Mamihlapinatapai
 

On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:49:24 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

is Fuegian for "two people looking at each other each hoping the other
will do what both desire but neither is willing to do."

I bet you didn't know that did you?

You been reading the BBC? Personally, I like 'l'esprit d'escalier'.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4294160.stm

Mamihlapinatapai
 

I thought I had gathered a majority of the world's totally esoteric &
useless knowledge, but now it looks like I've barely scratched the surface.

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
I stumbled across the BBC article by accident - I don't usually use
the BBC site for much of anything - lefty elitist prigs that they are.

Ok, that was totally uncalled for - I mean to say elitist prigs.

What an intelligent & well-reasoned response.

Actually the BBC is one of the few media groups that practices unbiased
journalism scrupulously. It's easy to guess why you don't like them.

DSK

Mamihlapinatapai
 

On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 07:37:51 -0400, DSK wrote:

I thought I had gathered a majority of the world's totally esoteric &
useless knowledge, but now it looks like I've barely scratched the surface.

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
I stumbled across the BBC article by accident - I don't usually use
the BBC site for much of anything - lefty elitist prigs that they are.

Ok, that was totally uncalled for - I mean to say elitist prigs.

What an intelligent & well-reasoned response.

Actually the BBC is one of the few media groups that practices unbiased
journalism scrupulously. It's easy to guess why you don't like them.

DSK

You would know!

--
John H

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan