How do you know it was unsolicited

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How do you know it was unsolicited

FrankC — 7/21/2006 5:15:01 AM (archived)

maybe she had been winking at him.

but seriously, if you were Chancellor of Germany decking him would have been as improper as what he did.

If you are not the German Chancellor ask yourself how many times a similar thing has happened to you, perpetrated by not a stranger but someone have known for a while and have been communicating with for several days. How did you react?

I have had that exact move happen to me several times done by women in a relaxed business setting. On one occasion I recall being mildly startled by the familiarity but in no case was I ever indignant and on no occasion was there any sinister or carnal intent on the part of the women.

Bush was nuts to do such a thing in a public setting and her reaction was barely appropriate. Anything more would have made her look as silly as Bush. A more subtle reaction might have made her look a lot better than she did.

Actually, I find many of our world leaders are looking a bit insane. What could be sillier than the Japanese Prime Minister breaking into an Elvis impersonation at Graceland? Can you imagine our reaction to Jimmy Carter doing a Kung Fu routine while visiting Japan?

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Did I miss any comment on the Angela Merkel incident? - FrankC - 7/21/2006 3:21:00 AM
- Aussies do it better (or worse) - nick hoffman - 7/23/2006 2:19:09 AM
  - Off with his head! (n/t) - Queen Victonia - 7/27/2006 2:39:07 PM
- Instantly overexposed - Robert - 7/22/2006 8:01:02 PM
- Bush is that way. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/21/2006 7:55:48 PM
  - Touchy feely primates - Lindy - 7/22/2006 2:16:01 AM
    - Not defending him... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/22/2006 5:29:46 AM
- Merkel's best possible response (said with a big smile) - sz - 7/21/2006 3:41:25 PM
- At least he didn't lift her shirt and kiss her stomach - Scott Evil - 7/21/2006 1:41:27 PM
  - Like Putin and the young boy? - Lindy - 7/21/2006 2:17:58 PM
    - It's a Russian thing? - ER - 7/21/2006 5:01:16 PM
      - Quite the contrary... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/22/2006 5:16:56 AM
        
        I'm delighted to have disappointed you. - ER - 7/22/2006 5:35:04 PM
        
        Crying babies are meant to be paddled. Gotcha! ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/22/2006 10:22:06 PM
        
        Whining preschoolers are meant to be put in time-out. - Mary Anne - 7/22/2006 11:51:47 PM
        
        "If you need to know now...." - azstrummer - 7/23/2006 3:55:44 PM
        
        ...where angels fear to tread. - ER - 7/23/2006 1:31:13 PM
        
        Different schools of thought on this - Lindy - 7/23/2006 2:49:42 PM
        
        Jean Kerr - Mary Anne - 7/23/2006 3:43:52 PM
        
        re: Jean Kerr - Lindy - 7/23/2006 5:11:29 PM
        
        re: Jean Kerr - azstrummer - 7/23/2006 10:09:27 PM
        
        Those little red rubber balls were the first to come off - Lindy - 7/24/2006 12:41:07 AM
        
        They have wings. They don't have to tread. - Mary Anne - 7/23/2006 2:48:03 PM
        
        Again, agreement. - Tom Brosz - 7/25/2006 8:19:45 AM
        
        Another parent voting with Mary Anne - Tom Brosz - 7/23/2006 1:58:41 AM
        
        So how's that drum set working out? ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/23/2006 2:03:29 AM
        
        Son never touched it. - Tom Brosz - 7/23/2006 4:29:20 AM
        
        LOL - Lindy - 7/23/2006 2:32:08 AM
        
        HZ Moms of the World Unite! (n/t) - Lindy - 7/23/2006 1:07:39 AM
        
        Amazing how we differ here. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/23/2006 12:59:13 AM
        
        Let me get this right.... - azstrummer - 7/23/2006 11:14:14 PM
        
        re: Let me get this right.... - Lindy - 7/24/2006 12:43:36 AM
        
        Chicken and the egg & The big monkey cage - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/24/2006 12:20:31 AM
        
        re: Chicken and the egg & The big monkey cage - azstrummer - 7/25/2006 2:54:41 AM
        
        Show me a child who acts like an adult, and I'll show you a child who should be treated like one. - Mary Anne - 7/23/2006 3:16:55 PM
        
        re: Show me a child treated like an adult, and I'll show you a child who acts like one. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/26/2006 3:48:21 AM
        
        Yeah, right. You have no clue. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 7/26/2006 5:11:47 PM
        
        Show me a todler treated like an adult...... - Lindy - 7/26/2006 3:48:24 PM
        
        Adults. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/26/2006 10:22:11 PM
        
        You think a *two-year-old* fears death??? - Mary Anne - 7/27/2006 4:14:41 AM
        
        Apples and oranges - Lindy - 7/27/2006 3:42:01 AM
        
        re: Amazing how we differ here. - Lindy - 7/23/2006 1:19:32 AM
        
        So, what kind of kid were you?? - Lindy - 7/23/2006 1:11:15 AM
        
        I was the child of hard working flower children... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/23/2006 1:56:37 AM
        
        re: I'm delighted to have disappointed you. - Lindy - 7/22/2006 6:13:33 PM
        
        Quit picking on liberals.... - Lindy - 7/22/2006 4:46:40 PM
      - An Armenian thing... - FrankC - 7/21/2006 5:21:35 PM
        
        Not common with the Armenians I know (n/t) - alcaray - 7/21/2006 5:41:40 PM
        
        I don't know any... - FrankC - 7/22/2006 2:13:05 AM
        
        Armenians - alcaray - 7/22/2006 3:58:51 PM
        
        Although, they do a lot of cheek-kissing (n/t) - alcaray - 7/21/2006 7:23:50 PM
      - In Bush's defense - ER - 7/21/2006 5:10:17 PM
        
        "They not only .............. - Lindy - 7/21/2006 5:57:22 PM
- Sorry, very improper - Lindy - 7/21/2006 3:46:03 AM
  - How do you know it was unsolicited - FrankC - 7/21/2006 5:15:01 AM
    - re: How do you know it was unsolicited - Lindy - 7/21/2006 2:23:09 PM
      - What was Bush thinking?? - LJK - 7/21/2006 8:47:09 PM

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