Re: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...

In article <ddfr-82850B.15383904052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 David Friedman <ddfr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> In article <20080504.2100.80501004snz$@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  v$af$ppint@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 ("ppint. at pplay") wrote:
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> > - hi; in rasfwr article, 
> > <ddfr-9BB088.22412103052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >      ddfr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 "David Friedman" compounded:
> > >              mike weber <fair****tfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >>              Jette <bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >>>                      David Friedman wrote:
> > >>> 
> > >>>> Wogs start at Calais. Everyone knows that.
> > >>>
> > >>>That's "Frogs". The other is a very offensive term for "people with
> > >>>a touch of the tar-stick about them".

You can find the history of the phrase at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wog

It was apparently originated in 1945 by a labour MP to describe the view 
he attributed to Winston Churchill.

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