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Re: Far too good to pass up...
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Date: 
Tue, 16 Nov 2004 01:47:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:

> > On the minus side:
> 
> > 1. Even worse politically correct television.
> 
> But we leave in the profanity, and nudity, that has to count for something????


I'm sure my 13 year old son will appreciate that.  :-)

> 
> > 2. Cold.
> 
> We sell coats.

How do I get a tan with the top down if I'm wearing a coat?

> 
> > 3. The french language (nothing wrong with it beyond I only know a few moronic
> > phrases like "Cherchez la jeune filles."
> 
> Can I have a translation please?

Idiomatically, "Check out the babes."  If you want Babelfish, "Seek the girls."

> 
> > 4. No Lakers or Dodgers.
> 
> Apparently no hockey either!!

I've got that here, south to Anaheim, or west to Downtown L.A.  Hockey bores me
- I should add that to both sides.  Kinda like no football.

> 
> > 5. Cold!
> 
> We sell winter boots.

Do those fit over sandals?

> 
> > 6. There is no minus number six.
> 
> Okay, I'm a Canuck and I don't even get this... but I'm sure there is when you
> factor in the wind chill. Wink.

You have to be an Aussie or a Bruce (same thing allegedly) to get it.  Or be a
Monty Python fan.

Oddly, my first Monty Python record (Live at Drury Lane) was sent to me by a
Canadian...

> 
> > 7. No Kobe...or is that a plus?
> 
> I'm leaning towards the plus side.

You aren't a Laker fan.  Or maybe you are.

> 
> > 8. Brain-dead British Royalty as Head of State.
> 
> It's only a cover.

On the plus side, they do have some comedic value.

> 
> > 9. There would be no point to having my rear-wheel drive convertible.
> 
> You can trade it in for a snowboards, snowshoes, snowmobiles.....

I like to visit snow.  It looks very pretty on top of Mount Baldy outside my
window safely up at (estimating) 9,000 feet.  I don't like snow to visit me,
however - it always overstays its welcome.

> 
> > 10. Cold!!!
> 
> BEST OF ALL, we sell TOQUES!!!!!!

Add the idea of "having to spend lots of money to endure the cold" to the list
of minuses.

> > 
> > 
> > -->Bruce<--
> 
> True North Strong and "FREE", well aside from that blasted G.S.T.
> 
> Janey "Red Brick eh?"

Add "eh?" to the list of minuses.  It makes "Totally tubular, dude" seem like
the soul of wit.  :-)

-->Bruce<--



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  Re: Far too good to pass up...
 
(...) Shows what I know. I thought it meant "Church of the Yellow Horse." Dave! (22 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) But we leave in the profanity, and nudity, that has to count for something???? (...) We sell coats. (...) Can I have a translation please? (...) Apparently no hockey either!! (...) We sell winter boots. (...) Okay, I'm a Canuck and I don't (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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