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Julian wrote on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:18:59 -0800:

??>> In Bellevue, WA, there is a Vietnamese restaurant called
??>> What the Pho. We ate there once and were unimpressed.

JV> For the uninitiated: Pho is a Vietnamese soup. The correct
JV> pronounciation is something like "fuh".

So, but as I said, it has become "foe" around here and I'm sure
is not going to change!

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>>> All behavior is either blessed or damned by the man at the top, George
>>> Bush. He used the term "Pakis" to describe Pakistanis. That's offensive
>>> to some Pakistanis. But, he said it, so we can use any term we want to
>>> describe people.

>> Get real. The "politically correct police" were around long before GW
>> took office the first time.
>>
>> Jill


> I was referring to his complete LACK of correctness, due to his pathetic
> education, and his brain damage.
>

Yet many people do call people from Pakistan "Pakis', right? So they too
must all be "brain damaged" and have "pathetic education" ?? Did
EVERYONE miss the one memo that proclaimed the term politically
incorrect? Don't some people get upset about the terms "Asian" or
"Oriental" too?

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On Feb 18, 9:38*am, wrote:
> There is a Chinese restaurant near me called PIERRE'S....SF
> Peninsula....it tickles me every time I drive by. * Do you know of any
> funny/different names?
> Ellie



Only in America;-). . .Reminds me of a very large Asian market in my
town. It's manned mainly by Mexicans.

All kidding aside however, maybe that Chinese restaurant you speak
about is actually Vietnamese. The French were hunkered down in
Vietnam for a long spell, before the Americans. That would "possibly"
explain the name?

Vietnamese cuisine has some distinct French influence to it.

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> [..] Don't some people get upset about the terms
> "Asian" or "Oriental" too?


Yes... I was told that "Oriental" is a rug and "Asian" is
modern day White-man for "Squinch-Eye."

Go figure.

I see more racist bigotry between Asians than any other "race."

Again, go figure.

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> Yet many people do call people from Pakistan "Pakis', right? So they too
> must all be "brain damaged" and have "pathetic education" ?? Did
> EVERYONE miss the one memo that proclaimed the term politically
> incorrect? Don't some people get upset about the terms "Asian" or
> "Oriental" too?


It is interesting to see how once proper terms have become politically
incorrect. correct. My wife worked for a while in a "school for the trainable
mentally retarded", but you can't used the terms retarded or mentaly retarded.
It is correct to refer to them as "developmentally delayed" , At the turn of
the previous century they were called idiots, a medical term for what later
became metally retarded. Slightly higer on the scale of intelligence were
imbeciles and morons. As people started using those words in the perjorative
they fell out of favour.




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Goomba38 wrote:
> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>


>
>> I was referring to his complete LACK of correctness, due to his
>> pathetic education, and his brain damage.


> Yet many people do call people from Pakistan "Pakis', right? So they too
> must all be "brain damaged" and have "pathetic education" ?? Did
> EVERYONE miss the one memo that proclaimed the term politically
> incorrect? Don't some people get upset about the terms "Asian" or
> "Oriental" too?
>


I'm not sure what you are arguing.

I equate "Paki" with things like Wop, Guinea, Frog, Slope,
Dago, etc.
Politically incorrect is just another way to say
distasteful, prejudiced,
mean, and ugly.

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>
> Yes... I was told that "Oriental" is a rug and "Asian" is
> modern day White-man for "Squinch-Eye."
>
> Go figure.
>
> I see more racist bigotry between Asians than any other "race."


It is easy for people to assume racism when they are racist themselves.
It is much like people who lie a lot jumping to the conclusion that
others are lying. They do it so much themselves they assume that others
do it too.


