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To: La Enchiladita

I think Derbyshire is assuming his readership is literate enough to know that there is a Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.”


10 posted on 11/05/2008 11:47:07 AM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: The_Reader_David
....there is a Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.”

How FABULOUS of you to know this!!! Fortune cookies are chock-full of literacy!!!

14 posted on 11/05/2008 11:56:57 AM PST by La Enchiladita
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To: The_Reader_David
I think Derbyshire is assuming his readership is literate enough to know that there is a Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.”

That was my take.

31 posted on 11/05/2008 12:30:47 PM PST by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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