Date:  Fri, 7 Nov 1997 10:30:56 -0500
From:  Robert Ness <ness[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DICKINSON.EDU>
Subject: Re: new subject

And the Hell- Fire Club, aka the Mad Monks of Medmenham Abbey (founded c
1755), a group of profligates which included Francis Dashwood, The Earl of
Sandwich and John Wilkes. Their summer revels included orgies and obscene
parodies of Catholic ritual.

> In a message dated 11/6/97 11:24:49 AM, you wrote:
>
> <<I think that "hell fire" is self explanitory. It's just an expression
> that describes just how bad something is. How better to do this then to
> compare it to Hell's fire? I've heard this for years. My grandparents
> said this constantly.>>
>
> Are you all familiar with the infamous Hell Fire club in the Meat Market of
> NYC? Truly "out there" sexual exploration....
>