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To: Kaslin

Tennis scoring from France resembles progressive taxation: love-15-30-40-game, love so as to not hurt losers feelings and the all important game point has a 100% tax rate.


10 posted on 12/06/2010 1:01:58 PM PST by Reeses
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To: Reeses

Funny, but the “love” comes from the French word l’oeuf meaning egg and is often slang for “goose egg.” So the score is “goose egg”-15-30-40-game.


15 posted on 12/06/2010 1:19:36 PM PST by PrincessB ("if government X-rays are anything like the photos the DMV takes for your license, count me out" A.)
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