Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site spp2.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwspp!spp2!jhull 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 Article-I.D.: spp2.304 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 Lines: 28 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... -- Blessed Be, jhull@spp2.UUCP Jeff Hull trwspp!spp2!jhull@trwrb.UUCP 13817 Yukon Ave. Hawthorne, CA 90250