John Iwaniszek <not@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Paul Richardson wrote:
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>> "Jim Larson" <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Paul Richardson wrote:
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>>>> "Jim Larson" <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> Weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim Larson <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Paul Richardson" <paulszoo.ARMADILLO@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>>>>>>> in news:1iyKj.54554$833.42884@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "John Iwaniszek" <not@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:Xns9A78620F85DCFjoiwhnanri@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>>>>> Paul Richardson wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "Tyler Trafford" <ttrafford+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>
>>>> Well it depends on what services you are looking for. Kings Cross
>>>> for a leg over & Brixton for a bit of ganja. Could make the race
>>>> interesting 8-)
>>>>
>>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>
>>>>> One is a friend and the other more of a casual
>>>>> acquaintance/colleague. Both
>>>>> have been in the US for a long time (20+ years for the shorter of
>>>>> the two) and are American citizens, both remember the cultural
>>>>> revolution in vivid personal terms, and neither has the least bit
>>>>> of love for the Chinese government. Both had the same opinion,
>>>>> independent of each other, that the Chinese incursion into Tibet
>>>>> is (a) the best thing that's ever happened to the place, (b) a
>>>>> matter of protest for only a tiny fraction of the Tibetan
>>>>> population, namely the religious sorts, and (c) being wildly
>>>>> distorted by the Western media and celebrities who like to hobnob
>>>>> with the Dalai Lama. Are they just gullible and falling prey to
>>>>> Chinese propaganda? Maybe. I have no
>>>>> idea. I just thought the contrast with the usual viewpoint we see
>>>>> was kind of
>>>>> interesting.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, one of the two has actually been to Tibet (as a tourist) this
>>>>> past year.
>>>>>
>>>> Well apparently Tibet only became a country after some fiddling
>>>> about by the Foreign & Colonial Office so it's an interesting
>>>> problem. The time to protest was when the Chinese invaded. If only
>>>> there were oil in them thar hills eh?
>>>>
>>> Oil makes everything so much clearer...also if the Chinese didn't
>>> have nukes
>>> and a standing army the size of Rhode Island. That would be good
>>> too.
>>>
>> Poor buggers, don't they let them sit down?
>>
>
> The party over all.
>
Qilái! Búyuàn zuò núlì de rénmen!
Ba women de xieròu zhùchéng women xinde chángchéng!
Zhonghuá Mínzú dàoliao zùi weixiande shíhòu,
Meige rén bèipòzhe fachu zùihòude housheng.
Qilái! Qilái! Qilái!
Women wànzhòngyi-xi-n,
Màozhe dírén de pàohuo, Qiánjìn!
Màozhe dírén de pàohuo, Qiánjìn!
Qiánjìn! Qiánjìn! Jìn!
The qilai is up, but with the idea of to arise in this case, it is an
exhortation for the people of China to stand and fight.
My teacher was most surprised that I could sing this before I started my
lessons. I have a copy sung by Paul Robeson and the tune is rather catchy.
--
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hide the bodies
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