[geeks] new lists? 8-)

[Fogg, James]

How to tell a Yuppie from a well-bred person....
If a blue-collar, sweaty from work and with beer on his breath, walks up to
a Yuppie, the Yuppie will make it clear that he's uncomfortable and make any
excuse to leave. The well-bred person will act like the blue-collar is
welcome at his house anytime, hell, come by for dinner.

If the blue-collar had a conversation with the Yuppie, you'd find they
couldn't find anything in common to talk about. The well-bred, however,
could chat for hours with the blue-collar.

What Yuppies fail to understand is that its not about how much money, but
how much class.

~ -----Original Message-----
~ From: Doctor Obnox Son of a Bitch [mailto:drobnox at visi.com]
~ Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:58 PM
~ To: geeks at sunhelp.org
~ Subject: Re: [geeks] new lists? 8-)
~ 
~ 
~ Joshua D Boyd, reeling from the shock, managed on Thu, Dec 
~ 13, 2001 at 03:02:12PM -0500 to scrawl:
~ > On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 01:39:47PM -0600, Amy wrote:
~ > > um, no offense, but once you cook on one, you wont go 
~ back to a ge or the
~ > > ilk. yes the stainless is a bitch to clean but thats why 
~ god invented sos
~ > > pads and elbow grease. lord knows cleaning stainless is 
~ easier than shit
~ > > thats been baked on an enamel coated rangetop.
~ > 
~ > I better avoid vikings like the plague then, since it will 
~ be some time before
~ > I'm ready for that level of responsibility.
~ > 
~ > Man, currently I use an enamel flat top range, and that 
~ thing is a bloody pain
~ > to clean.  I use something called Bar Keeps Friend which 
~ helps alot.  I've also
~ > taken to using a razor sometimes.  Still, Vikings look like 
~ they have lots of 
~ > nooks and crannies, which probably would be even more of a 
~ pain for me.
~ > 
~ > <snip> 
~ > 
~ > > one person made the big mistake of calling me a yuppie 
~ cook. once. i
~ > > cooked dinner for them. they apologized profusely and 
~ asked for leftovers
~ > > the next day.
~ > 
~ > While we are on the topic, what is a yuppie anyway?  All I 
~ know is that 
~ > supposedly they drive SUVs or german cars, and buy Vikings. 
~  The word 
~ > materialist seems to get used a lot also.
~ 
~ 
~ Ever see the movie "Best in Show"?  The couple with the Weimaraner,
~ they're stereotypical yuppies.  My take on the word is "Baby 
~ Boomers who
~ have sold out completely, and who strive to outdo each other 
~ in proving
~ how unlike their Cadillac-driving, steak-and-martini, 
~ WW-II-era parents they
~ are. Slavish conformists who think of themselves as daring and
~ unconventional. Often enamored of the appearance of being gourmets,
~ while completely misunderstanding the meaning of good taste."
~ 
~ > 
~ > -- 
~ > Joshua D. Boyd
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~ Cool"
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