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> I equate "Paki" with things like Wop, Guinea, Frog, Slope, Dago, etc.
> Politically incorrect is just another way to say distasteful, prejudiced,
> mean, and ugly.
>
> gloria p


I don't necessarily agree. The words seem to lose favor and suddenly
they're mean and ugly?
When we were kids it wasn't a crime to say "colored" then came "black"
then that fell out of favor and now anything short of
"African-American'is the term, whether someone actually comes from
Africa or America is beside the point? So it does get confusing yet
isn't necessarily prejudiced, mean or ugly. If it isn't being said with
a hateful intent, is it hateful? Or just a different era of language?
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> Back to Bush: Pardon my language, but where the **** did that moron get the
> word "Paki" to begin with? Any intelligent person would think "This is not a
> word I hear often. Maybe I should find out more about it before I use this
> word."
>
> You cannot explain away this kind of stupidity. Don't bother trying.
>
>



But...but...but...he's THE DECIDER. He gets to decide
what's right and wrong
and he seems to feel nothing he ever does is wrong.

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> Puester wrote:
>
>> I equate "Paki" with things like Wop, Guinea, Frog, Slope, Dago, etc.
>> Politically incorrect is just another way to say distasteful, prejudiced,
>> mean, and ugly.
>>
>> gloria p

>
> I don't necessarily agree. The words seem to lose favor and suddenly
> they're mean and ugly?
> When we were kids it wasn't a crime to say "colored" then came "black"
> then that fell out of favor and now anything short of "African-American'is
> the term, whether someone actually comes from Africa or America is beside
> the point? So it does get confusing yet isn't necessarily prejudiced, mean
> or ugly. If it isn't being said with a hateful intent, is it hateful? Or
> just a different era of language?



It depends on who's using the words, and in what way.

A real president needs to choose his words VERY CAREFULLY, especially when
referring to a part of the world where lots of people make a hobby of hating
us.

How many times did you vote for Bush? If twice, how did you rationalize your
mistake the second time?




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> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
>>
>> Back to Bush: Pardon my language, but where the **** did that moron get
>> the word "Paki" to begin with? Any intelligent person would think "This
>> is not a word I hear often. Maybe I should find out more about it before
>> I use this word."
>>
>> You cannot explain away this kind of stupidity. Don't bother trying.

>
>
> But...but...but...he's THE DECIDER. He gets to decide what's right and
> wrong
> and he seems to feel nothing he ever does is wrong.
>
> gloria p



Yeah. "Is our children learning?" God help us.

We could've had this in the White House at one point, but Amurkins thought
he was weird because he had a functioning brain and a name that ended in a
vowel:

"You cannot amend the Constitution with persistent evasion."
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"arthur alexander" > wrote in message
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> Frenchie's is at the intersection of NASA Road 1 and Egret
> Bay/El Camino Real. The Wet Spot, which I think also sells
> surfing equipment and the like, is on Egret Bay just south of
> there, near where the Half-Price Books shop was (Until a
> week ago). In that same strip center, there's the Galaxy
> Hallmark gift shop at the south end.


When I met my husband 16 years ago, he lived in that neck of the woods. (I
lived in The Woodlands at the time...) Ahhhhhh...memories of visiting the
Turtle Club, the various Seabrook restaurants, and all the other fun places
in that area...

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>But...but...but...he's THE DECIDER. He gets to decide
>what's right and wrong
>and he seems to feel nothing he ever does is wrong.



He's also a "uniter, not a divider". Well, he united people - against
us.

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Goomba38 wrote:

> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
>>>> All behavior is either blessed or damned by the man at the top,
>>>> George Bush. He used the term "Pakis" to describe Pakistanis. That's
>>>> offensive to some Pakistanis. But, he said it, so we can use any term
>>>> we want to describe people.
>>> Get real. The "politically correct police" were around long before GW
>>> took office the first time.
>>>
>>> Jill

>
>> I was referring to his complete LACK of correctness, due to his
>> pathetic education, and his brain damage.
>>

> Yet many people do call people from Pakistan "Pakis', right? So they too
> must all be "brain damaged" and have "pathetic education" ?? Did
> EVERYONE miss the one memo that proclaimed the term politically
> incorrect? Don't some people get upset about the terms "Asian" or
> "Oriental" too?


I thought "Asian" was the PC Police Approved Word *for* "Oriental".


