In a message dated 11/18/99 4:03:41 AM Eastern Standard Time,=20 the_laughing_man@hotmail.com writes: > Speaking of nymphs: > =20 > I asked an Iranian friend of mine of Pari, and he said (apart from=20 =E2=80=9Ceveryone=20 >=20 > I knew in Iran has fled the country=E2=80=9D) that =E2=80=9Cpari=E2=80=9D= meant =E2=80=9Cfairy=E2=80=9D in=20 Persian.=20 > Which, in my ears, sounded just right. > =20 > TLM TLM wins the LOL award of the day :) =20 Someone I once knew visited Paris a few years back. She went to the lobby o= f=20 her hotel (a more expensive one), and asked the guy at the desk if he could=20 sharpen some pencils for her. He said, "Let me check," took the pencils,=20 then left. Twenty minutes later he came back and said, "No." She said, "I just saw ***on your own television*** that the French have the=20 lowest soap consumption in all of Europe and ***you're*** condescending to=20 ***me***?" Jim