Re: More revolting natives

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 o

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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 c

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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

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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

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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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> [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 Engl

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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... --

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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

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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.

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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 -

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From: Alex Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 5:09 PM > 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: > > > On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:32:35PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: > > > > Well, the 13 year

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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: > > 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

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> From: Dominic Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Um. I no longer want children. > > You *wanted* them? :-) I think you need to make a distinction between which children. My own are little darlings, not without their faults, but darlings nonetheless. I hope I still feel the same about the

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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 *want

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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

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* at 04/05 17:33 +0200 Niklas Nordebo said: > On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:29:37PM +0100, Dean wrote: > > 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 per

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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

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On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:29:37PM +0100, Dean wrote: > 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 th

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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 langu

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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-- st