On 4/08/2015 4:04 AM, cshenk wrote:
> Gary wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> sf wrote:
>>>
>>> Janet wrote:
>>>> I don't get why Americans still haven't grasped that whenever
>>>> they throw spears at "barbarian" difference, even if they miss,
>>>> it's entirely likely their spear might be thrown right back ...
>>>> only aimed better.
>>>>
>>> That was Gary thinking he was being funny.
>>
>> Wrong. I wasn't trying to be funny and Janet's spear thrown right back
>> was well deserved and I laughed. If you have paid attention, I am
>> using "barbarian" as a joke now and I think they know that.
>>
>> I said that in all honesty. That was my very first response when I
>> first saw the "european style" of eating. Bad choice of word? Yeah
>> but even a milder description would have evidently been offensive. I
>> never meant to offend.
>>
>> I wasn't brought up that way. We were taught the other way and I've
>> never seen anyone eat that way in real life. When I first saw people
>> eating the E-way on television, I actually looked it up and found that
>> it is now an accepted way to eat in the US. Ok. I'm good with that.
>> It's not wrong, it's just different.
>>
>> Anyway.... Janet threw right back about our barbaric education system
>> (and only because of what I said). It didn't offend me, I laughed.
>>
>> What a bickering, nitpicking group this is. I love it. :-D
>
> I love it too but sometimes the spears go astray to innocent bystanders.
>
Collateral damage....

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