On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, andrew fildes wrote:
> It's as good a nickname as some others :-)
*hmmf* ;)
> Impossible in France though - too close to the national pastime.
> Unlike English speaking countries where it's something nasty around dogs.
;)
> As to chic - computer engineeers in research labs in France probably wear
> Mont Blanc or Waterman pen in their Gucci pocket protectors with a Zegna
> check flannel shirt.
Well, that'd have to be a different lab than thisone. I do have coworkers,
whom I expect take a shower exactly once every year (probably, they
proudly ammending that by "no matter if needed or not"). I'll introduce
you to some of them, should you ever come around here ;) Someone should
really do some antrophological studies......
Now, around the hangouts/discos/bars of the "rich, parisian,
teenage-kids" (and of those IT-yuppies, who went head first into the
private sector and made big bucks - and bugs), you may probably find a
different dress-code. However being on government salary with a preference
for spending the income buying vintage cameras, I cannot really speak with
authority there....
(although I do shower every morning and do wear a suit to work, I
always refuse the tie, and I have nothing that says "Gucci")
> Take another look at the TOPE 1 - Bill Gates would look stylish in that
> company.
Well, I'd say that Bill Gates would do better in the TOPE-4 (and his
company would do better making vacuum-cleaners - after all,
Microsoft-products are known to suck....a lot)
--thomas
(A proud Unix-geek in a suit)
> >
> >Arf! Not you too.....
> >
> >"Mange hilsner" is a danish phrase, roughly equivalent to "sincerely" -
> >not a name. "Mange", litterally, means "many", "hilsner" means
> >"greetings". However I am now going to change my signature - it's
> >not the first time this causes misunderstanding (the total number of
> >emails starting by calling me "mange" exceeds the volume of a month of
> >OM-list.....).
> >
> >> You live in France - you KNOW that durability is less important than chic!
> >> AndrewF
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Maybe so, but I guess that would be in other circles than those where I
> >spend my time (I work at a research lab. Evidently, an universal trend is
> >for researchers to be mostly ignorant to fashion....now, you also know
> >why there is no TOPE-1 entry from me *grin*)
> >
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