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     Kommentar till en text av DAVE DRUM
Ärende: Grinchy Ars@ Wipes
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Hola Dave!
-> 
->  ->  -> Welp, now you can call the cheap, miserable barstid a grinch (or
->  ->  -> worse).
->  
->  ->  -> According to the article I saw in TIME "'We don't know who 
started
->  ->  -> it, but that's the beauty of this act of generosity,' a company
->  ->  -> spokeswoman told the Winnipeg Free Press. 'It was the start of
->  ->  -> something wonderful.'
->  ->  -> But there's always one who's not feeling the spirit. The 
seemingly-
->  ->  -> endless chain came to an end when one man refused to pay for the
->  ->  -> next customer's three coffees - though he had received four free
->  ->  -> coffees."  http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/01/04/
-> 
->  ->  HN> Ah well, he's the grinch then! I do it every Thursday and I
have 
no
->  ->  HN> idea how long it lasts after I leave...That's not part of MY 
paying
->  ->  HN> it forward. Near one of my favorite coffee houses there is a
->  ->  HN> homeless guy who "hangs out" panhandling for change. Every so 
often
->  ->  HN> I'll buy him a coffee and take that to him. At first he was
->  ->  HN> suspicious, but now he almost says thankyou...(grin)
-> 
->  -> Once upon a - I was in the downtown area when a derelict (they 
weren't
->  -> known as "homeless" back then) hit on me for "jug" money - although
->  -> he said it was for food - if he had just told me "I need 50c to make
->  -> my wine money" I'd have probably given it to him straight out.
-> 
->  -> But, I was in a fey mood, so I took him to a nearby cafe and bought 
him
->  -> a blue-plate special and watched him eat it. Sort of being cruel by
->  -> doing good - a trick a lot of gummints pull.
-> 
->  HN> This guy would need a disinfecting dip before any restaurant other 
than a
->  HN> drive up would let him in. His elevator does not make it to the top 
floor
->  HN> and he has animated conversations with his friends from another 
dimension.
->  
-> IOW - if you gifted him with a tin-foil hat he wouldn't understand.   
Bv)= 
-> 
I'm not going to hazard a guess on what 
he understands...which varies from day to
day and probably from hour to hour! 
 
->  HN> But still, on a cold morning a hot cuppa joe is a nice thing to 
have.
->  HN> BTW when I went and picked up my weekly starbux today I was the
only
->  HN> car in the drive up lane...so no "paying if forward" for me
->  HN> today...But I DID get my 10 day in a row of "microsoft virus
->  HN> squad" call! Today I was the hispanic cleaning guy who could
->  HN> not quite understand about the computer..and what the nice
->  HN> Indian Gentleman was talking about...He finally hung up after
->  HN> my repeated offerings to "go get de baws" for him. I kept telling
->  HN> him "Eees NO MY compooter....is Baw's Compooter!!" You want I
->  HN> go get Baws for you??"
->  
->  HN> (I have WAY more fun than I should be allowed to have with these 
guys!!)
-> 
-> I have fun with telemarketers more often than I should, sort-of in that 
same
-> vein. I answered the phone once "Rosalie's Enterprises, (a well-known
-> Springfield house of 'ill-repute') Dave the towel boy speaking!" When
the 
guy
-> on the other end asked to speak to the lady of the house - showing A> he 
was
-> not local or he's have caught the Rosalie's bit and B> not too swift or 
he'd
-> have twigged to the "towel boy".
-> 
-> I replied "We got all ladies in this house. Which one you want? I can 
make an
-> appointment for you. Fifty bucks short time, 500 all night."  CLICK
-> 
-> And then there was the time I pretended to be a detective sergeant
-> investigating the suspicious death of Mr. Drum .... that was a REAL
hoot.
-> 
I have not quite had the nerve to try 
that one yet...but maybe someday. Besides
all the "microsoft" calls are from India
and it's WAAAYYYY more fun to mess with
them than just hanging up on 'em!
chat with you soon!
ha
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