I thought I saw a Greek Team around here when the first Olympic thing got started. I may be wrong though. ETA: I am definately wrong. Just went back and looked at original thread. No Greece. Thats anti Olympic. lol
Ah memories... My T.A. for Mineralogy was fairly fresh over to Canada from Greece.
He was carrying a big stick during a field camp, and when asked why, he said, "It's to beat off the wild dogs."
And even though it was about 20 years ago, I still remember very clearly the long conversation he and I had as we were sitting on an outcrop of quartzite. He was trying so very patiently to get me to see the cordierite, which I couldn't find no matter how closely I put my nose to the rock. Finally I figured out he was actually saying quartzite, but to me his accent made it sound like cordierite. He saw I'd finally figured out what he was talking about, and probably just thought I was really stupid. Maybe not too far off anyway, LOL.
