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On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 08:49:56PM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote: A cow-orker of mine had to be told that Spain was in Europe, not South America. Cue story about Spanish woman being turned away from the Hispanic channel at US Immigration. Roger
Re: More revolting natives
On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 08:49:56PM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote: Saturday, May 05, 2001, 5:33:47 AM, Brad Bowman wrote: BB An Irish friend once had trouble convincing a Mid-Westerner BB that Ireland was a country in Europe not a State near the BB Canadian border. A cow-orker of mine had to be told that Spain was in Europe, not South America. Mmmm, what if these Yanks are masters of windup ... and think *we* don't have a sense of humour? :- -- Chris Benson
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On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 08:49:56PM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote: Saturday, May 05, 2001, 5:33:47 AM, Brad Bowman wrote: BB An Irish friend once had trouble convincing a Mid-Westerner BB that Ireland was a country in Europe not a State near the BB Canadian border. A cow-orker of mine had to be told that Spain was in Europe, not South America. Mmmm, what if these Yanks are masters of windup ... and think *we* don't have a sense of humour? I think you give them too much credit! Matt
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On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 12:08:59PM +0100, Matthew Robinson wrote: On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 08:49:56PM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote: Saturday, May 05, 2001, 5:33:47 AM, Brad Bowman wrote: Mmmm, what if these Yanks are masters of windup ... and think *we* don't have a sense of humour? I think you give them too much credit! It depends on which american it is... If *I* did it, it would be a joke. Sadly, I have a feeling that most americans that would bother asking this would be serious. *sigh* dave, reminded of Abbie Hoffman's story that french friends of his told him, after a trip across the states that the most common question they got asked was what language do you speak in france? -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Mysticism has no place in programming. - Larry Rosler
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[1] If he weren't such a twit he'll compliment you on your ability with the English language once he realises you're not American! (As in the American lady who struck a conversation with my mother - after a few minutes the American lady said Gee. You come from Scotland. And you speak English so well!). ;-) ... did you have an American teacher? I got that once. Austr(al)?ian - they're all the same. An Irish friend once had trouble convincing a Mid-Westerner that Ireland was a country in Europe not a State near the Canadian border. -- Brad Bowman
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Saturday, May 05, 2001, 5:33:47 AM, Brad Bowman wrote: BB An Irish friend once had trouble convincing a Mid-Westerner BB that Ireland was a country in Europe not a State near the BB Canadian border. A cow-orker of mine had to be told that Spain was in Europe, not South America. -- mike
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From: Piers Cawley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 4:07 PM They really don't learn do they? The thread beginning with http://www.cookwood.com/cgi-bin/lcastro/perlbbs.pl?read=4666 is a hoot. I particularly like the post where our hero says: No,but its true-- strict really does suck. I hate it. Its gay. Dont tell me ehat to do. And nobody wants your to be back, either. in response to one of Dave's posts. Heh. We were discussing that on IRC a couple of days ago. Notice that when I challenged him to back up his opinion logically he went very quiet - although he _has_ been back to the board since then. Oh, and you've just gotta love the mentality that sees 'gay' as an insult. Gives a real feel for the kind of person we're dealing with :) Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
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On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:17:25PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: Oh, and you've just gotta love the mentality that sees 'gay' as an insult. Gives a real feel for the kind of person we're dealing with :) Just to clarify is this the 13 year old? Dean -- Profanity is the one language all programmers understand --- Anon
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From: Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 4:30 PM On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:17:25PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: Oh, and you've just gotta love the mentality that sees 'gay' as an insult. Gives a real feel for the kind of person we're dealing with :) Just to clarify is this the 13 year old? Well, the 13 year old now claims to be 20. But no, this is his friend bk who kills people for a living in Hereford! Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
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On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:32:35PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: Well, the 13 year old now claims to be 20. But no, this is his friend bk who kills people for a living in Hereford! Um. I no longer want children. Dean -- Profanity is the one language all programmers understand --- Anon
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On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:47:43PM +0100, Dean wrote: On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:32:35PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: Well, the 13 year old now claims to be 20. But no, this is his friend bk who kills people for a living in Hereford! Um. I no longer want children. You *wanted* them? :-) -Dom
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Alex Page sent the following bits through the ether: On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:54:05PM +0100, Dominic Mitchell wrote: On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:47:43PM +0100, Dean wrote: Um. I no longer want children. You *wanted* them? :-) Deep fried? Tastes like chicken! Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ Iterative Software..http://yapc.org/Europe/ ... A Bugless Program is an Abstract Theoretical Concept
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Andrew Bowman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [1] If he weren't such a twit he'll compliment you on your ability with the English language once he realises you're not American! (As in the American lady who struck a conversation with my mother - after a few minutes the American lady said Gee. You come from Scotland. And you speak English so well!). ;-) My wife's aunt married a GI. When she was introduced to some of his relative she was complimented on how good her English was. Yes, I learnt it on the boat coming over. And they believed her. -- Piers Cawley www.iterative-software.com
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On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:54:05PM +0100, Dominic Mitchell wrote: Um. I no longer want children. You *wanted* them? :-) Not really, guess I'm proof of Darwinism at work ;) As an aside think of his parents sitting there become more and more filled with dread and fear as they realise that one day he'll be picking out their retirement homes... Does the author of the book take an interest in the web group? I'd hope she'd be on there correcting him. Dean I can see use.perl now, Thirteen year old boy terrorized by London PMer's because Dave told them to :) -- Profanity is the one language all programmers understand --- Anon
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At 17:56 04/05/2001, Dean wrote: Does the author of the book take an interest in the web group? I'd hope she'd be on there correcting him. She's around occasionally. She's a bit busy at the moment - getting the next edition finished before her baby is born later this month. Dave... -- http://www.dave.org.uk SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] plugData Munging with Perl http://www.manning.com/cross//plug
