Exactement. And besides, a Moroccan is unlikely to use Canadian French. (I understand some of la langue métropolitaine, but spoken Canadian French just bounces off me ...)

And how does this relate to an incident at Heathrow Airport, London? You know, London in the UK?

You are sounding more and more like the wintrolls on c.o.l.a.
Wipe the foam off your mouth and go to the rear of the class. You may come forward when you have gained some understanding of what you are talking about.

Agree with all of the above, and also: I once had a motorized table that could be raised and lowered at a touch of a button. It was wonderful. I could raise the table and stand up to stretch my back and legs, it had room for two monitors. The "desktop" PC was actually hanging under the table, but out of the way so I didn't bang my knees on it when sitting down.

ITYM String: I'm a frayed knot!

The fries would have to say like Hercule Poirot does: "I happen to be Belgian!". Now isn't it time to forgive the French for being right?

Professor Giæver's specialty isn't exactly climate science ... but he ought to be qualified to judge the evidence for AGW, assuming he ever looked at it. Somehow it reminds me of the geologist professor Ivan Rosenqvist, who - if I recall correctly - denied that the acid rain over northern Europe was due to gases transported over long distances. He did have other valid points, but later events have shown that it was indeed sulfuric and nitrous gases from central Europe that gave (most of the) acid rain over Scandinavia.

When security is involved, the question is "are you paranoid *enough*". BTDT.

And I wanted so much to come visiting again. Right now the exchange rates are such that I could afford an extensive trip around the places where I've been before, and to new places. (The US was a great place to visit, but I don't want to live there. )

My son and his wife are a pair-of-docs, you anonymous clod.