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- From: frankm@microsoft.com (Frank R.A.J. Maloney)
- Subject: Re: Surly French waiters
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.212619.29280@microsoft.com>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 21:26:19 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Windows/DOS Users Ed Group
- References: <mattm-181192101012@mcmelmon.apple.com> <michaelh.722202225@Xenon.Stanford.EDU> <nosenseofirony@kaa.gr.osf.org>
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- In article <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.
- >
-
- I must say I am disappointed in Eamonn for succumbing to the
- very natural urge to say something nasty to the m-person by
- heaping calumny on the other 300 million of us. I know I am
- neither stupid nor vulgar, and and I am an American.
-
- I, for one, would appreciate it if Eamonn could sharpen his
- aim a trifle the next time he wishes to get off a potshot.
- And include me, and those like me, out.
-
- --
- Frank Richard Aloysius Jude Maloney
- "Well, I'm a little muddled." -- Glinda
-