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Re: Train set #3225 - new for sale!
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 21 Jul 1999 07:03:59 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.&AvoidSpam&net
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Tom McDonald wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Tamyra Teed ("Mookie") writes:
> > I suppose so :) though there really isn't any other polite way to
> > address a man other than Mr..
>
> In Southern California, "Dude" is acceptable, just as "Dumbass" is acceptable
> in New York.
>
> > where as females we get many more
> > choices.. Mrs. Ms. Miss Lady, Ma'am... ugh... and you can never go
> > wrong calling a woman Miss,
>
> Yes, it's a nice term. And those women who like "Mrs." will tell you so, and
> not unkindly. They're kinda proud of it.
>
> > unless she's a total feminist, then she'll
> > chew you up and spit you out :)
>
> Usually when that happens I say in the flattest tone and face possible, "oh.."
> and then I force a small smile :-) So many conventions and personal
> preferences, so little time... That's so just plain rude to correct someone
> like that when they are first introduced.
>
> "Hey, that's *Mr.* Hitler to you!"
Tom, whatever debate you were just in, you lost;-)
> "Actually, that's *Sir* Mahatma Ghandi.."
> "Nice to meet you, my name is Theresa and I've had no children except the
> orphans and no husband but Christ, but I prefer ma'am, thank you."
Think her close friends called her "Terry"?
> "Mr. Christ will do, though I forgive you."
lol Ah, Excuse me, Mr. Christ. Shlomo Feldstein, Jerusalem Tribune. Do you
deny that you willfully destroyed personal property on the steps of the temple?
>
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> > Steve Bliss wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 15:22:05 GMT, Mookie <Mookie@execpc.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > ya know... if I gotta take a choice of those two headings... I'll take
> > > > sir over that other one!!!! that 2nd one just grates on me for some
> > > > reason.. it makes me feel like I'm 70 years old when someone says that
> > > > to me!
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> M[r][s.][iss] Mookie, you'll always be young to us! You *hafta* be young at
> heart to play with Lego anyway! :-)
>
> > > A lot of guys feel the same way about being called "sir".
>
> Sir is common to either sex in the United States Navy, is it not? I got used
> to it after the first time someone at a fastfood place called me that. Then I
> suddenly realized he was probably three or four years younger than I was. I
> rarely even hear "sir" anymore when someone uses it to get my attention and
> I'm only 32.
>
> > > But I bet they'd
> > > like being called "ma'am" even less.
>
> ooo oo, look ma! a can of worms! ;-)
>
> -Tom McD.
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| (...) In Southern California, "Dude" is acceptable, just as "Dumbass" is acceptable in New York. (...) Yes, it's a nice term. And those women who like "Mrs." will tell you so, and not unkindly. They're kinda proud of it. (...) Usually when that (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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