--- In [email protected], t3rinity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > What was actually said (and I know because I > > said it) was, "Fuck off and die." "Off," dude, > > not "you." > > You are right, that is what you must have said. > > > There's a difference. > > I can't tell, I couldn't know, I wouldn't know, I am german, how > many > American idioms am I suppossed to know. No,it wasn't a threat in the > sense that I expected you to come over here and help. But I did > think > die means die, that is 'dead to me', that is sort of: 'If you were > dead it doesn't make any difference.' And that's not nice, even for > somebody you don't like > > > "Fuck off and die" is not really a threat, Michael > > It's a common form of dismissal, along the lines > > of, "Go forth and multiply elsewhere, somewhere > > they actually take people like you seriously." > > > > :-) :-) :-) > > > > Michael, if you had misquoted something that > > the aforementioned "expert" had said this > > egregiously, you *know* how she would have > > reacted. She would have questioned your motives, > > accused you of having an anti-somethingorother > > agenda, and called you a LIAR twelve ways to > > Sunday. > > > > I'll merely suggest 1) that English is not your > > native language, and 2) that you tend to over- > > react and get a little hysterical and show your > > girlyman side when someone doesn't take you > > seriously. > > Take the first point. You have to understand the language in order > to know how to react. Why the hell do you throw idioms at a person > you know he can't know?
Congratulations! You have successfully demonstrated that there *are* other people in the universe who can hold a grudge as long as Judy Stein does. The "not too long ago" in your mind when you wrote about the horrible, terrible "Fuck off and die" threat hurled at you was back in APRIL, dude. We have not exchanged words since then, if I am not mistaken. I'm trying to decide whether this routine is what Germans do to disprove the recently- voiced opinions here that they take them- selves WAY too seriously, or whether it's some technique that Mother Meera's students use to demonstrate how effective her programs are at resolving attachment. Either way, I don't think it's working. :-) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
