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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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