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From: jhull@spp2.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Sang Froid
Message-ID: <304@spp2.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 14:44:23 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 11 14:44:23 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 13-Dec-84 03:09:52 EST
References: <273@ho95b.UUCP>
Reply-To: jhull@spp2.UUCP (Jeff Hull)
Organization: TRW, Redondo Beach  CA
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Summary: 

In article <273@ho95b.UUCP> ran@ho95b.UUCP (RANeinast) writes:
>
>
>Smith, Jones, and Brown are sitting around discussing what
>"sang froid" is [literally, French for "cold blood"--means
>an emotionless imperturbability].
>
>Smith says: Maybe I can illustrate it with an example.  A man (husband)
>comes home from work early to find his wife in bed with
>another man (lover).  If the husband simply says, "Oh, excuse me,"
>then he has sang froid.
>
>Jones says: No, no.  That is mere politeness.  Consider the same
>situation.  If the husband says, "Oh, excuse me.  Please continue,"
>then he has sang froid.
>
>Brown says: You both have it wrong.  Consider the above situation.
>The husband walks in.  He says, "Oh, excuse me.  Please continue."
>If the lover *can* continue, then HE has sang froid.
>       Robert Neinast (ihnp4!ho95b!ran)

That sounds to me like the definition I heard for savoir faire...
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