Re: Let Me Introduce Myself
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 1, 2005, 8:55 |
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On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 03:22:39PM -0600, Thomas R. Wier wrote:
> > > 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.
The way I interpreted his remarks, they sounded like he was offended
by my remarks about Texans. That is, it was not I who was in danger
of being offended, but I who was in danger of offending.
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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
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