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Title: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on February 26, 2003, 05:26:00 pm: Are You a Yuppie? Donâ??t hang your head in shame yet, itâ??s time to find out if you really qualify. Read through the checklist below and put a tick next to any statement which applies to you. I have bought the following albums this year: Moby Play Thievery Corporation The Mirror Conspiracy St Germain Tourist Dido Dido I drive the following vehicles: SUV My SUV has a â??Look out hippieâ?? bumper sticker. I make at least two calls a day on my mobile phone. I have been to Whistler more than once in the past year. I buy Starbucks coffee at least four times a week. My partner and I own matching leather jackets. I own/lease/am interested in â??loft apartmentsâ?? on Hastings Street (or insert applicable newly gentrified area in your city here). I tell others that if Iâ??d sold my stocks before the dot com bust Iâ??d be a millionaire. I have purified water delivered to my door. If you have ticked more than six boxes then brace yourself for the bad news. You are a despicable yuppie. If you have ticked less than six boxes then breathe a sigh of relief. Youâ??re safe for now.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Fico on February 26, 2003, 05:47:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Rhett Miller: Are You a Yuppie? Donâ??t hang your head in shame yet, itâ??s time to find out if you really qualify. Read through the checklist below and put a tick next to any statement which applies to you. I have bought the following albums this year: Moby Play - Check Thievery Corporation The Mirror Conspiracy St Germain Tourist Dido Dido - CheckI drive the following vehicles: SUV - don't have a car, but if I could buy any car I wanted I'd get one of them natty Range Rovers..the Freelander is it?? so I'll say Check on this one to.My SUV has a â??Look out hippieâ?? bumper sticker. I make at least two calls a day on my mobile phone. - CheckI have been to Whistler more than once in the past year. - No, but if I had the money I would, I love snowboarding.. so Check.I buy Starbucks coffee at least four times a week. - I dont drink coffeeMy partner and I own matching leather jackets. - Dont have leather jacketsI own/lease/am interested in â??loft apartmentsâ?? on Hastings Street (or insert applicable newly gentrified area in your city here). - If I could afford one I'd get one.I tell others that if Iâ??d sold my stocks before the dot com bust Iâ??d be a millionaire. - I have a pension plan, no portfolio.I have purified water delivered to my door. - I buy bottled water.If you have ticked more than six boxes then brace yourself for the bad news. You are a despicable yuppie. If you have ticked less than six boxes then breathe a sigh of relief. Youâ??re safe for now. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>So I ticketed more than 6 boxes and all that this amounts to is that anyone you might be jealous of is a yuppie.. seems to me yuppies enjoy the finest things money can buy.. and if you work hard for it and have it then why the hell not go for it??I guess I'm a yuppie bass player because I chose to buy an expensive bass instead of cheap one??
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: markie on February 26, 2003, 05:50:00 pm: wow I didnt manage a single tick, can I be our anti yuppie hero?
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Celeste on February 26, 2003, 06:04:00 pm: me neither...I rule!!!even if I was super rich I wouldn't drive one of those gas guzzling SUVs (they are socially irresponsible--maybe even immoral!) and I sure as hell wouldn't live in an urban loft
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on February 26, 2003, 06:07:00 pm: wHAT IS Whistler? What is a mobile phone? What is a SUV?Who are those bands?Slobberbone is playing Iota. I want everone on the board to go.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: keithstg on February 26, 2003, 06:08:00 pm: How exactly can a car be immoral? I can see an argument (though do not buy into it) that choosing to drive an SUV might be immoral, but as for the car itself....
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Celeste on February 26, 2003, 06:09:00 pm: and, there are cooler places to ski than Whistler...how cliche!!!
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on February 26, 2003, 06:14:00 pm: Yuppies know all the best ski places <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Celeste: and, there are cooler places to ski than Whistler...how cliche!!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: kosmo vinyl on February 26, 2003, 06:14:00 pm: i'm only guilty of owning the moby and thievry corp cds... (but i owner more than just one cd by them so the point is mute)sure i use my mobile... but i owner the anti-suv, never drink coffee, don't ski, live in the burbs, and stocks what stocks
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Celeste on February 26, 2003, 06:16:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by keithstg: How exactly can a car be immoral? I can see an argument (though do not buy into it) that choosing to drive an SUV might be immoral, but as for the car itself....<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>OK fine...OWNING one is
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on February 26, 2003, 06:18:00 pm: Owning Moby or Thievery Corp is more immoral haha <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Celeste: OK fine...OWNING one is<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: ggw on February 26, 2003, 06:26:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Celeste: and, there are cooler places to ski than Whistler...how cliche!!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I don't know, Whistler is pretty great. I mean, two entire mountains with back bowls, a 6000' vertical drop. It's not Les Trois Vallees, but Whistler is certainly one of the top 5 in North America I get the feeling this list came from a Seattle source.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: vansmack on February 26, 2003, 07:00:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by ggw: I don't know, Whistler is pretty great. I mean, two entire mountains with back bowls, a 6000' vertical drop. It's not Les Trois Vallees, but Whistler is certainly one of the top 5 in North America I get the feeling this list came from a Seattle source.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Second that. East Coast skiing has nothing but frost on skiing out west.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: smakawhat on February 26, 2003, 09:54:00 pm: nah nah nahnot yuppie...repeat"resume chasers""RESUME CHASERS"There you go lecture over..
