On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > gMoney wrote: > > Personally, I don't see any solicitation of pity in that statement. > > > > How about in this: > > Jay Leno: "Welcome back, Sen. McCain, for one million dollars, how > many houses do you have?" > > John McCain: "You know, could I just mention to you, Jay, and a moment > of seriousness. I spent five and a half years in a prison cell, > withoutI didn't have a house, I didn't have a kitchen table, I didn't > have a table, I didn't have a chair. And I spent those five and a half > years, becausenot because I wanted to get a house when I got out. " > > Seeing any solicitation of pity there? > I see it as a solicitation of "shut the f*ck up about how many houses i have" :) I see it as a solicitation of "i went thru hell, and when i got out i didn't whine, i didn't bitch, i didn't moan. i busted my ass and did what i had to do and now i'm successful, so i'm not about to apologize for the fact that i own a number of houses". that's how i read it :) -- A byte walks into a bar and orders a pint. Bartender asks him "What's wrong?" Byte says "Parity error." Bartender nods and says "Yeah, I thought you looked a bit off." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266659 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
