sending a var between functions (but using Timer)

[aidanmack]

Hi guys im using the timer to triger a second function from the top one.
But how do i sent a variable from the top function down to second one??

public function wait_for_flv() {
     var poo = "plop";
     var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(5000, 1);
      myTimer.addEventListener("timer",attach_menu);
      myTimer.start();
}


public function attach_menu(event:TimerEvent):void {

	trace("plop");			
}

The above code works fine, but how would you send the var poo down to attached_menu function??

Tar
Aidan