Curt Fischer wrote:

> necoandjeff wrote:
> 
>>"Curt Fischer" <crf3@po.cwru.edu> wrote in message
>>news:2qg3b4Fviqd5U1@uni-berlin.de...
>>
>>>necoandjeff wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Marc Adler" <marc.adler@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:hbt0d.512$YU2.276@twister.socal.rr.com...
>>>>
>>>>>Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Are you joshing? When people talk about trouble in the Middle
>>>>>>East, you think that Israel *isn't* a part of what they are
>>>>>>talking about?
>>>>>
>>>>>Most of the time, no, actually. They think the trouble is all on
>>>>>the Palestine side of the wall (which is going to need a name
>>>>>pretty soon).
>>>>
>>>>In my mind, Israel, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, in that order,
>>>>are borderline candidates for inclusion in the Middle East.
>>>
>>>If those are borderline candidates what do you count as undisputed
>>>gold-standard countries in the Middle East?
>>
>>Arab countries that are surrounded by the above.
> 
> 
> When you go to Chinatown in San Francisco, do you claim to have made a
> voyage to the Far East?

You said "Far East"? Are you some kind of hick?

- Kevin