Declan Murphy wrote:
> On May 7, 1:03 pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> ... and, suddenly, fj.life.in-japan is flooded to overflowing with
>> Vikings in horned helmets singing about their favorite meat product in
>> the blue and yellow can ...
> 
> Its been so quiet that right now, I'd be happy to see a trickle of
> Vikings in horned helmets singing their way lustily throught the
> "news"group.

Somehow "lustily" isn't a term I associate with fj.life.in-japan.  Even 
the PILF thread was devoid of the "heyheyhey" and "whoo whoo!" a chick 
thread is expected to produce among a bunch of good ol' boys powered by 
Asahi Super Dry and Sorbin-san-K filled salami sticks.  It was more 
along the lines of Jimmy Stewart scuffing his boots in the dirt and 
twisting the brim of his cowboy hat while talking to the schoolmarm and 
saying "Uh, mam, all of usns here on this here list think yer kinda' the 
type of filly we'd like to canter off with fer a spell in the hayloft."

>> (and what a repulsively insulting Gmail address)
> 
> Why is it repulsive? Why is it insulting?

In my experience, that is a question only asked by non-native English 
speakers; Brits, Australians, Irish and the like**.  The reason is 
pretty obvious.  Americans never seem to step on their dicks in public 
in this particular way, (although we Americans have devised many other 
unique ways to step on our dicks in public and we even elected several 
to higher office).

** English is the language of the Bible.  And the United States.  East 
Texas, in particular.  Other countries are allowed to borrow it. 
Borrowing democracy is optional.  Especially if your country has oil. 
Every Texas State Senator knows that when God spoke to the Israelites, 
he spoke English.  All of the guys in the Bible had blond hair and blue 
eyes but this was before Gillette razors so it was okay for _them_ to 
have beards and hippie-type hair.  And He gave Moses the Ten 
Commandments, carved in stone.  In English.  And faithfully reproduced 
on to the stone that stood outside the Alabama State Capitol building 
until Godless Atheists (the US Supreme Court) made them move it off 
state property.  The originals are stored away in a basement room of the 
Jimmy Ray Bob Ferguson Tabernacle, Gospel Mission, and University.  He 
loans them to the US Government on holidays.

HTH

-- 
CL