euren@ttds.UUCP (Leif Euren) (06/14/85)
>... an odor of sulphur and brimstone ...
Will somebody please tell me the difference between sulphur and brimstone.
Every dictionary I've consulted told me they were the same thing.
Leif Euren euren@ttds (...mcvax!enea!ttds!euren)colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (06/18/85)
[Oh that Buggy Boogie Woogie sweeps me off my feet] > >... an odor of sulphur and brimstone ... > > Will somebody please tell me the difference between sulphur and brimstone. > Every dictionary I've consulted told me they were the same thing. > > Leif Euren euren@ttds (...mcvax!enea!ttds!euren) Two common proverbial phrases in English are "fire and brimstone" and "sulphur and molasses." Occasionally somebody crosses them. -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel
colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (06/18/85)
> >... an odor of sulphur and brimstone ...
But nobody has ever proved that the "brimstone" in the Bible is
indeed sulphur.
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel