To: Monkey Face; NicknamedBob
We call petroleum jelly Vaseline - gasoline but, I'm not sure where they got the namw from, perhaps it's 'gasoline in a vase', or something.
5,282 posted on
11/15/2005 4:10:38 PM PST by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
I read the story of how it was discovered and named, but it was a long time ago. Google it and see what you come up with.
5,286 posted on
11/15/2005 4:14:55 PM PST by
Monkey Face
(A bheil síon anns do fhéile, no a tha thu buidhe 'nam amharc?)
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