Wednesday, September 28, 2005, 11:58:20 PM, Eric Yost wrote: EY> JE: Sod off. EY> Eric: That's a great expression. How does that compare to fuck off? EY> More emphatic or less? About the same. EY> Did you think I was calling the UK Vichy? No. EY> If so, my mistake...hard EY> to think of the UK as part of Europe, despite the EU. We are. We are also perhaps considerably more "Vichy", if I understand your nasty little insinuation correctly, than, say, France. EY> Plus I didn't get much from your copy and paste nitpick reply. I EY> wish you had offered a thoughtful response, rather than pecking away EY> at it like a sparrow on a piece of Melba toast. Give me a thoughtful post and I'll try to respond thoughtfully. EY> You are much more thoughtful than I am on these matters, Judy, and EY> your reasoned response, even if unmerited by what I posted, would EY> certainly be welcome by many. -- mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html