Re: OFF: Re: I don't give a rat's ass.

At 12:50 01/06/00 -0400, you wrote:
>On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Paul Bennett wrote:
>
>>On 31 May 00, at 12:09, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>>
>>> J'm'en bats les couilles avec une tapette à mouches. :))
>>
>>Using the less-than-perfect http:/babelfish.altavista.com/ this doubtlessly
>>charming phrase (which is slightly beyond my ken) translates to the
>>following (which is possibly more amusing in this form than the original)
>>
>>I fight of them couilles with a queer with flies
>>
>
>I think perhaps "I whack my walnuts with a flyswatter." Which is
>really quite strange, as one would think a nut cracker would
>do a better job. ;^)
>
:)))))) The charms of French you know. "J'm'en bats les couilles avec un
casse-noisettes" is possible too, and gives quite the same meaning. The
important here is the length of the sentence :)) .

                                                Christophe Grandsire
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