Mamihlapinatapai
is Fuegian for "two people looking at each other each hoping the other
will do what both desire but neither is willing to do."I bet you didn't know that did you? |
Shortwave
Oct 7
2005
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| Oh, certainly.... especially "scrupulously unbiased journalism,"
including coverage of Ireland..... (et. al.) "prigs" is a lot nicer language than occurs to me....
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Gene
Oct 7
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| You would know! --
John H "The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Reagan |
PocoLoco
Oct 7
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| Of course they do - clearly the most unbiased news organization in the
world. What was I thinking? |
Shortwave
Oct 7
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| You savage Fuegian, you. |
Harry
Oct 7
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| I thought I had gathered a majority of the world's totally esoteric &
useless knowledge, but now it looks like I've barely scratched the surface.
What an intelligent & well-reasoned response. Actually the BBC is one of the few media groups that practices unbiased
journalism scrupulously. It's easy to guess why you don't like them. DSK |
DSK
Oct 7
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| That's odd - my wife says the same thing all the time. Hmmm.... |
Shortwave
Oct 7
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| I stumbled across the BBC article by accident - I don't usually use
the BBC site for much of anything - lefty elitist prigs that they are. Ok, that was totally uncalled for - I mean to say elitist prigs. |
Shortwave
Oct 7
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| You need help Tom. Problem is there's nobody on earth qualified to do so. Eisbopch |
Eisboch
Oct 7
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| You been reading the BBC? Personally, I like 'l'esprit d'escalier'. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4294160.stm |
thunder
Oct 6
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