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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jpmac who wrote (28925)	6/14/1999 10:25:00 AM
From: melinda abplanalp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I think Rambi threw that one in herself. They could get in big trouble asking that. So if you answered it what would they do to you. You would have to make a split second decision on how enlightened they were. Or you just lie and say Hulk Hogan. LOL

To: jpmac who wrote (28925)	6/14/1999 11:38:00 AM
From: nihil	Respond to of 71178

I wouldn't even answer the affair question at home!

To: jpmac who wrote (28925)	6/14/1999 7:24:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 71178

Maybe they figure that for the academic type at Rice (notice how I avoid the words nerd and geek) the question is purely hypothetical and fantasy based. And they get a good yuk out of the answers during the long hours spent reading things like, "My hobbies are writing computer programs and playing Doom." I have a crush on the new checkout boy at the grocery store. He looks exactly like Johnny Depp. And today as I put dinner ( a chicken and potato salad and biscuits, all for 4.99 and best of all, already cooked!) on the belt, he said, "I'll be back in a jiffy." Then he ran to the next check out and back. I said, "I always wondered what a jiffy was." (You know how you used to say dumb things in front of cute boys when you were 14? I still do it at 50.) He said, "Well, that was really half a jiffy; it didn't take as long as I thought. I say that because if I say 'Back in a second', people always tell me it was more. This way they can't." "That's very clever," I say (cleverly). "A good manipulation of language to meet your needs. I like that." He said," Do you know what superfluous means?" "Yes," I reply. "Not necessary." "DO you know what cacophony means?" "Yes," I try not to look too vain. "Loud, jarring noise." "Wow, you're good. I bet you like the word 'onomotopoeia'." "Did you just take an SAT prep course?" "Oh, years ago," he says in a world-weary way, which probably means last fall. Then his eyes narrow. "I bet you don't know the difference between a nook and a cranny." Silence. I think about it. I don't. "You have too many big words in your head." He said, knowingly. "You need to make room for the little ones." WOrds to live by.