[ham] [Rhodes22-list] Cirque de Soleil is NOT French

Sat, 05 Apr 2003 11:36:41 -0500

ok this sounds heartfelt, how did it almost cost you life? I am interested.

MJM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saroj" <saroj@pathfind.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 11:12 AM
Subject: [ham] [Rhodes22-list] Cirque de Soleil is NOT French

> Need to step in here.
> 
> Cirque de Soleil is NOT French.  It is French Canadian - nothing to do with
> France.  The French hate the French Canadians nearly as much as they hate
> the English who are only hated slightly less than us.  Germans come after
> the Brits before the French Canadians.  The French hate everyone who isn't
> French -- its just a matter of degree.
> 
> Plus they hate eachother.  Parisians hate the provincial "low life", etc.
> The Alsatians (near the border of Germany) are probably at the bottom of the
> pile among the French until the foreigners list starts.
> 
> The only French I ran into while living in France for 2 years that didn't
> disdain English-speaking people were the Normans who greatly appreciate the
> Norman invasion that liberated them (and the rest of France) in WWII.
> However when we drove into the area in a VW, they turned their backs after
> scowling at us.  Understandable given the brutality of the retreating
> Germans.
> 
> The mediterraneans weren't too bad -- at least to your face.
> 
> I think all of France suffers from the Napoleon Syndrome -- similar to any
> other group of cowards.  I experienced them as extremely arrogant and nasty.
> Both to me and to eachother.
> 
> French Canadians are Canadians, not French.
> 
> Sorry for the rant, but their arrogance and ignorance nearly cost me my
> life.
> 
> Saroj
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 12:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Re: [ham] Re: [now: Gifts?
> 
> 
> > I hate to admit it, cirque du soleil
> >
> > MJM
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "ellner" <ellner@pressenter.com>
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 7:20 PM
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Re: [ham] Re: [now: Gifts?
> >
> >
> > > Michael:  Thanks for restoring faith====what show are you seeing?   mary
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 05:38 PM 4/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Just so you do not loose faith in me I got her theater tickets, dinner
> and
> > > >a baby sitter for her upcomeing birthday :-)
> > > >
> > > >MJM
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "ellner" <ellner@pressenter.com>
> > > >To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> > > >Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 4:59 PM
> > > >Subject: Re: [ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list] what happened to the french?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Michael:  It DOES NOT change the analysis that she bore only
> > > > girls------YOU
> > > > > were the deciding genetic factor there (back to Biology 101)  Try
> > > > > chocolates......anything without a cord!!  mary
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > At 02:11 PM 4/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > > > > >does it change the analysis, if she only bore me girls, or could
> that be
> > > > > >g-ds revenge :-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >is it ok to get her something real cheap but put it in a very
> expensive
> > > > > >box :-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >MJM
> > > > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > > > >From: "Thena Carville" <thenacarville@worldnet.att.net>
> > > > > >To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> > > > > >Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 9:13 AM
> > > > > >Subject: Re: [ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list] what happened to the french?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Michael,
> > > > > > > I am amazed you are still "intact" after this blunder...under no
> > > > > > > circumstances is a  household appliance a "gift"...even the most
> > > > expensive
> > > > > > > appliance with all the doo-dahs in the world is never a
> "gift"...I have
> > > > > > > never understood what it is about the y chromosome that seems to
> > > > cause this
> > > > > > > mistake to happen over and over again (to different males, and
> then
> > > > only
> > > > > > > once if they are smart)...if you do get the vacuum (and the
> French maid
> > > > > > > outfit) please keep in mind that if they count as presents, they
> > > > are YOUR
> > > > > > > presents...a present for a woman (especially one that has had to
> go
> > > > through
> > > > > > > the trauma of realizing you weren't smart enough to figure out
> that a
> > > > > > vacuum
> > > > > > > was NOT a "gift" suitable for the woman who bore your children
> and
> > > > > > keeps the
> > > > > > > kitchen knives sharp) should be something to beautiful,
> something
> > > > for her
> > > > > > > personal use only...something "intimate" like a perfume she
> would
> > > > not buy
> > > > > > > for herself because it is "too expensive"...or a piece of
> jewelry
> > > > because
> > > > > > > the stones are her favorite color...or a scarf because it
> matches her
> > > > > > > eyes..or a bottle of wine that you both stop whatever else you
> are
> > > > > > doing and
> > > > > > > enjoy together (as uninterrupted as possible)....a woman doesn't
> > > > want her
> > > > > > > husband to remember what she looks like vacuuming (even with the
> finest
> > > > > > > vacuum in the world), she wants to be remembered as a goddess of
> > > > love and
> > > > > > > understanding...wearing something sexy...especially when she
> hasn't
> > > > had the
> > > > > > > time to "wear something sexy" for a while...sigh...I think I am
> > > > going to go
> > > > > > > kick my vacuum cleaner...
> > > > > > > Thena
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > > From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com>
> > > > > > > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> > > > > > > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 12:27 AM
> > > > > > > Subject: Re: [ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list] what happened to the
> french?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > You know something buddy, you should watch the advice you
> give, my
> > > > > > wife is
> > > > > > > German and been upset too. So I read the list mail.
> > > > > > > > Sitting down and think, I talk to her about getting her a new
> vacuum,
> > > > > > > figure it was both a gift and a vacuum, Sound great to me,
> > > > > > > > might even cover motherday, after talking to her about it,
> well
> > > > that is a
> > > > > > > little off, I said three sentence then she talk for 15
> > > > > > > > mintues without stop and it ended "do not even think of coming
> to
> > > > > > bed", so
> > > > > > > it looks like I am spend my night with the computer.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > And you know, she was somewhat ok with this, it seems nothing
> makes a
> > > > > > > german happier than picking on the french :-)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > MJM
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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