0n (02 Oct 03) George Pope wrote to Cindy Haglund...

 GP> On (01 Oct 03) Cindy Haglund wrote to Richard Schabler...
 CH> I missed the original. Let me explain. I was born in Upstate NY. Moved
 CH> happily to FL. Was there for four wonderful years. Now thanks to NASA
 CH> ""management"""""' we've had to
move. We're not in Texas. Bleah.
 GP>                                                    ^

 GP> Leetle typo, eh? :)

 ! An excellent foodian swip! Yeah. True Denial! hahaha! You were
 sharp to notice, George.
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 CH> ((Watching the Grand Bike Tour) Hey look they've got roads in France!

 GP> That does seem to be the U.S. activity-of-the-year this year --
 GP> picking on the French. . .

 I wasn't picking on the French George, I was beng sarcastic about how
many americans (not all remember) adhere to the fairy tale that
America has to be number one in everything...  (rolling eyes) This
pompous attitude is what makes ALL Americans suffer 'the ugly american'
image held by many Europeans, Africans, Asians, and yes Canadians.

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 GP> A friend of mine is an officer in the navel reserve.  A few weeks ago
 GP> he was attending a conference that included admirals in both the US
 GP> and French navies.  At a cocktail reception, my friend found himself
 GP> in a small group that included admirals from both navies.  The French
 GP> admiral started complaining that whereas Europeans learned many
 GP> languages, Americans only learned English.  He then asked, "Why is it
 GP> that we have to speak English in these conferences rather than you
 GP> have to speak French?"
 
 GP> Without even hesitating, the American Admiral replied, "Maybe it is
 GP> because we Americans arranged it so that you did not have to learn to
 GP> speak German."

 I hate it when people use the past like that. I'll tell you the real
reason George. The real reason is because most Americans are too lazy
to learn a second language. And perhaps having ancestors from 'the old
country' come here and have to abandon their native tongue - for such
was UNamerican.... has something to do with it too.

 GP> The group became silent.
 GP>
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 GP> The French Tennis Open for this year has been canceled due to a
 GP> national crisis.  They have plenty of rackets.....but no balls!!!!

 Childish Stupidity reigns supreme... Sigh.

 GP> March 12, 2003. Dateline: Paris

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 GP> Today it was reported that severe earthquakes have occurred in 10
 GP> different locations in France.


 GP> The severity of each quake was measured in excess of 10 on the Richter
 GP> scale. The cause was determined to be the 56,681 dead American
 GP> soldiers buried in French soil rolling over in their graves.

 Dumber and dumber. Sigh.


 Just so you know. While I"m not the sharpest knife in the drawer,
 I don't count myself amongst bigots.
                                    
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Cindy

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