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Bryan Simmons Bryan Simmons is offline
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On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 5:05:49 PM UTC-6, GM wrote:
> wrote:
>
> > On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 4:32:35 PM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 12:16:48 PM UTC-10, S Viemeister wrote:
> > > > On 22/11/2020 22:08, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > > > > On 11/22/2020 3:21 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >> Poles ain't the smartest folks on the planet, but they make a damned good
> > > > >> remover.
> > > > >> https://www.amazon.com/OPI-Polish-Re.../dp/B001RVFZQU
> > > > >>
> > > > >> --Bryan
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > > Yeah, that Copernicus guy was not very smart. Sabin's vaccine still
> > > > > works and Werner von Braun was born in Poland.
> > > > > https://www.thefamouspeople.com/polish-scientists.php
> > > > >
> > > > Marie Curie, too.
> > > > > Hitler wanted to wipe out the Polish scientists along with the Jews
> > > > > becasue he knew they could outsmart him.
> > > We don't have Polish jokes on this rock. It's a bad thing to make fun of the
> > > intelligence of a people. Also, we don't have any Poles over here. Some folks
> > > on the mainland think Polish-Americans enjoy Polish jokes.

> > Nobody thinks that.
> > > That's because there's not enough Polish-Americans yet for them to express
> > > their true feelings. Maybe one day.

> > There are plenty of Polish-Americans in St. Louis. Few of them would pretend
> > to be OK with Polish jokes, yet you can bet your ass that a good percentage of
> > them harbor racist feelings about Americans of non-European ancestry. The
> > way that I worded my joke, most folks would realize that I was making fun of
> > stereotyping. "Polish remover" is obviously not Polish, like Canada Dry ginger
> > ale is not Canadian.

> In any case your Polish "jokes" exhibit the same level of "skill" as your fiction jotterings, e.g. "NOT MUCH..."


Your opinions about my writing skills mean nothing to me. You're a grown man who
is still trying to fit in with the guys who persecuted you when you were a teenager. If
I were nicer, I'd find that pitiable rather than pathetic.
>
> --
> Best
> Greg


--Bryan