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shameless pleading   Mmm, citrusy good. But I think I just broke
a tooth.  Dear Word Detective: I read the ingredients printed on
a package of taco shells (ground corn, lime, vegetable
shortening). I’ve heard (well, read) different views on what
form of “lime” is meant in tortilla recipes, but I got to
wondering: Is the “lime” in limestone (dull, grey, sedimentary
rock) in any way related to the “lime” that is a bright, green,
citrusy addition to a good gin and  tonic? And for that matter,
how do “limey” and “blimey” work into the mix? — Danny.  Gin and
tonic, eh? I’ve always said that if I were to take up drinking,
it’d be gin and tonics, the only mixed drink that ever tasted
good to me. There’s also the odd fact that when I was very
small, there was someone on our road who drank a lot of Gilbey’s
gin and always threw the frosted glass bottles on our lawn. I
thought those bottles were