>Anthony : I don't want to have to OCR every page
>and plug it into babelfish to read a book...
>Alain : I don't understand your above comment,
>Anthony.
>Anthony :Babelfish is Altavista's translation thing. I
>can't read a word of French. I hope there is an English
>translation if I ever get around to reading it.
Alain : It's crystal clear now.
>Anthony : Hmmm.... I am in an ametuer(sp?) way.
>Alain : What? I'm sorry, I don't understand what
>you wrote above, Anthony. Is it a typo??
>Well, no, it's that I can't spell <g>. I meant that
>word which means someone who does it not as a career,
>but as a hobby.
Alain : The spelling is AMATEUR.
> Anthony: ...sort of like Homer and a doughnut, aren't
>I?
>Alain : You are aware, aren't you, that the
>Simpsons are a SATIRE. They are the opposite of role-
>models. In my opinion, the Simpsons is the most
>important satire in many years (and its hilarious too,
>for the same reason).
Anthony : Ak! Jokes don't come across to well in email, do they?
Alain : You are correct that humour doesn't translate well to E-mail. I
am in little bit dumb in this regard too. This time, however, I
inferred correctly that you were joking. I was just checking to see if
you like the Simpsons for the same reasons that I do (e.g. the
political satire aspects of the show).
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