OH, I don't know. I really think what it is, is we have in some respects a much different sense of humor. What a lot of Yanks say to each other rolls off our back. Our little sarcastic quips and remarks aren't always meant as putdowns but are taken that way. A different example, would be when Imus called those negro chicks,tough, nappy headed hos. In the contex of his remarks he was meaning it as a complimentary phrase on their toughness. They didn't take it that way. You see blacks and whites have a different language and yanks and rebs do also. I guarante you, I can say someting to Paul or Frank and they won't pay it any mind. I say the same thing to Steven or George and I'll have a war on my hands...lol...just the way it is, Pam.