Re: More revolting natives

2001-05-07 Thread Roger Burton West
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

2001-05-07 Thread Chris Benson
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

Re: More revolting natives

2001-05-07 Thread Matthew Robinson
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

Re: More revolting natives

2001-05-07 Thread David H. Adler
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?

Re: More revolting natives

2001-05-06 Thread Brad Bowman
[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

Re: More revolting natives

2001-05-06 Thread Mike Jarvis
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

RE: More revolting natives

2001-05-04 Thread Cross David - dcross
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

Re: More revolting natives

2001-05-04 Thread Dean
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

RE: More revolting natives

2001-05-04 Thread Cross David - dcross
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

Re: More revolting natives

2001-05-04 Thread Dean
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

Re: More revolting natives

2001-05-04 Thread Dominic Mitchell
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*

Re: More revolting natives

2001-05-04 Thread Leon Brocard
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

Re: More revolting natives

2001-05-04 Thread Piers Cawley
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

Re: More revolting natives

2001-05-04 Thread Dean
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

Re: More revolting natives

2001-05-04 Thread Dave Cross
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... --