How create variables to hold directory names on Windows bash?

[One Angry User]

On a chilly Wednesday morning, the 9th day of March, 2005, Sam Robb's
computer emitted the following stream of bytes:

> > Maybe we should quiz people on the words in particular positions
> > of the bash manual (preferably towards the end) before we let them
> > ask questions about bash? Some older games used this to verify that
> > you actually possessed a copy of the manual (and thus, presumably,
> > bought the game).  Opinions? :-)
>
> Heck - let's not even let them *use* bash unless they can answer
> the questions.  We can add a GUI to bash that pops up an annoying
> system-modal dialog that shows a 10-second animated intro graphic
> and asks the user something like,
>
>   What is the 8th word in the 1st paragraph under the heading
>   of 'Restricted Shell' in the bash man pages?
>
> Just think about the advantages!

Such delicious meanness.  I'm not worthy!

OAU