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Goomba38 wrote:

> Puester wrote:
>
>> I equate "Paki" with things like Wop, Guinea, Frog, Slope, Dago, etc.
>> Politically incorrect is just another way to say distasteful, prejudiced,
>> mean, and ugly.
>>
>> gloria p

>
> I don't necessarily agree. The words seem to lose favor and suddenly
> they're mean and ugly?
> When we were kids it wasn't a crime to say "colored" then came "black"
> then that fell out of favor and now anything short of
> "African-American'is the term, whether someone actually comes from
> Africa or America is beside the point? So it does get confusing yet
> isn't necessarily prejudiced, mean or ugly. If it isn't being said with
> a hateful intent, is it hateful? Or just a different era of language?


I think I shall demand to be called a European-American. Thank you all
for your compliance. Oh......and Tiburon-American is okay too.


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> We could've had this in the White House at one point, but Amurkins thought
> he was weird because he had a functioning brain and a name that ended in a
> vowel:


I guess you mean a pronounced vowel.

Do you mean Gore, with an "e"?

Monroe, Pierce, Filmore, Coolidge.

Or Kerry with the sometimes-vowel "y"?

McKinley, Kennedy.


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Dave Smith > wrote in message
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> It is easy for people to assume racism when they
> are racist themselves. It is much like people who
> lie a lot jumping to the conclusion that others are
> lying. They do it so much themselves they assume
> that others do it too.


Do you ever proofread what you write or does it ease your
conscience to quickly click the "send" button once you've
spewed your nonsense?

If you ever get out beyond your front yard, watch and listen.
You'd be amazed at what's going on around you without ever
having to open your mouth.

Oh. Wait.

That would mean not popping yourself in the forehead with your
knee from those spasm-like jerks you just can't seem to help.

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pavane wrote:
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> | There is a Chinese restaurant near me called PIERRE'S....SF
> | Peninsula....it tickles me every time I drive by. Do you know of any
> | funny/different names?
>
> New and quite fine restaurant in the Orlando area:
> The Ravenous Pig
>
> pavane
>
>

Chez Piggy in Kingston Ontario http://www.chezpiggy.com/
One of the better restaurants in town.

Its sister store, Pan Chancho is one of the better bakeries and
breakfast places. Outstandingly good baguettes. http://panchancho.com/

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John Kane > wrote:

> Chez Piggy in Kingston Ontario http://www.chezpiggy.com/
> One of the better restaurants in town.
>
> Its sister store, Pan Chancho is one of the better bakeries and
> breakfast places. Outstandingly good baguettes. http://panchancho.com/


One of the best restaurants here glories in the name A Cow Called Berta.

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On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:36:00 -0500, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>Puester wrote:
>
>> I equate "Paki" with things like Wop, Guinea, Frog, Slope, Dago, etc.
>> Politically incorrect is just another way to say distasteful, prejudiced,
>> mean, and ugly.
>>
>> gloria p

>
>I don't necessarily agree. The words seem to lose favor and suddenly
>they're mean and ugly?
>When we were kids it wasn't a crime to say "colored" then came "black"
>then that fell out of favor and now anything short of
>"African-American'is the term, whether someone actually comes from
>Africa or America is beside the point? So it does get confusing yet
>isn't necessarily prejudiced, mean or ugly. If it isn't being said with
>a hateful intent, is it hateful? Or just a different era of language?


'paki' is on the same order as 'wog' in england, i.e., a slur. it's
just more of bush's fabled ignorance.

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On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:14:46 -0800, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Goomba38 wrote:
>
>> Puester wrote:
>>
>>> I equate "Paki" with things like Wop, Guinea, Frog, Slope, Dago, etc.
>>> Politically incorrect is just another way to say distasteful, prejudiced,
>>> mean, and ugly.
>>>
>>> gloria p

>>
>> I don't necessarily agree. The words seem to lose favor and suddenly
>> they're mean and ugly?
>> When we were kids it wasn't a crime to say "colored" then came "black"
>> then that fell out of favor and now anything short of
>> "African-American'is the term, whether someone actually comes from
>> Africa or America is beside the point? So it does get confusing yet
>> isn't necessarily prejudiced, mean or ugly. If it isn't being said with
>> a hateful intent, is it hateful? Or just a different era of language?

