Way off topic, but it has do to with the French

On Mar 6, 11:51 am, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
Combine that with their inexplicable arrogance in the face of
irrelevance,
and you have comic fodder.

I've actually been to France. Perhaps because I didn't go to Paris, but
was in the middle of nowhere... but I didn't find the people to be in
any way arrogant. They were, in fact, no different to the typical middle
class American - they were just normal and perfectly pleasant people,
who just spoke a funny language. Although I found I was fluent in French
if I drank enough wine in a short enough time period. Well, it seemed
that way anyway.

G I've spoken many languages fluently after too much wine...

As I pointed out up-thread, French people on an individual level are often
regarded as "cool", "suave", and "debonair". This is in stark contrast to
their national reputation, which can be summed up as "bumbling", "lazy", and
"cowardly".

This sets anti-French humor apart from the humor that is poked at (for
example) Poles. "Pollock Jokes" (as they are called in Wisconsin) make
individual Poles sound like idiots, yet no one regards the Polish nation or
its government as anything less than gallant.

It's an interesting, telling difference that some state-funded sociologist
could make a career out of studying, I'm sure.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay,

Just because you think something is so, does not make it so.

Apparently you have a problem with that distinction.

It's not about France -- it's about your adamant refusal to see that
you reasoning is flawed.

If a mental defective says 3+2 = 5, he's right.

But if arrives at that conclusion because 3 has a mystical union with
2 and the shape of 5 represents dogs -- you'd know his reasoning --
how he arrived at the conclusion -- is flawed. And that's how you know
he's unreasonable.

And that's your problem. I'll say it one more time then I'm done
trying to explain this basic logic to you -- just because YOU think
"Americans joke about" the French and those jokes are true while other
stereotype jokes are untrue is simply unreasonable.

Now, another test of insanity is repeating the same action and
expecting a different result.

So to avoid that state I'm done trying to pond this round peg into
this very, very off shaped hole.



Dan

Dan wrote:
Combine that with their inexplicable arrogance in the face of
irrelevance,
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Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

If a mental defective says 3+2 = 5, he's right.

But if arrives at that conclusion because 3 has a mystical union with
2 and the shape of 5 represents dogs -- you'd know his reasoning --
how he arrived at the conclusion -- is flawed.


His math is off too.

3 has a mystical union but it is not with 2.

It is with my Aunt Debbie.

the fact that 5 represents dogs is a given.

hope that helps

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On Mar 6, 4:57 pm, "Kloudy via AviationKB.com" u33403@uwe wrote:

But if arrives at that conclusion because 3 has a mystical union with
2 and the shape of 5 represents dogs -- you'd know his reasoning --
how he arrived at the conclusion -- is flawed.

His math is off too.

3 has a mystical union but it is not with 2.

It is with my Aunt Debbie.

the fact that 5 represents dogs is a given.

hope that helps



DOH!!!!

There ya go....

Just because you think something is so, does not make it so.

Apparently you have a problem with that distinction.

It's not about France -- it's about your adamant refusal to see that
you reasoning is flawed.

No, Dan -- it's about your inability to follow a thread. My reasoning
hasn't even started to come into play here -- all I've been doing is
reporting my observations of French jokes in America.

You can deny anything you want -- but your denials don't make the truth of
the matter any less obvious, or any less true. And the truth is, the
French are the butt of many jokes in America -- period. Anything else you
want to read into this phenomenon is *your* personal interpretation, not
mine -- but denying the phenomenon is just stupid.

And that's your problem. I'll say it one more time then I'm done
trying to explain this basic logic to you -- just because YOU think
"Americans joke about" the French and those jokes are true while other
stereotype jokes are untrue is simply unreasonable.

WTF? How did you get THAT out of anything I've said? I was simply
pointing out the dichotomy between types of ethnic jokes -- but I guess that
was a bit too subtle for you. Pity.

Oh, well. It's been a fun topic, anyway.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I wrote:
Just because you think something is so, does not make it so.
Apparently you have a problem with that distinction.
It's not about France -- it's about your adamant refusal to see that
you reasoning is flawed.

Jay of Iowa replied:
No, Dan -- it's about your inability to follow a thread. My reasoning
hasn't even started to come into play here -- all I've been doing is
reporting my observations of French jokes in America.
You can deny anything you want -- but your denials don't make the truth of
the matter any less obvious, or any less true. And the truth is, the
French are the butt of many jokes in America -- period. Anything else you
want to read into this phenomenon is *your* personal interpretation, not
mine -- but denying the phenomenon is just stupid.

I also wrote:
And that's your problem. I'll say it one more time then I'm done
trying to explain this basic logic to you -- just because YOU think
"Americans joke about" the French and those jokes are true while other
stereotype jokes are untrue is simply unreasonable.

Jay rebutted:
WTF? How did you get THAT out of anything I've said? I was simply
pointing out the dichotomy between types of ethnic jokes -- but I guess that
was a bit too subtle for you. Pity.

To Jay:
I'm done.

To anyone with sense:
Am I crazy or is this paperboy just supremely dense?


Dan

Dan wrote in
:


I wrote:
Just because you think something is so, does not make it so.
Apparently you have a problem with that distinction.
It's not about France -- it's about your adamant refusal to see that
you reasoning is flawed.

Jay of Iowa replied:
No, Dan -- it's about your inability to follow a thread. My
reasoning hasn't even started to come into play here -- all I've been
doing is reporting my observations of French jokes in America.
You can deny anything you want -- but your denials don't make the
truth of the matter any less obvious, or any less true. And the
truth is, the French are the butt of many jokes in America -- period.
Anything else you want to read into this phenomenon is *your*
personal interpretation, not mine -- but denying the phenomenon is
just stupid.

I also wrote:
And that's your problem. I'll say it one more time then I'm done
trying to explain this basic logic to you -- just because YOU think
"Americans joke about" the French and those jokes are true while
other stereotype jokes are untrue is simply unreasonable.

Jay rebutted:
WTF? How did you get THAT out of anything I've said? I was simply
pointing out the dichotomy between types of ethnic jokes -- but I
guess that was a bit too subtle for you. Pity.

To Jay:
I'm done.

To anyone with sense:
Am I crazy or is this paperboy just supremely dense?

Unfortunately there are lots of him around these days.


bertie

On Mar 7, 7:24 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

To Jay:
I'm done.

To anyone with sense:
Am I crazy or is this paperboy just supremely dense?

Unfortunately there are lots of him around these days.

bertie

OK, cause he accused me of lack of subtlety, and I really, really hate
that.


Dan

Dan wrote in news:0dd33964-103f-4b30-a0c3-5c6d085a288b@
8g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

On Mar 7, 7:24 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

To Jay:
I'm done.

To anyone with sense:
Am I crazy or is this paperboy just supremely dense?

Unfortunately there are lots of him around these days.

bertie

OK, cause he accused me of lack of subtlety, and I really, really hate
that.


He wouldn't know subtlety if it kicked him in the nuts.


Bertie

On Mar 7, 7:45 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:


OK, cause he accused me of lack of subtlety, and I really, really hate
that.

He wouldn't know subtlety if it kicked him in the nuts.

Bertie

How long is the line to try that?

Dan