Weirdwolf wrote:
> John Iwaniszek <not@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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>
>> Paul Richardson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Jim Larson" <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns9A7A5DA1C45B3v234oiwofui3284af93@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Paul Richardson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Jim Larson" <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>> news:Xns9A79B69D363953v234oiwofui3284af93@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>> Weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jim Larson <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>>>>>>> news:Xns9A79B33BC18C03v234oiwofui3284af93@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> "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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> 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!
Klingon...coooool...
> 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.
*cough* commie *cough*
--
Jim
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