Please not to use the term

[Tim May <tcmay@got.net>]

At 9:59 AM -0700 11/16/97, Kent Crispin wrote:

>Mike was describing how the processors find work: "It's like a Chinese
>fire drill." A slight figure in the front, about the 15th row, stood
>up and said something I couldn't hear.  Mike couldn't hear it either.
>He asked the individual to speak up.  The crowd was quiet, and a thin,
>heavily accented voice floated over it: "Please not to use the term
>'Chinese fire drill'".

"Please not to use the term 'welshing on a bet.'"

"Please not to use the term 'going Dutch.'"

"Please not to use the term 'Indian giver.'"

"Please not to use the term 'It's a black thing...you wouldn't understand.'"

"Please not to use the term 'Russian roulette.'"

"Please not to use the term 'scotch' for thrifty."

"Please not to use the term 'white men can't jump.'"

"Please not to use the term 'French kissing.'"

"Please not to use the term 'Polish' to modify another word."

"Please not to use the term 'Whopper.'"

And, my favorite,

"Please not to use the term 'Please not to use the term.'"

Get over it. Sit down and get over it.

--Tim May

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