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Originally Posted by Ciaran
Ok, so that I can make those of you who are schadenfreudic* very unhappy, I would like to announce the following:
I am taking an older, glamourous woman** that I love very much out for a really nice meal tomorrow evening. What a way to start the weekend ........
* I'm not sure on the exact dictionary definition of the word but it basically means "Boston Red Sox fans"
** alas it's not a romantic encounter. That older glamourous woman happens to be my mum - she's over visiting London for the next week or so.
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I take it you mean the literal definition of "schadenfrude" which is "pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others." (Leave it to the Germans to have such a perfectly precise word for that particular emotion.....)
As to the rest, you might have a chuckle at a recent conversation I had with a baseball fan when she asked me to guess her favorite team. After several failed attempts at the correct answer she prompted with "Remember I'm from Massachusetts" and I replied in all sincerity "I didn't know Massachusetts had a baseball team." Whoopsie...that went over like a lead balloon.
Enjoy dinner with your mum.
Katniss~~(But ask me about Indy cars, Daytona or Southern college football/SEC...American version and then we could have a conversation....Roll Tide)