Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ho95b.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ho95b!ran From: ran@ho95b.UUCP (RANeinast) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Sang Froid Message-ID: <273@ho95b.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Dec-84 08:53:52 EST Article-I.D.: ho95b.273 Posted: Thu Dec 6 08:53:52 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 01:51:12 EST Organization: AT&T-Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 27 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. -- ". . . and shun the frumious Bandersnatch." Robert Neinast (ihnp4!ho95b!ran) AT&T-Bell Labs