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- From: larry@bradley.bradley.edu (L. D. Stratton)
- Subject: Re: Surly French waiters
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.180114.23072@bradley.bradley.edu>
- Organization: Bradley University
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 18:01:14 GMT
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- In <nosenseofirony@kaa.gr.osf.org> emcmanus@gr.osf.org (Eamonn McManus) writes:
- >michaelh@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Mike Hennahane) writes:
- >>>> Ok, Matthew, what about that surly waiter you had??
- >>>He was French.
- >>need he say more?
- >mattm@apple.com (Matthew Melmon) writes:
- >>(you are correct, however, about it being *your* fault the Frenchman
- >>exhibited his natural inclinations towards French-ness...)
-
- >So Frenchmen are naturally surly, are they? Well I suppose it might
- >seem that way to Americans, stupid and vulgar as they are.
- >Eamonn
-
- Woah Eamonn. MY definition of 'surly' is an amenity. That, of course,
- is not to say that us Americans can't be stupid and vulgar -- we can.
- But we continue to fight long and hard to be stupid and vulgar on
- occasion and even a touch of brilliance on occasion.
-
- So, despite my pleasant thoughts of 'surly' Frenchmen (Jean Paul where
- are you now) and other equally 'surly' Mediterranean types, explain
- why my focus of attention is a Viking? =)
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