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Post by Raoul Duke on Aug 3, 2004 1:54:32 GMT 7
But Lotus, we aren't interested in red wines for fine appreciation here. We're thinking more of red wines that come in 55-gallon steel drums and have their appellation controllee stencilled onto the drum with industrial ink. Besides, the comparative cost of detox programs would be a valuable part of our index.
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Post by Hamish on Aug 3, 2004 4:36:37 GMT 7
Enter Hamish from under the table.
Last Friday night my son-in-law opened a 1990 Cal. Cab. for dinner which was devine.
We finished the evening with a fine 16 year old Islay single malt.
Stand back.
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Post by Lotus Eater on Aug 3, 2004 7:11:10 GMT 7
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Post by Raoul Duke on Aug 3, 2004 17:27:42 GMT 7
<Said while whapping at hallucinatory apparitions of Hamish with a steel ruler>
Yeah, I think you're right about the detox programs. They probably come with a lot of valuable <WHAP! Back, you weird m'kayer, back! WHAP!> information about the thoughts of Party leaders past and present, too. I think our friend Xiao JiBa must be in one now...<WHAP! WHAP! WHAP!>...another snake wine victim.
Upmarket?!? Who the hell ever said anything about Upmarket? This is a bar <WHAP!>for expat teachers, for Christ's sake. We've only had one person in here who ever demanded "Upmarket".....some woman who called herself "Jen". <WHAP! WHAP!> After listening to her bitch for a while, I mixed her a Mickey Finn and then we wrote "Reactionary" in Chinese on her forehead with a magic marker, wrapped her in duct tape, nailed her into a wooden packing crate, and mailed her to Hu Jintao.
<WHAP!>
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Post by Lotus Eater on Aug 3, 2004 17:49:44 GMT 7
Bloody hell, after Hamish' post I thought I had got out of the gutter and rejoined the rarified atmosphere of the sophisticates. Damn, back to the guopi and kugua!
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Post by George61 on Aug 3, 2004 18:38:54 GMT 7
I actually feel sorry for Hamish...fancy having to drink Californicator wines!!
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Post by Lotus Eater on Aug 3, 2004 18:50:00 GMT 7
good pun too, Hamish - do you reckon the inebriates here caught it?
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Post by Raoul Duke on Aug 3, 2004 21:50:14 GMT 7
A pun? Hamish's post? Where??? Oh my God...you're not picking up on "devine", are you? That just proves that the old fraud can't spell for poo. Rarefied atmosphere of the sophisticates, my ass.  |
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Post by Hamish on Aug 4, 2004 1:15:47 GMT 7
m'kayING PEASANT!!!
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Post by Crippler on Aug 22, 2004 15:36:14 GMT 7
Okay, Crippler is back from 5 weeks in North America where he did a cost comparison study of two provinces and about 10 states. Good experience for the upcoming China Provincial Tour. When do we get started and where is the dotted line to sign? After paying western prices for everything I need a tour of China to get some things at relatively low prices. Damn, 20+ bucks for a meal and 2 bucks a gallon gas is ridiculous. 5 weeks with air cost two of us one annual salary.
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Post by Ruth on Aug 22, 2004 18:32:03 GMT 7
Let me add that most of those 5 weeks were spent with relatives, so we saved on hotel rooms and eating out. The trip could have been a lot worse, financially speaking.
I'd like to take a tour of China with Lotus - for research purposes, of course. In addition to the things previously mentioned, we could check out food prices at fine restaurants, little mom-and-pop-but-cook-great-food restaurants, as well as at grocery stores and the vegetable markets. Astute bargaining skills would come into play, and I believe the female species is better suited to that type of research.
Crippler would be good at fact-finding on electronic items, but I would only agree to let him go if he went without money. Paper and pencil would be sufficient to gather the research.
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