>
>I think I shall demand to be called a European-American. Thank you all
>for your compliance. Oh......and Tiburon-American is okay too.


not lamniform-american?

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On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:36:46 GMT, Puester >
wrote:

>JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
>>
>> Back to Bush: Pardon my language, but where the **** did that moron get the
>> word "Paki" to begin with? Any intelligent person would think "This is not a
>> word I hear often. Maybe I should find out more about it before I use this
>> word."
>>
>> You cannot explain away this kind of stupidity. Don't bother trying.
>>
>>

>
>
>But...but...but...he's THE DECIDER. He gets to decide
>what's right and wrong
>and he seems to feel nothing he ever does is wrong.
>
>gloria p


i think laura should punish him by withholding sex. oh, wait...

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> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:14:46 -0800, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>
>>Goomba38 wrote:
>>
>>> Puester wrote:
>>>
>>>> I equate "Paki" with things like Wop, Guinea, Frog, Slope, Dago, etc.
>>>> Politically incorrect is just another way to say distasteful, prejudiced,
>>>> mean, and ugly.
>>>>
>>>> gloria p
>>>
>>> I don't necessarily agree. The words seem to lose favor and suddenly
>>> they're mean and ugly?
>>> When we were kids it wasn't a crime to say "colored" then came "black"
>>> then that fell out of favor and now anything short of
>>> "African-American'is the term, whether someone actually comes from
>>> Africa or America is beside the point? So it does get confusing yet
>>> isn't necessarily prejudiced, mean or ugly. If it isn't being said with
>>> a hateful intent, is it hateful? Or just a different era of language?

>>
>>I think I shall demand to be called a European-American. Thank you all
>>for your compliance. Oh......and Tiburon-American is okay too.

>
> not lamniform-american?


A little too specific; doesn't include all sharks.

I think Selachimorphan-American would work, although it's not very catchy.


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Blinky the Shark wrote:
> blake murphy wrote:
>> not lamniform-american?

>
> A little too specific; doesn't include all sharks.
>
> I think Selachimorphan-American would work, although it's not very catchy.
>



Work with it a little: "Selachimorphamerican" It's actually got a nice
rhythm.
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> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> blake murphy wrote:
>>> not lamniform-american?

>>
>> A little too specific; doesn't include all sharks.
>>
>> I think Selachimorphan-American would work, although it's not very catchy.
>>

>
>
> Work with it a little: "Selachimorphamerican" It's actually got a nice
> rhythm.


Yeah -- but if you have a hyphen, you're more entitled.

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In article >,
"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> "Cindy Fuller" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-all-nigh...-east-syracuse

> >
> > Hmmm. May be a plan next time I'm back East. I used to date a guy from
> > East Syracuse many, many years ago. There never was anything that cool
> > there back in the day.
> >
> > Cindy

>
> It's been there since I went to Syracuse U. in 1971. When were you there
> last?


Late 70's. Maybe my ex wasn't cool enough to go there.

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On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:24:32 -0800, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>blake murphy wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:14:46 -0800, Blinky the Shark
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>Goomba38 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Puester wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I equate "Paki" with things like Wop, Guinea, Frog, Slope, Dago, etc.
>>>>> Politically incorrect is just another way to say distasteful, prejudiced,
>>>>> mean, and ugly.
>>>>>
>>>>> gloria p
>>>>
>>>> I don't necessarily agree. The words seem to lose favor and suddenly
>>>> they're mean and ugly?
>>>> When we were kids it wasn't a crime to say "colored" then came "black"
>>>> then that fell out of favor and now anything short of
>>>> "African-American'is the term, whether someone actually comes from
>>>> Africa or America is beside the point? So it does get confusing yet
>>>> isn't necessarily prejudiced, mean or ugly. If it isn't being said with
>>>> a hateful intent, is it hateful? Or just a different era of language?
>>>
>>>I think I shall demand to be called a European-American. Thank you all
>>>for your compliance. Oh......and Tiburon-American is okay too.

