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Professor Jonathan:
France:
Dear Bolus Readers:
As
part of my ongoing efforts to initiate you into the finer points of
French culture, I've decided to offer a small language lesson, starting
with one of the most typical (and for me at this moment) most
appropriate of French expressions: Être dans la merde.*
*The funny-looking little ^ on the top of the ‘E’ signifies “This Side Up” in French).
I’m confident that even guys like you (or should I say, as I get to know you better: especially
guys like you) will immediately and instinctively recognize the
elegance, Spartan simplicity and power of these four little words, which
I shall now translate to the best of my ability, which I assure you, is
considerable. Let’s start at the beginning, shall we?"
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