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A Europe A2K Gathering in May 2005

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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 11:31 am
McTag wrote:
The Chunnel doesn't go to Amsterdam- does it?

Change at Lille? Brussels?

That's like four countries in one day! Wheee!


Bruxelles-EST/Midi, I think.

Eurostar plus THALYS, which sounds more exciting than three countries :wink:
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 12:22 pm
nobody liks a gaggle of smart asses, we arrive in april, depart in may. re the chunnel of course we change trains in Brussels.
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McTag
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 01:24 pm
dyslexia wrote:
nobody liks a gaggle of smart asses, we arrive in april, depart in may. re the chunnel of course we change trains in Brussels.


Obviously the humour (faint) did not travel very well. If I gave offence, I humbly 'polgise. Crying or Very sad
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 01:29 pm
rofl
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Diane
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 01:33 pm
McTag, you'll need to get used to Dys and his sardonic sense of humor. Remember , he is considered by some here on a2k as an anarchistic antichrist. I love him anyway.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 01:35 pm
I second what Diane just said; it takes getting used to - it took me quite awhile. After the break-in period, though, you get to appreciate his sardonic sense of humour. Wink
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 01:43 pm
You can disregard anything Diane or C.I says about me, they know me and they have an agenda of their own evil purposes.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 01:44 pm
Diane wrote:
McTag, you'll need to get used to Dys and his sardonic sense of humor. Remember , he is considered by some here on a2k as an anarchistic antichrist. I love him anyway.


Actually, I share with Dys that we both have a seldom kind of "finest humour".

Obviously, our self-evaluation is unique, too.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 01:45 pm
ha ha ha ha ha ....
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 01:51 pm
Germans have zero sense of humour, in fact I think they are worse than americans in that regard.
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Francis
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 01:55 pm
This kind of humour I really appreciate! BTW, tell the etymology of sardonic...
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 01:58 pm
Merriam-Webster Online
Merriam-Webster provides a free online dictionary, thesaurus, audio pronunciations, Word of the Day, word games, and other English language resources. ... One entry found for sardonic. Main ... Etymology: French sardonique, from Greek sardonios. : disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking <a sardonic comment> <his sardonic ...
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 02:02 pm
dyslexia wrote:
Germans have zero sense of humour, in fact I think they are worse than americans in that regard.


Germans are generally worse than Americans.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 02:04 pm
I'm not sure there's much meaning between an agreement between dys and Walter. hmmmm....
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 02:05 pm
Just wondering how "like sardonics in a can" can be explained with that m-w text.
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Francis
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 02:09 pm
CI- you never talk to a Sardinian!
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Letty
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 02:12 pm
Francis, I also remember that "sardonic" applies to the frozen face of a cadaver, hence the term.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 02:18 pm
Being a Sardinian meself, I'm blind to the the nuances of those that communicate in like-terms.
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Francis
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 02:21 pm
Letty, that's why...

Quote:
[Mid-17th century. Via French sardonique from, ultimately, Greek sardanios "scornful." Originally meaning "Sardinian," its later meaning derives from the "Sardinian plant," which caused facial contortions resembling a scornful grin.]
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Thu 3 Mar, 2005 02:28 pm
I once put a entire can of sardinians on a pizza but it was New York Pizza and leaned slightly to the left.(toward Pisa) I can only assume that they were left-leaning French Sardinians. The delivery man drove a Citroen S/M.
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