Re: OT: Bush quotes
* Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@vianet.ca> [2009 Feb 05 17:02 -0600]:
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 10:20:07AM -0800, Mike Bird wrote:
>
> > Common soldiers and sailors solved this problem long ago.
> >
> > Yanks, frogs, aussies, canucks, poms, krauts, ...
> >
>
> I have no problem being called a Canuck.
>
> Do Southern USonians like to be called Yanks?
>
> What's a Pom?
Pomeranian?
> We know what the french think about frog.
>
> What to Germans think about Kraut?
Being of complete German descent, Kraut bothers me not in the least.
It's tasty food, actually. Served along with Polish Sausage and it's a
crowd pleaser.
> At least you didn't say "jerries" or "huns".
Didn't the Huns hail from further east?
- Nate >>
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