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To: Crocodile who wrote (25464)5/23/1999 8:14:00 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
Crocodile, I hope you will excuse this out of order post, but Michael Cummings has been trying to get me to post on this thread, and I have finally cleared things up to do so...So, greetings to all, and as Arnold said "I will be back!"....



To: Crocodile who wrote (25464)5/23/1999 11:45:00 PM
From: Bald Man from Mars  Respond to of 71178
 
<< Schadenfreude -- taking joy in the misfortune of others....>>

Lady Croc:
since I am doing rather poorly with my portfolio, I just wish the market will have a May massacre ... Schadenfreude to all market participants ...



To: Crocodile who wrote (25464)5/24/1999 10:58:00 AM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
Well, my mother's maiden name was Broëge---
Since only the Germans have this word, either the rest of us are hypocritically denying the reality of the emotion, or the Germans are lacking in the finer sensitivities.

There is a Gaelic word for the itching on the upper lip just before you take a sip of whiskey-- sgriob-- that has no equivalent in English. I guess it's just whatever seems important. Like the Spanish macho?