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[HenryM]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Colin" <thomas_colin at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 3:06 PM

> >From: "HenryM" <scuffling at hotmail.com>
>
> >What is it with the Franco(phono)philes? Very defensive in France and
> >Canada. Nobody speaks French anymore. Nobody reads French or eats French
> >Food. Reminds me of the USA South, where they say "The South's Gonna Do
It
> >Again." What? Lose? Get over it!
> >
> >Keep cool, but care.
>
> Thanks, Henry, for proving that the phrase "Keep cool, but care" doesn't
> mean shit. Must say I'm a bit disappointed with the p-list, here. Strange
to
> see that once an (however little) alien element arrives, you tend to react
> like a bunch of all-american frat boys (I've had the misfortune to meet
some
> of them). Humour haw haw haw is sometimes a good excuse.

Ah, yes. You with your heart on your sleeve care, but don't know the first
thing about keeping cool. I suggest you turn in any close and even
mid-distance reading cred you may have had and learn to take a step back
from your own USA-phobia long enough to read what is actually written, e.g.
"Nobody speaks French anymore. Nobody reads French or eats French
Food." Does that appear to be an actual assertion to you? Perhaps it is such
a heinous phrase that it simply must not be said. After all, the French have
had such a hard time of it. IMO, it was, at worst, just not the most amusing
message ever posted to the list.

BTW, though I am not, never was, and have known very few who are or ever
were "all-american frat boys," I must defend their honor <apparently I must
write smirk here>. Those kids can party the pants off anyone. Yeah, baby!

Keep cool, but care.

Toujours,

Mu Cow coming down along the road....