Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 14:00:58 EDT

From: Larry Horn LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU

Subject: Re: Chinese Fire Drill -Reply



In response to Dennis B's query, I distinctly recall playing a lot of Chinese

handball as well as (regular, default) handball, but I never made the connec-

tion between the name and the conceit of burrowing through the center of the

earth to reach China (the way we always tried to do on the beach). Of course,

that doesn't mean this metaphor wasn't the source of the name. --Larry