On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Tod Mahony wrote: > >From page 569 of GR, which of these things is not like the others: > > "Townspeople break out beer, wine, bread, Quark, sausages." > > Can anyone explain to me that fourth picnic item? > According to _A Gravity's Rainbow Companion_, a "quark" is "curds packed sausage-style in tubes". Joe