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[Gina Norman <gina AT vnet.net>]

>  Make Duke's mayonnaise the official, national mayonnaise. Make it a crime
> to put mayonnaise on meat products like hotdogs or bologna.

ARGH!  You just lost my vote!  I *love* mayo on hotdogs, hamburgers and
most meat sandwhiches (I even put it on Chick-fil-a!).  Now I also usually
put ketchup and sometimes mustard.

I would be willing to vote for someone who would institute some sort of a
severe penalty (not hanging, but perhaps Forced Listening to Menudo
albums) for the inappropriate use of "bonus" punctuation on signage.
"Hot" Dog's  being the most egregious example of same.  What, are they not
quite hot, just "warmish"?  What exactly do those dogs own?  Sigh.

>  Ban the use of cell phones except in isolation. Make it a felony to talk on
> a cell phone in a restaurant or in the restroom stall next to me.

Now why does this bother you?

<ASIDE>  Cell phones in restaurants bug me too, and I don't know why
and I can't defend it (and that bugs me even more).</ASIDE>

The idea that you should only use a cell phone in private seems a little
odd to me... I've had people look at me askance when I was talking (not
yelling) on my cell in Linens-n-Things.  [It was a "useful" conversation
too, about the color of towel my grandfather would prefer, not that it
should matter.])

Let's assume that the person on the cell (let's call him "A") is not
yelling, but is, in fact, talking on his cell at the same volume as the
guy shopping right beside him (our good buddy "B") who is talking to a
real, live person ("C" for the sake of the argument).  Why is A perceived
as rude, when B & C are not, if all volume levels and subject matters are
equal?  Is it because you can't eavesdrop on the other side of A's
conversation?

I realize that some people yell on cell phones, or have inappropriate
conversations; however, that's the *person* not the cell phone.  *Any*
technology, be it email, cell phone or a doorbell, can be used in ways
that are rude and ways that are polite.

I won't even try to address the restroom question, because (as I
understand) you boys have different rules about restroom chat than we do.

Anyway, I've thought about this (probably way too much) and would be
interested in why it's perceived as rude (all other variables being equal)
when a face-to-face conversation is not.

>  Reduce or eliminate taxes on dark chocolate and good sausages.

I'd be wary of the other party stealing this one!  Dark
chocolate....mmmmm.

-Gina

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My brain seems to have a circuit-breaker-like mechanism that, when I get
confused and befuddled by the overwhelming monstrosities of my life,
causes a default to the simplest and most pleasant of thoughts.  Like
Marshmallow Peeps.  I *like* Marshmallow Peeps.

Gina Norman                                      And the only bit that
gina AT vnet.net (me personally)                    really matters:
ginanorm AT nortelnetworks.com (me at work)         http://users.vnet.net/gina
ginathelintqueen AT yahoo.com (me personally, again -- sick of me yet?  ;)
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