At 12:34 PM 05/18/2000 +0000, RUSS ALLISON wrote 
that Marie Lloyd sang:

 > I'm full of daze
 > Shock and amaze
 > For nowadays
 > I hear they'll gaze
 > Through cloak and gown and even stays
 > Those naughty, naughty Roentgen rays!"
 >
 > {I assume y'all know what "stays" are.}

 If they're made out of whalebone, won't the
 stays stave off the rays?
                               John Kiernan
___________________________    London, Canada.