On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 19:25:20 +1300, "Pete Dashwood"
<dashwood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>
>
>"Robert" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:bcfhs3loksd0megutfe93rg8qsre2omn81@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:37:34 -0800 (PST), Alistair
>> <alistair@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>On 29 Feb, 12:54, "Michael Mattias" <mmatt...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> "Pete Dashwood" <dashw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>
>>>> news:62ot2dF24g05qU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > "Michael Mattias" <mmatt...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>> >news:5nlxj.14737$Ch6.11325@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> >> "Alistair" <alist...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>
>>news:b2f36f55-e83f-4f0e-ae76-ba68a10f0af4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> >>> The modern Brit-geek wears work boots.
>>>>
>>>> >> Never thought I would see "modern" and "Brit" in the same
sentence.
>>>> > You really should be reading more, Michael... :-)
>>>>
>>>> You're not the one who has to live only 3,950 air miles from them.
>>>>
>>>> MCM
>>>
>>>Hoi, it's your side of the s***-bloated pond which the world takes
>>>exception to.
>>
>> Eurosnobs and terrorists despise the US; the other 90% want to be like
us.
>
>:-) (your black and white extrapolations never cease to amaze (and amuse)
>me, Robert...)
>
>Being neither Eurosnob, Terrorist, nor in the 90% who want to be like
you, I
>think Leonard Cohen (a Canadian) has it right:
>
>"the cradle of the best and of the worst."
I had a conversation with a well-traveled colleague, originally from
Russia, about why
people in third world countries waste money on Coca-Cola. I said they had
less expensive
sources of hydration and sugar. He said, "You Americans can't understand
how they think.
Holding a Coke makes them feel properous for a short time, like they're on
par with
Americans." I responded, "Like wearing Levi jeans." He siad, "Exactly."
|
