[ClearCase_guy]

ou sont les neiges d’antan?

[goldstategop]

That's the open line of the famous poem by the 15th Century French poet Francois Villon. Its about the fleeting nature of the world. And in keeping with that, Obama has taken a fall from the heights of tremendous popularity and he still shows no humility. That's his flaw.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Nervous Tick]

>> ou sont les neiges d’antan?

Wow! You’re surprisingly articulate, especially for a ClearCase guy. :-)

...i’m pressing 2 for english now?

[OldNavyVet]

Does that translate to “Where are the snows of yesteryear”?

[OldNavyVet]

Does that translate to “Where are the snows of yesteryear”?

[Hi Heels]

Tell me where, in which country
Is Flora, the beautiful Roman;
Archipiada , and Thais
Who was her first cousin;
Echo, speaking when one makes noise
Over river or on lake,
Who had a beauty too much more than human?
Oh, where are the snows of yesteryear!

Where is the very wise Heloise,
For whom was castrated, and then (made) a monk,
Pierre Esbaillart in Saint-Denis ?
For his love he suffered this sentence.
Similarly, where is the Queen
Who ordered that Buridan
Be thrown in a sack into the Seine?
Oh, where are the snows of yesteryear!

The queen “blanche” as lily
Who sang with a Siren’s voice;
Bertha of the Big Foot, Beatrix, Aelis;
Erembourge who ruled over the Maine,
And Joan the good (woman from) Lorraine
That the English burned in Rouen;
Where are they, oh sovereign Virgin?
Oh, where are the snows of yesteryear!

Prince, do not ask me in the whole week
Where they are - neither in this whole year,
Lest I bring you back to this refrain:
Oh, where are the snows of yesteryear!

[Larry Lucido]

ou sont les neiges d’antan?

Sounds like a racist remark....

[expatpat]

ou sont les neiges d’antan? Where are the snows of yesteryear?

You had to hijack the thread to global warming didn't you?

[Core_Conservative]

I wonder...Does anyone here think it would be rude to have Nobama to a PIG ROAST?

[Tenniel2]

Vachement bien joué, CCG -- you've got an ear! As for everyone else on the subthread, ye gods, we're an erudite bunch!