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- From: paul@psych.toronto.edu (Paul Hastings)
- Subject: Re: Surly French waiters
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.205145.10526@psych.toronto.edu>
- Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
- References: <michaelh.722202225@Xenon.Stanford.EDU> <nosenseofirony@kaa.gr.osf.org> <1992Nov21.212619.29280@microsoft.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 20:51:45 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov21.212619.29280@microsoft.com> frankm@microsoft.com (Frank R.A.J. Maloney) writes:
- >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?
- >>>(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.
-
- Oh, c'mon, FRAJM, don't sell yourself short!
- I'm sure if you try REAL HARD you can be
- vulgar, and even dumb as an ox. Everyone
- can (just click yer pumps together 3 times,
- and say...)
-
-
- --
- Aunt Em,
- Hate you. Hate Kansas.
- Taking the dog.
- Dot.
-