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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi, Chaz,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>What is a good definition of “mixed
feelings”? You have “mixed feelings” when your mother-in-law
drives with your brand-new Mercedes over a cliff.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Fritz<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tag, Fritz!<br>
<br>
In <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Colombia</st1:place></st1:country-region>
a common mother-in-law joke was "Suegra, vaya con Dios-- yo voy con su
hija!" (Mother-in-law, go with God-- I'm going with your daughter!"<br>
<br>
I wanted to mention to <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Micha</st1:PersonName>el that
I had not heard "madre politica" before, but maybe that's because
I've never been to Shpain. <br>
<br>
-Chaz<br>
<br>
On Oct 26, 2006, at 8:42 AM, Fritz Goerling wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Verry interrestinck! said with a strong
German accent. At least the Spaniards do not seem to use a euphemism like
“belle-mčre” (literally: beautiful mother) like the French. Why
don’t we – instead of trying to define “mother-in-law”
in a watertight universal definition – swap a few mother-in-law jokes on
this list?<br>
<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller> <br>
<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Fritz (alias Fede)<br>
<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller> <br>
<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman><?smaller> <br>
<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman><?smaller>Micha</st1:PersonName>el
Nicholas wrote:<br>
<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman><?smaller> <br>
<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman><?smaller>By the
way, mother - in  -law in Spanish is <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>madre
política</span></b>. The mind boggles.<br>
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