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From: Phil Launchbury on 2 Oct 2009 06:34 In article <7im1h1F320ek4U1(a)mid.individual.net>, CT wrote: > Phil Launchbury wrote: > >> And I had such high hopes.. > > Hmmm...are you trying to start a Pink Floyd cascade now? <Innocent look> Moi? With my reputation? I should be so lucky[1]. Phil. [1] Can you see what I did there? -- Phil Launchbury 'I speak to machines with the voice of humanity' 'Speak to the wise with the voice of insanity'
From: Beav on 3 Oct 2009 06:16 "Simon Wilson" <siwilson(a)NODAMNSPAMN.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:7ik1ijF32rm82U1(a)mid.individual.net... > Beav wrote: >> "Kevin Lambert" <kjlambert(a)btnospam.com> wrote in message >> news:-5idnfaz64rU9FnXnZ2dnUVZ8mSdnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>> Leszek Karlik wrote: >>>> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:02:55 +0200, Chris H >>>> <fazer.1000thousand(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> [...] >>>>>>> Yeah, but we did give them "Le Weekend" >>>>>> Let's not forget "Le Sandwich" >>>>> http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mots_fran%C3%A7ais_d%27origine_anglaise >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_French_origin >>>> >>>> Compare and contrast. :-) >>>> >>> I was in a lecture on Soviet strategy (a long time ago) when the >>> lecturer said, with no sense of irony, 'the trouble with the Russians is >>> that they have no word for "detente".'. >> >> And oddly, didn't George Bush say the French didn't have a word for >> detente too? >> > > I thought it was entrepreneur. cba to google. You're spot on Simon, I'm sure it was. And I didn't google it I'm that sure. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
From: Beav on 3 Oct 2009 06:54
"SD" <salad.dodger(a)idnet.com> wrote in message news:7ikjfnF32sunjU1(a)mid.individual.net... > On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:47:37 +0100, "Beav" > <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > >> >>"Marc" <initial.surname(a)btintenret.com> wrote in message >>news:VMWdnZnOT7WCXl7XnZ2dnUVZ8kudnZ2d(a)bt.com... > >>>The French lost over twice that many just at Verdun, >> >>And another 90,000 in Vietnam before the tanks stuck their oar in over >>there. > > "before"? Who do you think was helping Uncle Ho against the evil > French colonialists? Well I know who was, but I'm talking about after the Frogs were ejected and the yanks weren't out in the field doing battle against the French. They were training the North Vietnamese and pouring money in, but actually fighting? -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 |