2001-09-29
Andy is on a new bandwagon now!
John
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Subject: Yahoo! Clubs Metric America
We Are Tough: We Are the U.S.A.
Please give my song a try.
I think it is suitable for
To kilopascal and Bill Potts; Are you sure the person who wrote this was
not being ironic??
And as for that line about sending the British packing?? Only once, my
friend, only once!!
I wouldn't fancy your chances now, that's for sure!! (Only kidding)!!!
Regards,
Steve.
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Before this guy even starts to think about SI, he has a serious
vocabulary-building
project to contend with.
Duncan
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From: kilopascal [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: September 28, 2001 19:07
Subject: [USMA:15418] The speech Bush
It just seemed to me the language and sentiments were deliberately over the
top, therefore making me believe the person who wrote this was being either
ironic or satirical!
However. if you are right, John, then I think this individual seriously
needs help!! Perhaps a couple of years in a mental
I stumbled on a statement made by Noam Chomsky which was very interesting:
The quote below is translated from a Dutch magazine, so the wording of what
he stated will not be exact.
Talking about NAFTA: Big companies are going to spell the law to
democratically elected governments. This is already
This is so evil and terrorist in its own way, that I think and hope that
this speech by Mr Robb is just a parody on such appalling attitudes
or on what Bush is *supposed to think*. Just read these sentences:
Americans are so hungry to kill that we shoot at each other every
day. We will relish
Scott contributed to the rasher discussion with:
My hovercraft is full of eels!
Originally I thought it (rasher) may have been Irish slang for ration
My dictionary gives two meanings for rasher: (1) a slice of bacon or ham,
etc.; or (2) a portion or serving of such slices.
I had been
Bill:
Obviously, you are not an aficionado of Monty Python. My hovercraft is full
of eels is a line from a sketch in which John Cleese plays a central
European character who is trying to make himself understood, in an English
shop, using a very cheap tourist's phrase book (which was obviously
