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Re: Let Me Introduce Myself

From:Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...>
Date:Saturday, January 1, 2005, 8:55
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. ========================================================================= 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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