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Fwd: Re: accurate sextant
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2008 Feb 23, 16:29 +1100
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2008 Feb 23, 16:29 +1100
Alex is Ukrainian, Fred. 'Bit like trying to offend a Mexican, or maybe a Venezuelan or Columbian, with a joke about americanos del norte. Not easy.
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From: Alexandre E Eremenko <eremenko@math.purdue.edu>
Date: Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Subject: [NavList 4551] Re: accurate sextant
To: NavList@fer3.com
Fred,
> going to make some joke with
> Russians as the butt of the joke about
> the inverting aspect,
> but thought it might offend someone, so said,
> essentially, nothing instead.
You cannot offend me with a joke about Russians.
And for the others whom you can possibly offend...
that's why I proposed to send me the joke off-the-list:-)
> such jokes are no longer allowed,
> unfortunately, in polite society.
I do not belong to a "polite society":-)
Alex.
From: Alexandre E Eremenko <eremenko@math.purdue.edu>
Date: Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Subject: [NavList 4551] Re: accurate sextant
To: NavList@fer3.com
Fred,
> going to make some joke with
> Russians as the butt of the joke about
> the inverting aspect,
> but thought it might offend someone, so said,
> essentially, nothing instead.
You cannot offend me with a joke about Russians.
And for the others whom you can possibly offend...
that's why I proposed to send me the joke off-the-list:-)
> such jokes are no longer allowed,
> unfortunately, in polite society.
I do not belong to a "polite society":-)
Alex.
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