[Steve R.]

omnivorette, on Jun 23 2005, 01:49 PM, said:

I know that, but then why the big fucking sign outside that says "retail customers welcome?"

Are you also saying that they didnt make you feel welcome?

[omnivorette]

Welcome, come in, you nice retail customer. Look around, ask questions about the tables, but whatever you do, YOU CAN'T BUY ONE.

[Rail Paul]

Rose, on Jun 23 2005, 01:52 PM, said:

They mean retail buyers who want to buy 100 tables?

My brother bought a car that way.

The town which employs him made a fleet purchase of 50 vehicles (Ford Crown Victoria sedans). Town employees were invited to buy cars at the town's price, with a limited number of allowable modifications. About 15 people bought cars, thereby lowering their final price, and the price the town paid. The final price was way under what he would have been able to swing on his own.

[StephanieL]

Evelyn, on Jun 23 2005, 11:04 AM, said:

Stephanie...use some nasal decongestant spray before your flights. Recommended to me by my Dr. when I suffered intense ear pain from a clogged ear and it worked great.

Thanks for the tip--I'll try that. It's probably just some waxy buildup but it's irritating now and I remember how painful it was to fly when I had swimmer's ear. As long as the spray lasts 8 hours, I should be OK.

[bbqmonster]

I realize I am going into some tetchy territory here, but I am annoyed:

I am Asian and it seems that several non-Asians at the hippie-dippie non profit where I work always seem to get me confused with this other Asian chick, who I have to say, ain't so attractive.

[mongo_jones]

bbqmonster, on Jun 23 2005, 01:26 PM, said:

I realize I am going into some tetchy territory here, but I am annoyed:

I am Asian and it seems that several non-Asians at the hippie-dippie non profit where I work always seem to get me confused with this other Asian chick, who I have to say, ain't so attractive.

so, you'd be fine with it if she was attractive?

by the way, do you eat rice with chopsticks or a spoon?

[bbqmonster]

mongo_jones, on Jun 23 2005, 07:30 PM, said:

bbqmonster, on Jun 23 2005, 01:26 PM, said:

I realize I am going into some tetchy territory here, but I am annoyed:

I am Asian and it seems that several non-Asians at the hippie-dippie non profit where I work always seem to get me confused with this other Asian chick, who I have to say, ain't so attractive.

so, you'd be fine with it if she was attractive?

by the way, do you eat rice with chopsticks or a spoon?

Well, if she was as attractive as I AM, then I would be fine with it.

Chopsticks or a spoon? What a question.

[omnivorette]

Maybe that should go in the really depressing thread.

Or maybe you should see if the other Asian chick would be willing to dress the same as you every day for a week and see what happens.

Of course, I am sure she doesn't have nearly as cool and funky glasses as yours.

[bbqmonster]

Thanks Omni

You know, maybe as a protest, I will get all of the Asian chicks together and we can wear matching clothes for one day. (because the same people who get confused between my "twin" and me also get the other Asians confused as well)

[mongo_jones]

bbqmonster, on Jun 23 2005, 01:51 PM, said:

Thanks Omni

You know, maybe as a protest, I will get all of the Asian chicks together and we can wear matching clothes for one day. (because the same people who get confused between my "twin" and me also get the other Asians confused as well)

or you could start confusing all the white people. god knows, i do.

[g.johnson]

mongo_jones, on Jun 23 2005, 03:52 PM, said:

bbqmonster, on Jun 23 2005, 01:51 PM, said:

Thanks Omni

You know, maybe as a protest, I will get all of the Asian chicks together and we can wear matching clothes for one day.  (because the same people who get confused between my "twin" and me also get the other Asians confused as well)

or you could start confusing all the white people. god knows, i do.

God knows you really do confuse us.

[mongo_jones]

g.johnson, on Jun 23 2005, 02:57 PM, said:

mongo_jones, on Jun 23 2005, 03:52 PM, said:

bbqmonster, on Jun 23 2005, 01:51 PM, said:

Thanks Omni

You know, maybe as a protest, I will get all of the Asian chicks together and we can wear matching clothes for one day.  (because the same people who get confused between my "twin" and me also get the other Asians confused as well)

or you could start confusing all the white people. god knows, i do.

God knows you really do confuse us.

that's because you lot, having come only so recently to civilization, confuse easily.

but i can tell who's welsh and who isn't.

[mongo_jones]

bbqmonster, on Jun 23 2005, 01:34 PM, said:

mongo_jones, on Jun 23 2005, 07:30 PM, said:

bbqmonster, on Jun 23 2005, 01:26 PM, said:

I realize I am going into some tetchy territory here, but I am annoyed:

I am Asian and it seems that several non-Asians at the hippie-dippie non profit where I work always seem to get me confused with this other Asian chick, who I have to say, ain't so attractive.

so, you'd be fine with it if she was attractive?

by the way, do you eat rice with chopsticks or a spoon?

Well, if she was as attractive as I AM, then I would be fine with it.

Chopsticks or a spoon? What a question.

sometimes i forget i am not posting on mongomania. the chopsticks/spoon/rice thing is a reference to a delightful conversation on egullet's "elsewhere in asia-pacific" forum that someone sent me a link to. in it a renowned scholar of asian culture has decreed, based on knowledge handed down to him by one "adopted" korean family*, that koreans do not eat rice with chopsticks and that it is rude to do so at a korean meal. it is brilliant stuff. i thought i'd use it to figure out if you were korean.

*in a nice twist, some ingenue who is new to that site asked said pundit if he had in fact been adopted as a child by a korean family. turns out, he recently became godfather to a korean friend's child and has been "adopted" by his friend's family. of course, it is on the basis of work like this that modern anthropology became a discipline.

[bloviatrix]

mongo_jones, on Jun 23 2005, 06:46 PM, said:

bbqmonster, on Jun 23 2005, 01:34 PM, said:

mongo_jones, on Jun 23 2005, 07:30 PM, said:

bbqmonster, on Jun 23 2005, 01:26 PM, said:

I realize I am going into some tetchy territory here, but I am annoyed:

I am Asian and it seems that several non-Asians at the hippie-dippie non profit where I work always seem to get me confused with this other Asian chick, who I have to say, ain't so attractive.

so, you'd be fine with it if she was attractive?

by the way, do you eat rice with chopsticks or a spoon?

Well, if she was as attractive as I AM, then I would be fine with it.

Chopsticks or a spoon? What a question.

sometimes i forget i am not posting on mongomania. the chopsticks/spoon/rice thing is a reference to a delightful conversation on egullet's "elsewhere in asia-pacific" forum that someone sent me a link to. in it a renowned scholar of asian culture has decreed, based on knowledge handed down to him by one "adopted" korean family*, that koreans do not eat rice with chopsticks and that it is rude to do so at a korean meal. it is brilliant stuff. i thought i'd use it to figure out if you were korean.

*in a nice twist, some ingenue who is new to that site asked said pundit if he had in fact been adopted as a child by a korean family. turns out, he recently became godfather to a korean friend's child and has been "adopted" by his friend's family. of course, it is on the basis of work like this that modern anthropology became a discipline.

There you go, shilling for your own web site again.

[srhcb]

bbqmonster, on Jun 23 2005, 02:51 PM, said:

Thanks Omni

You know, maybe as a protest, I will get all of the Asian chicks together and we can wear matching clothes for one day. (because the same people who get confused between my "twin" and me also get the other Asians confused as well)

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