On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:59:59 PM UTC-5, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Mark Haniford > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> >> Simon is german so his people are used to insulting and doing much worse >> things to people. >> > > And yet you managed to outdo him in just one sentence (and I'm not talking > about quoting an entire digest for a one line answer, which in itself is > reason enough for an old fashioned e-pillory). > > -- > Cédric > > It's an old tradition. Consider the famous newspaper lead on the 1966 World Cup:
"If, on the morrow, the Germans beat us at our national game, we’d do well to remember that, twice this century, we have beaten them at theirs." Eric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
