Could help explain a few trends in American history

[jochen stremmel]

Die spinnen, die Römer.

Asterix

2015-02-10 14:39 GMT+01:00 Heikki R <situations.journeys.comedy at gmail.com>:

> Die Ostfinninnen sind verrückt.
>
>
> Ein Westfinne
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This reminds me of all the women in the Vroom household.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Feb 10, 2015, at 2:41 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> This reminds me of the Lexicon of Commonplaces by Flaubert, a
>> posthumously published side-project to *Bouvard et Pécuchet, *where it
>> says about women:
>>
>> Blond women --- hotter than brunette women.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Brunette women --- hotter than blond women.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Dark-skinned women --- see 'Blond women,' 'Brunette women.'
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Red-haired women --- see 'Blond women,' 'Brunette women,' 'Dark-skinned
>> women.'
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10.02.2015 08:19, Ian Livingston wrote:
>>
>> Colette tells me Japanese women are crazy, too. Sometimes I think I'm
>> supposed to believe there is someone sane somewhere.
>>
>>  It ain't me, babe.
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 10:05 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry. You're right. My bad.
>>>
>>>   But passing on the wisdom of German women being crazy?  I took the
>>> bait.  Oops! Still, your style works.
>>>
>>>  David
>>>
>>> On Sunday, February 8, 2015, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorry, guys, I'm just not seeing any reference to Nazism in anything
>>>> I've said, except the explicit dismissal above. Maybe that's your own thing?
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 6:59 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Wow! You pack a lot of provocation into a short post.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Neo-Nazi sexism? Atheistic selfish libertarian anarchy?
>>>>>
>>>>>  Bring it Om!
>>>>>
>>>>>  David Morris
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sunday, February 8, 2015, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Don't have to be a Nazi to be an uptight German. I used to live in
>>>>>> WI, enmeshed with all those brilliant crazy saxons. A Berliner
>>>>>> acquaintance, of mine, of a certain income class, won't go out with German
>>>>>> women, "Because they're crazy." He's chasing Hispanic women in Texas, these
>>>>>> days, I hear.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I mean, I'm no anti-saxon or anything. Hell, I can claim a fair
>>>>>> share of saxon blood mixed in with the celt. I just think there is a
>>>>>> remarkable similarity in the drive for wealth just because
>>>>>> if-I-get-it-then-you-don't-and-I-win between the US, England, and Germany.
>>>>>> It's the whole somewhat twisted every man-for-himself slant on anarchy--no
>>>>>> miracles allowed. And I think it's a socially-driven competitiveness within
>>>>>> and among warrior societies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Mark Thibodeau <
>>>>>> jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Know any Germans? Like, today? In real life?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  How many of them would you call Nazis?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  MT
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Mark Thibodeau <
>>>>>>> jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Aw, c'mon. That's not nice.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  MT
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Ian Livingston <
>>>>>>>> igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/02/daily-chart-3
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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