http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/05/31/counterparties-366/ A slice of lime in the soda Wed, 22 May 2013 21:18:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/05/31/counterparties-366/comment-page-1/#comment-27209 flippant Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:29:26 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=8455#comment-27209 Being of Slavic decent and having a pot belly, I found No. 6 to be particularly amusing: "You can't have been here that long – you haven't got a pot belly." Being of Slavic decent and having a pot belly, I found No. 6 to be particularly amusing: “You can’t have been here that long – you haven’t got a pot belly.”

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/05/31/counterparties-366/comment-page-1/#comment-27205 hsvkitty Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:08:50 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=8455#comment-27205 Yes jomiku, satire Archie Bunker style. Happy to make fun of those lesser beings, which is about anyone that isn't ...himself. Yes jomiku, satire Archie Bunker style. Happy to make fun of those lesser beings, which is about anyone that isn’t …himself.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/05/31/counterparties-366/comment-page-1/#comment-27204 flippant Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:32:50 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=8455#comment-27204 jomiku, I love this gaffe: "You managed not to get eaten then?" And there's still 85 more to read! jomiku, I love this gaffe: “You managed not to get eaten then?” And there’s still 85 more to read!

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/05/31/counterparties-366/comment-page-1/#comment-27186 jomiku Tue, 31 May 2011 19:47:33 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=8455#comment-27186 The Prince Philip gaffes are mostly signs of an actual sense of humor. I took for granted that he's the fool he's portrayed as but the quotes show a satirical sensibility. Most are obviously poking fun, many by pretending to be ignorant. Some are tasteless, but they seem to be on the whole rather intentionally so. The Prince Philip gaffes are mostly signs of an actual sense of humor. I took for granted that he’s the fool he’s portrayed as but the quotes show a satirical sensibility. Most are obviously poking fun, many by pretending to be ignorant. Some are tasteless, but they seem to be on the whole rather intentionally so.

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