[PLUG-TALK] Re: [PLUG] Sounds good to me ;)

Jeremy Miller jmlizard1 at attbi.com
Thu Jun 20 03:23:41 UTC 2002


Noticed this from earlier, and thought I'd play along with this little 
exercise...

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>Ok.,  I'll be over your border this evening for dinner.

If you were well mannered about it, you might possibly be considered
welcome.  Like asking nicely.

Since this is out of the blue, and you just showed up as a stranger... 
it would depend on your attititude and how you present yourself.  Just
don't assume the answer would be no.  But anyway...

Sure. Come on in...


>Serve up some monkeybrains in my cultural norm or you are an arrogant
>elitist.


Ask nicely if I know how to prepare them.  If I do, you might just get
them.  If I don't, you might get asked prepare them for all of us, so we
could try them out.  I would observe and learn, in case I liked them.
(And to see beforehand if I really believed they were fit to eat. :) If
I couldn't eat it, you could have it all and I'd call for pizza or
something.  It'd be an evening's worth of entertainment a hell of a lot
more interesting than sitting in front of a TV like some people do, and
distract me from ever-present and tedious yard-work.

But call me names and you'll be asked to leave.


> And keep the linens clean.

Check.  I do that anyway, whether you're coming over or not.

>I like eggs for breakfast,  so get down to the store early,

What a cooincidence, so do I.  They're already there.  I suppose that
means you'd like to stay the night.  I don't have an extra bed, but
there is a couch.  Can you help me out with the chores I'm in the middle
of in return?

>  I get >irratable
>when I'm hungry.

Then you are obviously starving, and in need of food.  Have some of
mine.  And stop being so irritable.  Smile a little. Has no-one ever
been nice to you before?

>Do you have free cable?

No, but I do pay for cable, and you are welcome to watch it freely while
you are here if you really want to.  Would you rather talk or play a
game instead?

>Get me my own chair in the center of the room,

No, that's where mine is.  You can sit over there... if it is
uncomfortable I can see if I have something else you can use.  

> thanks!

Your welcome.  Now, I'm welcome to visit you too, right?  Where is your
place, and when is a good time?


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I won't argue even a second that this refutes your point.  But I believe
it does assist me with one of mine.  That it is possible for people to
be nice to each other.  And generous.  And accommodating.

Of course they'll request some respect in return.







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