>Vladimir Tsourikov quotes Ilf & Petrov: >"We've also got a vest's sleeves, the inside of a donut, and a dead >donkey's ears. ..." "Vest's sleeves" and "donut's inside" both = "nothing". Why is "dead donkey's ears" included in the list? Don't dead donkeys have ears? Is it supposed to mean "something without any value"? -- Doug Wilson