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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi

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To: Rambi who wrote (25450)5/23/1999 11:00:00 PM
From: Ilaine   of 71178
 
>>>>>I like it when perfect people's faces break out, and when smart people fail a test, or make an error, and when dancers trip or singers miss a note.<<<<<

The Germans have the perfect word for it, and the English speaking world has adopted it, because it's so apt: schadenfreude, taking pleasure in other people's problems. The Three Stooges made a career out of it.

Edit: I see the wise Crocodile beat me to it.

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