our friend flung himself through the door and gasped, "Please, my dear man, a cup of your very best tea."
Moments later he was presented with a beatiful Delft cup, in which there was a brown liquid that smelt strongly of tea. But alas. In the mixture could be seen small pieces of hair and bone.
Aghast, the Englishman howled, "My God, what is this devil's brew?"
The waiter explained patiently, "Sir, this is koala bear tea, the specialty of the Mersey Tea Room."
Suppressing his gag reflex, the Englishman took a sip. Nectar! Ambrosia! Strawberry Fields Forever. It was indeed the finest tea he had ever tasted, and he quickly finished it off. Holding the cup out with both hands, he said to the waiter, "Pleae, sir, could I have more, sir? But this time, would you be so kind as to run it through a sieve to get out the foreign matter?"
The waiter drew himself up to his full height and replied scornfully, "Sir, the koala tea of Mersey is NOT strained."
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Dear TEd: May the Porsche of that punchline run over you.
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Dear Insiders I am more mystified than ever before - by the punchline and the Porsche. Could you please give a hint to a foreigner  ?
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