crocodile deathroll
29th March 2003, 07:26 PM
The Furphy Cart (http://home.vicnet.net.au/~rasigsau/furphy.htm) is the solution, and these Furphies going around Iraq at the moment
The drivers of the carts were notorious sources of information and gossip for the men as they moved from camp to camp. As could be expected, not all their news was reliable and so it was that the word "Furphy" rapidly became a synonym for suspect information or rumour.
The drivers of the carts were notorious sources of information and gossip for the men as they moved from camp to camp. As could be expected, not all their news was reliable and so it was that the word "Furphy" rapidly became a synonym for suspect information or rumour.