Re: Not in my lifetime

Pogonip wrote:
Mary wrote:
Pogonip wrote:
Mike Burke wrote:
On Sun, 11 May 2008 14:49:44 -0700, Pogonip <nobody3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Mike Burke wrote:
In reality, the place is a historical relic that probably needed
something like Katrina to drive home precisely how impractical it is
to persist in living below sea level in an area so prone to natural
phenomena.
Who is going to break this news to the people in The Netherlands?

Hehe! I had a little bet with myself that someone would make that
comment or something similar. You know the answer very well, too, don't you, Joanne?
Need I restate the bleeding obvious? :-)

Mique

Snorkels?


I suspect he's referring to the fact that New Orleans gets hurricanes and the Netherlands doesn't.

They do get similar storms there, but it's much more rare than in Louisiana.

Mary

Is it true that they always raise a brood of mutant boys with oversized fingers?


And weird haircuts. Yeah.

Mary
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