Slippery Pete

Sep 4, 2001, 9:51 PM ET7 posts by 4 posters

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Fans discuss the character Slippery Pete and ask what a mail-order bride is, with replies explaining the historical practice and modern versions.

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Jonathan SeinfeldSep 8, 2001, 7:17 AM ET

Well, I must say that Slippery Pete (Mr Stormare) (along with Uncle Leo of course) is the best supporting actor!

Slippery Pete and Kramer are not the best of friends. This is explained to be because Kramer signed for Slippery Pete's "mail-order bride".

My question : what the heck is a "mail-order bride" ?

/ Jonathan (love alt.tv.seinfeld)!

Pascale.LangloisSep 4, 2001, 10:09 PM ET↩ Jonathan Seinfeld

Is Seinfeld your real name Jonathan? If you look like Jerry, you needn't "mail-order bride" ;-) Jonathan Seinfeld a ï¿½crit dans le message : C7nm7.53718$[email]...

unknownSep 8, 2001, 8:09 AM ET↩ Jonathan Seinfeld

On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 11:17:54 GMT, "Jonathan Seinfeld" wrote:

. . .

Back in the early frontier days of the American west there were many men and few
women.  In order to marry and start a family men "ordered" woman from the east
from catalogues.  As weird as this may seem the same thing is going on today and
American men are marrying Russian women who want a better life in the west
through catalogue agencies and "marriage tours".   . . . I'll trade you two
Tatanya's for a Natasha . . .  :-)
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Jonathan SeinfeldSep 8, 2001, 1:44 PM ET↩ unknown

Thanks for pointing that out Mike!

According to Slippery Pete Kramer did _sign_ for the "mail-order bride". Does this mean that he infact got married to her? (Although Kramer says something like:)

"All I did was sign for her...."

What do you think Mike? :-)

unknownSep 8, 2001, 4:19 PM ET↩ Jonathan Seinfeld

On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 17:44:01 GMT, "Jonathan Seinfeld" wrote:

Not being an expert on mail-order brides, I would say "signing" for her would be like signing for a FED-EX package. It does not mean the package is yours.

So the humour was that a bride was "shipped" to Slippery Pete like a package. (must have beena year 8 or 9 episode) :-)

Tod FriendlySep 8, 2001, 12:20 PM ET↩ Jonathan Seinfeld

"Jonathan Seinfeld" wrote in message news:C7nm7.53718$[email]...

Western men get catalogues of photos of women from impoverished (usually) Far Eastern countries and pick one to marry. They arrive and you marry them. It's generally for people too sociopathic to meet and relate to women in a more conventional manner.

Pascale.LangloisSep 4, 2001, 9:51 PM ET↩ Tod Friendly

What are the conventional manners to meet and relate to women Tod? The Jerry's ones? ;-) Tod Friendly a ï¿½crit dans le message : 9ndgv0$5vm$[email]...

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