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Jolly Roger <jollyroger.TakeThisOut@pobox.com> wrote:

> > Just so you know, if, for any reason, the import of beer and ale from
> > Belgium to the US is ever cut off, I'm holding _you_ personally and
> > solely responsible.
>
> Hell that'll never happen. We still get french fries here, don't we? ; )

From _Belgium_? Good, lord, man! Don't let them hear you say anything
but "pommes fritte"! They're _very_ touchy about that.

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In article <1ijz7bo.1xt094wyvcw9N%mikePOST@TOGROUPmacconsult.com>,
mikePOST.TakeThisOut@TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> Jolly Roger <jollyroger.TakeThisOut@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > > Just so you know, if, for any reason, the import of beer and ale from
> > > Belgium to the US is ever cut off, I'm holding _you_ personally and
> > > solely responsible.
> >
> > Hell that'll never happen. We still get french fries here, don't we? ; )
>
> From _Belgium_? Good, lord, man! Don't let them hear you say anything
> but "pommes fritte"! They're _very_ touchy about that.

It was a joke. : D

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In article <1ijz7bo.1xt094wyvcw9N%mikePOST@TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, Mike
Rosenberg <mikePOST.TakeThisOut@TOGROUPmacconsult.com> wrote:

> Jolly Roger <jollyroger.TakeThisOut@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > > Just so you know, if, for any reason, the import of beer and ale from
> > > Belgium to the US is ever cut off, I'm holding _you_ personally and
> > > solely responsible.
> >
> > Hell that'll never happen. We still get french fries here, don't we? ; )
>
> From _Belgium_? Good, lord, man! Don't let them hear you say anything
> but "pommes fritte"! They're _very_ touchy about that.

During the 1980 Canadian federal election, the Parti Rhinoceros (of
which I was a candidate) declared war on Belgium when Tintin blew up a
rhinoceros in the popular comic.

We demanded a case of Belgian mussels and a case of Belgian beer
delivered to our Montreal headquarters as reparations.

The Belgians surrendered, and reparations were made.

Unfortunately, I was in Winnipeg at the time.

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In article <jollyroger-468EC4.11335012072008 DeleteThis @news.individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger DeleteThis @pobox.com> wrote:

> In article <user-11048C.15351012072008 DeleteThis @textnews.euro.net>,
> Sander Tekelenburg <user DeleteThis @domain.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In article <jollyroger-119899.05531912072008 DeleteThis @news.individual.net>,
> > Jolly Roger <jollyroger DeleteThis @pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > these news groups are visited by mostly English-speaking folks.
> >
> > Just because people speak english *here* doesn't mean they don't
> > prefer some other language in some other context.
>
> It's still borderline spamming IMO.

If he was charging people for it, I might agree, but he's not and I see
it as offering a service. I do agree it would make more sense to send
the localization patch to Simon and have it integrated up front.

In article <1ijz57n.14545cx1yuvzsmN%mikePOST@TOGROUPmacconsult.com>,
mikePOST DeleteThis @TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> Jolly Roger <jollyroger DeleteThis @pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > That seems like a more appropriate place to me. Just my opinion -
> > I'm not starting a war over it or anything.
>
> Just so you know, if, for any reason, the import of beer and ale from
> Belgium to the US is ever cut off, I'm holding _you_ personally and
> solely responsible.

Don't even joke about horrible things like that!

Jolly Roger <jollyroger.DeleteThis@pobox.com> wrote:

> > > Hell that'll never happen. We still get french fries here, don't we? ; )
> >
> > From _Belgium_? Good, lord, man! Don't let them hear you say anything
> > but "pommes fritte"! They're _very_ touchy about that.
>
> It was a joke. : D

Don't tell me you think I've been serious about much of anything in this
thread!

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In article <1ijz949.1t7389u1mh1cqdN%mikePOST@TOGROUPmacconsult.com>,
mikePOST.RemoveThis@TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> Jolly Roger <jollyroger.RemoveThis@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Hell that'll never happen. We still get french fries here, don't we? ;
> > > > )
> > >
> > > From _Belgium_? Good, lord, man! Don't let them hear you say anything
> > > but "pommes fritte"! They're _very_ touchy about that.
> >
> > It was a joke. : D
>
> Don't tell me you think I've been serious about much of anything in this
> thread!

Are you kidding?

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Jolly Roger <jollyroger RemoveThis @pobox.com> wrote:

> > Don't tell me you think I've been serious about much of anything in this
> > thread!
>
> Are you kidding?

I was serious about wondering why J.P.'s posts bother you, but that's
about it. I'd think that talking about my dance routine and Belgian beer
would have tipped you off. <g>

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In article <1ijzcqq.ahw3cy16mt6xeN%mikePOST@TOGROUPmacconsult.com>,
mikePOST RemoveThis @TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> Jolly Roger <jollyroger RemoveThis @pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > > Don't tell me you think I've been serious about much of anything in this
> > > thread!
> >
> > Are you kidding?
>
> I was serious about wondering why J.P.'s posts bother you, but that's
> about it. I'd think that talking about my dance routine and Belgian beer
> would have tipped you off. <g>

I was *joking*!!!

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In article <120720081736102735%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
Dave Balderstone <dave.RemoveThis@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:

> During the 1980 Canadian federal election, the Parti Rhinoceros (of
> which I was a candidate) declared war on Belgium when Tintin blew up a
> rhinoceros in the popular comic.

During that federal election, I lived in a riding in Montreal (Ste-Marie
I think) where the Rhinoceros Party came in second, ahead of the
conservatives and (for sure) way ahead of the NDP.

I had a ton of fun with Rhinos for a while, until they started taking
themselves seriously, thinking they might actually win a seat in the
parliament.

My over-educated lefty associates at the time were furious: they thought
the Rhinos were taking votes away from the Holy Righteous NDP and
destroying their chances of creating some kind of vicious left-wing
dystopia. This was the election after Joe The Brief (who was pretty
"progressive" for a right-winger) got kicked out of the parliament by
the same over-educated lefty arse-holes.

Jean Chretien (who became justice minister after that election) called
them (the Rhinos) a "threat do democracy."

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