I see an improvement already (punctuation).

EDITED OP: I guess you've answered my question. Thank you.

Now, I will think of a witty statement for my shout.

I've spoken to our union - some guys in lederhosen will be around to see you...

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"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived." - Isaac Asimov

Gonna put some "oomp" in my "oom pa-pah" eh?

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The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".

Ah, but the English came up with the expression "pardon my French." Remember, England and France have been at war with one another many, many times over the last thousand years. Calling bad things French was an insult to the thing and the French, all at once. (A related term is the old-fashioned slang of "French letter" for condom.)

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

And along the same lines, the saying, `Its all Greek to me' is I assume more of the same from the English???

Aparrently, it dates from Mediaeval times in Britain and describes something that cannot be read (i.e. incomprehensible language):
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-gre1.htm

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"We need rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!"

Excellent! I've made noises with guitar, and played the fool many times ... but a bass player first-timing on accordion? Curiouser and curiouser ...

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Congratulations to our 100th Frappr, Laminal Cockroach!

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Everything I need to know I learned through Googling.

Nice to see the increasing level of participation.

I see we're not all that popular yet in Central Asia, Africa or Antarctica ... guess we need to spread the word a bit further ...

And Monique, I think your style is charming ... feel free to drop your articles anytime ... err, in writing, that is ...

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Visit France. We worry not so much on such issues.

I don't think the French would like me. :P

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"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right." -- Thomas Paine

Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor. -- Heinlein

Creationists make it sound as though a "theory" is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. -- Isaac Asimov

If you respect French people, culture, we like you.

Well, at least I have the French accent down. I can't speak french, but I CAN speak french with an excellent accent. (Interesting, neh?)

I seem to have a talent for accents, even though I speak only English and Bad English.

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"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right." -- Thomas Paine

Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor. -- Heinlein

Creationists make it sound as though a "theory" is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. -- Isaac Asimov

one thing I remember when I went to France 15years ago was that you don't seem to have baked beans(except with sausages in).

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I'd be delighted! ... but it shall take me far too long to save enough money for the fare
We don't really worry all that much on such issues here in Oz, either - it's just that I remembered this is a PG-rated forum with a large American audience ...
Of course, you might consider to visit us in the Land Down Under ... to see how we cope with heat waves, extended droughts, keep our vinyards going, that sort of thing ...

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Wow, the list is getting long. Some of the names I don't recognize. I do love associating a face to the poster. My favorite are the photos with children. It's like looking at little clones.

If you search around on the frappr, then you get a taste of how large memberships can get. I saw one that had over 1000 members. Oh, this should be a challenge to the 10K on the BAUT.

It was certainly a pleasant experience to associate your face and name ...

Don't have any ... children, that is ... but during a couple of photo essays (one at a city fair; one at a folk festival), there were children in the mix ... and they do make for interesting characters ... now, I don't know what to do with those images ... I'm not famous enough for them to be 'art'.

Then you'll have fun trying to find your pin in the crowd - I had to zoom in to the max to see that I'd been buried under Reacher (I think that was the name) - and I don't even live in Perth anymore; it's just that that was the closest place I could put my pin ...

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Yours, too! You have a similar look to a much younger Michael Caine.

!!All the pictures are just great!! Especially the ones posted by Fraser, Halcon Dayz and AGN fuel, those little boys in the pictures are just very very cute...




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