Jim Larson <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> Weirdwolf wrote:
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>> "Paul Richardson" <paulszoo.ARMADILLO@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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>>> "John Iwaniszek" <not@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> Paul Richardson wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>> "Tyler Trafford" <ttrafford+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>> news:65qnmeF2h18a4U1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>> Jim Larson wrote:
>>>>>>> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>>>>>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Need a giggle?
>>>>>>>>>> Go to IMDB.com and enter "wanker" into the search box.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> How is that possible?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Either the god of the Internet is British, or "wanker" is a
>>>>>>>> common misspelling of "walker".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why does typing in "walker" produce no reference to the Chimp in
>>>>>>> Chief?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.imdb.com/find?q=walker;more=nm
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It does for partial match.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Interesting to see how far up the list Shrub comes.
>>>>>
>>>> Interesting to see how deep the geek runs here.
>>>
>>> Bottomless geek
>>>
>>
>> Ah explains why people keep telling me I am full of ****!
>> Oh by the way did you enjoy the Olympic torch thingy? Nice to see
>> that
>> although our government might be spineless the population can still
>> bugger things up.
>> I am rather looking forward to the London Olympics now,running the
>> marathon around Kings Cross and Brixton should be good for a laugh
>
> Just as long as they restrict the shenanigans to the torch relay, the
> opening ceremonies and crap like that. I'm no big fan of the olympics
> (I watched essentially none of it in 2004), but I think the althletes
> deserve to be left alone. The vast majority of them have worked hard
> for years in relative or total obscurity to get to this point. They
> don't need to be upstaged by something that won't accomplish anything
> anyway.
>
> (On that subject, have any of you folks talked to any Chinese ex-pats
> about the whole Tibetan autonomy issue? It was an interesting exercise
> in the two cases in which I tried it.)
>
Erm, no. I've tried to skirt the issue with my Chinese friends. I did
notice that my emails to China were being bounced and taking a long time
to
get there.
My teacher has a map she uses in her lessons,it includes Tibet as part of
China and I imagine because this is how it has been traditionally been
taught and seen that is how it would be viewed.
How did it go with your friends?
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