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by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Wed Nov 29th, 2006 at 01:36:57 PM EST
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cough

I wasn't aware of that little legal detail either...

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 29th, 2006 at 01:43:25 PM EST
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Oh, I was aware of it, although I'll freely acknowledge that most Americans probably wouldn't be.  But what puzzled me a little was the implication that only Americans would be unaware of it.
by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Wed Nov 29th, 2006 at 01:49:53 PM EST
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I think Migeru meant the same. I too only know it since I read ET.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Wed Nov 29th, 2006 at 04:45:40 PM EST
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Just for the record, what I tried to do was introduce a obscure fact in a comic way.

The comedy in question would be to assume that everyone in Europe would know this, when due to the obscurity of the fact that would obviously not be the case.

Probably wrong thread to do it though. The apologise worked better.

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by A swedish kind of death on Wed Nov 29th, 2006 at 05:21:31 PM EST
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Somehow it seems ironic that I actually knew this before I came to ET.

I'm not typical of most Americans though.  This sort of thing interests me.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Thu Nov 30th, 2006 at 07:37:21 PM EST
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I apologise.

Of course most americans (irish or other kind) are skilled in the structure of the French colonial empire and would therefore not need that extra information. But I thought someone might need it. And now I am refereing to no one in particular, not the regular poster someone. Who probably (being born in Skåne and all) could tell all the different kinds of legal structures that the French colonial empire entailed. Which does not mean that I think higher of the schools in Skåne then any other place in the world. Or...

I think I will stop digging now.

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by A swedish kind of death on Wed Nov 29th, 2006 at 01:50:57 PM EST
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:-D

Thanks, I needed a smile tonight....

We now return to our regularly scheduled programming, in which I'm offended at everything.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Wed Nov 29th, 2006 at 01:55:33 PM EST
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You are very welcome.

Tone is hard to convey in plain text.

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by A swedish kind of death on Wed Nov 29th, 2006 at 02:05:46 PM EST
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A good summary of what we learnt in this diary...

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Wed Nov 29th, 2006 at 04:48:44 PM EST
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LOL

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 29th, 2006 at 04:51:57 PM EST
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You want us to get rid of Texas.

But really that's not fair to the Mexicans.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Wed Nov 29th, 2006 at 03:23:24 PM EST
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Can you step over to the Open Thread and explain what's going on in Mexico?

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 29th, 2006 at 03:24:53 PM EST
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Yes.

That is it.

Finally someone (not the poster!) understands.

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by A swedish kind of death on Wed Nov 29th, 2006 at 05:24:12 PM EST
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