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To: FaultLine who wrote (123621)	1/24/2004 5:28:07 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

FL, why do people refer to having a little Huguenot blood, rather than, say, eyes, hair, nose or feet? "I've got a little Huguenot foot". Hmm, I suppose Hugenots have huge feet, so having a little Huguenot foot could be confusing. But it has advantages over blood. We can't look at their blood and say "Oh yes, I see that", whereas we could look at their feet and say "Wow, you have got huge Hugenot feet".

To: FaultLine who wrote (123621)	1/24/2004 5:00:11 PM
From: marcos	Respond to of 281500

It's good for roses, eh ... and if you close one eye while tossing some over your left shoulder under a full moon, it will get rid of door to door salesmen ..... one of the 'french' [actually near-swiss] huguenots in that family branch probably had a previously-jewish parent, who had married into a line of latin-, greek-, english-, etc-speaking 'frenchmen' whose family trade was to do clerical work for tsars and tsarinas of Russia, where they were known to the locals as 'germans' ... to me however they form part of an 'english' portion because they passed several generations on the north side of the channel, some even operated a pub, how english can you get ... we are all mongrels really, pure strains would have gone cross-eyed and wobbly long ago Hmm, speaking of Mr Count-Them-Bodies McNamara - 'Now 85, he is preoccupied with leaving his legacy intact and has more to say. He has come to London to promote his latest volume: Wilson's Ghost (written with James Blight, Public Affairs £17.99) . This grandly titled 'manifesto for peace' draws on his experiences to warn that the twenty-first century will be even more bloody than the last unless the US adopts a multilateralist liberal agenda.' guardian.co.uk ... and, oh get this - Cao Ky returns to Viet Nam, talks 'peace and reconciliation' - azcentral.com What is society coming to - Where is our Permawar!