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Re: Let Me Introduce Myself

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Friday, December 31, 2004, 22:28
On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 03:22:39PM -0600, Thomas R. Wier wrote:
> Bob Thornton wrote: > > TW wrote: > > > Yeah. It's rather naive to claim no violence will > > > be involved. Such claims are usually based on a rather > > > idealistic view of human (or at least in this case Quebecois) > > > nature. I must say that I was surprised to find that > > > Quebecois could out-Texan Texans in braggadocio, but it > > > seems to have occurred. > > > > Yeah, well, us Texans have ten times more... er... > > desert! AW YEA. We've got more desert than those > > shivering peoples up there! > > You know I'm a Texan, right? They say that sometimes the difference > between a Jewish joke and an antisemitic joke is who's telling it...
Sounds like Bob's a Texan too, Thomas, so who exactly is in danger of offending you here? I'm confused. -Marcos h
> > ========================================================================== > Thomas Wier "I find it useful to meet my subjects personally, > Dept. of Linguistics because our secret police don't get it right > University of Chicago half the time." -- octogenarian Sheikh Zayed of > 1010 E. 59th Street Abu Dhabi, to a French reporter. > Chicago, IL 60637