>>
>> not lamniform-american?

>
>A little too specific; doesn't include all sharks.
>
>I think Selachimorphan-American would work, although it's not very catchy.


it was kind of a google-aided shot in the dark. i seem to recall
pictures of a great white.

if you were a sheep, it would have been easier.

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On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:37:08 -0800 (PST), Toronto
> wrote:

>On Feb 20, 5:26 pm, zxcvbob > wrote:
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> > blake murphy wrote:
>> >> not lamniform-american?

>>
>> > A little too specific; doesn't include all sharks.

>>
>> > I think Selachimorphan-American would work, although it's not very catchy.

>>
>> Work with it a little: "Selachimorphamerican" It's actually got a nice
>> rhythm.

>
>I like "Callipygian-Canadian" myself, and have to thank Jef Mallett
>(and his comic strip 'Frazz') for the word.


frazz is the answer to 'whatever happened to calvin when he grew up?'

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One time on Usenet, Miche > said:
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> John Kane > wrote:
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> > Chez Piggy in Kingston Ontario http://www.chezpiggy.com/
> > One of the better restaurants in town.
> >
> > Its sister store, Pan Chancho is one of the better bakeries and
> > breakfast places. Outstandingly good baguettes. http://panchancho.com/

>
> One of the best restaurants here glories in the name A Cow Called Berta.


Heh! My favorite is still one that my folks went to in Southern CA
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On Feb 18, 9:38 am, wrote:
> There is a Chinese restaurant near me called PIERRE'S....SF
> Peninsula....it tickles me every time I drive by. Do you know of any
> funny/different names?
> Ellie


How about "Ooze" and "Schmooze". Food TV's Robert Irvine (Dinner
Impossible) is going to open two restaurants in Florida with those
names.

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There is a place called Ikki Sushi on Kingston road in Toronto.

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On Feb 22, 2:56*am, "Enzo Matrix" > wrote:
> In Norwich, UK, there used to be a Pizza restaurant called "Pizza One".
> That became quite successful and so the propietors bought the building next
> door which they turning into a pancake restaurant called "Pancakes Too".


In Chaumont, New York, there's a motel restaurant named "The Duck
Inn". They have a take-out, too, named "The Duck Out."

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Cam wrote on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:39:22 -0800 (PST):

C> There is a place called Ikki Sushi on Kingston road in
C> Toronto.

I don't know if is "strange" but there is a new expensive
restaurant in DC called "Posh"; you have been warned! Another
possible warning or confusion is the little Hispanic restaurant
called "El Dinero". My dictionary lists dinero as money, which
you will doubtless need :-) :-) There is a quite decent Thai
place called the Thai Tanic, the "Full Key" Chinese restaurants
don't take reservations and the Temperance Hall restaurant
serves hard liquor (the theme is speak-easy).

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Potomac, Maryland

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Blinky the Shark > wrote:

> The other day, I got some junk mail from a pizza joint I'd never heard of.
> Look at the size of their largest offerings. Holy crap.


> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/pizza.jpg


Well, if they made it any larger it wouldn't fit through
anyone's front door without tilting it, even as it is you'd
probably have to tilt it somewhat. Or does all of LA have
those big double Spanish style front doors? ;-)

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

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ranck wrote:

> Blinky the Shark > wrote:
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>> The other day, I got some junk mail from a pizza joint I'd never heard of.
>> Look at the size of their largest offerings. Holy crap.

>
>> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/pizza.jpg

>
> Well, if they made it any larger it wouldn't fit through
> anyone's front door without tilting it, even as it is you'd
> probably have to tilt it somewhat. Or does all of LA have
> those big double Spanish style front doors? ;-)


¡Sí, amigo! They all open to reveal the hand-carved granite fountains
in the vestibules.

But when you're talking yard-wide pizzas (which undoubtedly contribute to
yard-wide pizza eaters), imagine the cost of extra toppings. Adding
those jalapeños is going to cost you another ten bucks.


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