Author: margolies,marc
Date: 17:14:14 06/18/03
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thank you,Cristophe! to albert: the 'american' part of the equation refers not to my obvious 'grossness', which you appear to latch onto yourself, without regard to what you are. Grossness is apparently universal then. Rather the 'american' qualification is an expression of my awareness of the importance of IBM in the business world here versus that of SCO. My post was about a false impression where SCO does the kicking while IBM gets kicked. But IBM is what Americans call the provebial 800 pound gorilla, as in the question, "Where does an 800 pound Gorilla sit? Answer: Whereever he wants!" That was the semiotics of my joke. Yet it is interesting, Albert, that it should make you think of YOUR grandmother. I don't see that as an efective attack on americans :) On June 17, 2003 at 13:25:00, Christophe Theron wrote: >On June 16, 2003 at 23:15:18, Albert Silver wrote: > >>On June 16, 2003 at 19:36:48, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On June 15, 2003 at 18:34:31, margolies,marc wrote: >>> >>>>Bo , >>>>I hope you're right. But as an American I tend to think that SCO asking IBM for >>>>'protection money' is rather akin to an 80 year-old woman trying to squeeze the >>>>nuts of an 800 pound gorilla ;> >>> >>> >>> >>>I fail to see what being an american has to do with the very elegant comparison >>>above... >>> >>>As far as I know you do not have to be american to be able to be gross (I can do >>>that as well). >> >>Maybe, but Americans are grosser. Do you know of any 80-year-old French women >>doing what he described? Only an American 80-year-old would do such a thing. But >>that's nothing, you should hear what his grandfather did. >> >> Albert > > > >It's so refreshing to see that some americans still have a good sense of humour! >:) > > > > Christophe
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