>>Yes, I am familar with this type of thing as well. A few years back, we had company coming to stay a week.... so I "filled" the bathroom medicine cabinet with little "marbles" and put a note on the Medicine cabinet - "Do Not Open"... and just waiting for that sound of marbles rolling....:)
>
>Your "quotation" "marks" are confusing me. Real marbles or "marbles"? Also, what's the other meaning of fill?
>
>Also, if that is the case, keep in mind http://radian.org/notebook/quote-unquote

[shrug] Perhaps he meant that he (only partially, rather than fully filled -- i.e. sufficiently filled to be considered filled) filled the medicine cabinet with marble-like objects? Of course the thought of a partially-filled cabinet might raise the question of "is it partially filled or is it partially empty?"