GRGR: TRP's French

[JL]

rj:
>Have we covered the possibility that it is un permis, in the sense of a
>leave pass, or licence, or am I being obtuse.
>

Permit me this--
while aware of the 'furlough' meaning, I've always inferred a franglais
suggestion of 'permutation' -- as in a roll of the dice, or fall of 
the roulette ball.  

JL
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