>I remember that thread! I was impressed..

Yes, a cultural highpoint of the board, one of Jackie's more authoritative and philosophical posts in praise of the Backstreet Boys, as I remember.

Here's the part relevant to the UK debate:

Sat Jun 16 21:46:26 2001
“I ate in Lexington fairly often when I was in the Lexington Philharmonic, but that's so long ago I don't remember anywhere in particular. Man--once, the president of UK gave a reception for the Philharmonic at his house: l-o-n-g white leather sofa, and white shag carpet that was ankle-deep!”
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=30732


I heard of a shag-pile carpet but ... did Jackie really say "shag carpet"? I'm now more than a little worried about the morals of our administratrix!

Once again, I thank heavens that she can't read our private messages - I think we'll have to send a message around to seek out new members for the gutter police.