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Re : TAN: Cultural presuppositions

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Date:Thursday, June 3, 1999, 17:47
Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 03/06/99 15:15:19  , ed a =E9crit :

> > Just to clarify what was probably opaque, there's an old joke where > > Tonto and The Lone Ranger are surrounded by hostile Indians. The Lone > > Ranger says, "We're in trouble now, Tonto!" and Tonto says, "who's > > 'we', white man?" > =20 > Let's have a show of hands: How many list members outside the US (and > maybe Canada) found the joke less opaque after that explanation? > =20
i know tonto and the lone ranger from the far east side (?) comics. you pick=20 the whole thing straight reading them :-) mathias