Re: "Tack" or "tact" (was Re: NYC Slang Needed for Newspaper Column)

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From: Jonathan Mason
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 00:00

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trio@euronet.nl (Donna Richoux) wrote:
>John Nurick <j.nurick@ialday.ipexpay.omcay> wrote:
>
>> On 25 Jun 1997 15:19:20 GMT, trio@euronet.nl (Donna Richoux) wrote:
>> 
>> >I think some people are called "clueless" who
>> >are very sweet. 
>> 
>> Conversely, one may say someone is "very sweet" in order to avoid
>> having to say he or she is more clueless than Dr Watson and Captain
>> Hastings put together.
>
>Dr. Watson I know, Captain Hastings I confess I fail to recognize.
>(Captain Queeg, Captain Ahab, Captain Cook, Captain Crunch, Captain
>Kirk...) However, one is sufficient, and I agree with your point.
>
We see Dutch/Belgian rivalry at play here in a refusal to recognise 
Captain Hastings, friend and assistant to Belgium's most famous export, 
the world renowned detective *Hercule Poirot*, many of whose cases were 
documented by Agatha Christie (and more recently shown on TV worldwide, 
but possibly not in Holland) demonstrating the use of 'the leetle grey 
cells'.

So much for l'entente cordiale!

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From: Jonathan Mason <jm@sunline.net.spamchopper>
Subject: Re: "Tack" or "tact" (was Re: NYC Slang Needed for Newspaper Column)
Date: 1997/06/28
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