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Re: WAS: Other French things; NOW, Heaven & the other place

To: Mark Moburg <markmoburg@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: WAS: Other French things; NOW, Heaven & the other place
From: Geoff Love <engconn@infi.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 18:28:08 -0500
Mark Moburg wrote:
> 
> At 11:15 AM 3/5/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >I have a Motobecane, and I must say that I find French engineering to be
> >absolutely amazing.
> 
>      <<snip>>
> 
> >but my impression is that the French approach the
> >engineering problem from an entirely different angle, perhaps having
> >something to do with man's place in the universe. I may not agree, but
> >it is a refreshing change of pace.
> >
> >Jim Blackwood, Esq.
> >'71 V-8 MGB roadster
> >
> ===Reply===
> 
> Puts me in mind of the joke (with many, MANY apologies to European listers
> -- all in fun :^)  --
> What's a European's idea of heaven?  It's where the English are the police,
> the French are the cooks, the Swiss are the bankers, the Italians are the
> lovers, and the Germans are the engineers.
> 
> What's a European's idea of hell?  It's where the English are the cooks, the
> French are the engineers, the Swiss are the lovers, the Italians are the
> bankers, and the Germans are the police.
> 
> Flame away . . .
> 
> Mark Moburg
> markmoburg@mindspring.com

I love it.

Geoff Love, The English Connection

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