Re: Evoluation and History of Human Populations in South Asia

But then he would always be getting in Dutch, being
upbraided by his Dutch uncle and have to resort to
Dutch courage. And that would definitely beat the
Dutch.

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud"
> <fournet.arnaud@...>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Erm, I don't know if I understood that properly.
> > Is there a rule that if you are too happy, you
> can't be French
> > anymore? ;-)
> >
> > Torsten
> > ===========
> >
> > Do you accept the wording :
> > I was too happy -of- being French ?
> >
> > Arnaud
>
> No, that is the wrong preposition. You can't be
> happy of being French.
> You can be tired of being French, if you should need
> that phrase one
> day. But don't worry. If the French don't want you
> because you are too
> happy, you can always become Dutch. They don't mind
> people being
> happy, as you can see on their paintings, with which
> they provoked
> their serious neighbors. They invented the idea that
> life can be fun
> this side of the grave.
>
>
> Torsten
>
>
>

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