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: paige on February 26, 2003, 10:06:00 pm: is vansmack desperately trying to reclaim the oh so smackalicious roots he had by coming up with a new name? smackawhat? huh?
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: smakawhat on February 26, 2003, 10:27:00 pm: There be more smack here?? I swear its not my fault... <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by paige: is vansmack desperately trying to reclaim the oh so smackalicious roots he had by coming up with a new name? smackawhat? huh?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Barcelona on February 27, 2003, 01:22:00 am: Drinking coffee from Starbucks qualifies for being a yuppie? I guess so, but it also gives an idea of the bad taste of the person who buys coffee there.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 27, 2003, 06:05:00 pm: I used to ski in the French Alps when I was little.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Sir HC on February 27, 2003, 06:29:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by kosmo: i'm only guilty of owning the moby and thievry corp cds... (but i owner more than just one cd by them so the point is mute)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I think part of the point for this one was that you bought them this year as they have all been out a lot longer. So if you got into Play this year, you are a yuppie, if you have had it for a while, you are not.With that in mind, I got a big fat 0. I hate starbucks coffee, and I just went boarding last night at Whitetail. It ruled.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Celeste on February 27, 2003, 06:38:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by vansmack: Second that. East Coast skiing has nothing but frost on skiing out west.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>yeah...I'm not really a big skiing afficionade, and in fact have never bothered with the East coast...I very much enjoyed skiing the Arizona Snow Bowl and in Hood River, ORegon...
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: lily1 on February 28, 2003, 12:41:00 am: i've skied at bormio in italy, where they held the skiing world up in 94. nearly flippin died on those slopes they wre so poorley marked. end of my short lived skiing career. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: I used to ski in the French Alps when I was little.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 28, 2003, 02:35:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by The Bombay Doors: I was joking...seen that snickers ad yet? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Darn, I thought you had some exciting secret life we didn't know about. Do I *want* to see the Snickers ad?
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: markie on February 28, 2003, 02:38:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: Darn, I thought you had some exciting secret life we didn't know about. Do I *want* to see the Snickers ad?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Dupeks idea of a joke.... It was probably the swiss alps he skiied in.Ha Ha he is very funny, yes?
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 28, 2003, 02:43:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by markie: swiss alps <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>well, that makes more sense. Yes, Dupek is the board clown.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: markie on February 28, 2003, 02:48:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: Dupek is the board clown.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> (http://www.clownhotline.com/images/clownforum.gif) Perhaps the moderators could change the board motto to this, instead of "make some trouble"?
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 28, 2003, 02:53:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by markie: (http://www.clownhotline.com/images/clownforum.gif) Perhaps the moderators could change the board motto to this, instead of "make some trouble"?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>heehee, I knew that was coming. Not a bad idea re: the motto.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: markie on February 28, 2003, 03:02:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: re: the motto.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I quite like it too...Perhaps it would stop us all from making trouble....
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 28, 2003, 03:08:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by markie: I quite like it too...Perhaps it would stop us all from making trouble....<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>yeah, because it was all the moderators' fault in the first place.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: markie on February 28, 2003, 03:36:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: yeah, because it was all the moderators' fault in the first place.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>look boyo, in this dog eat dog world its either us, or them. So who is it going to be?Are you with us or against us?
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 28, 2003, 04:03:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by markie: look boyo, in this dog eat dog world its either us, or them. So who is it going to be?Are you with us or against us?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>can't we all just get along? (http://www.930.com/ubb/smile.gif)
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: thatguy on February 28, 2003, 04:05:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: yeah, because it was all the moderators' fault in the first place.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>technically, it was the administrator's fault in the first place. talk to evilsatan.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 28, 2003, 04:08:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by thatguy: technically, it was the administrator's fault in the first place. talk to evilsatan.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>The administrator chose the motto "Enter the Forum, Make Trouble"? What do they think of Markie's clown logo?
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: markie on February 28, 2003, 04:10:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: can't we all just get along? (http://www.930.com/ubb/smile.gif)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>fine turn a blind eye whilst the rich get richer and the poor starve. Your "I am alright Jack" attitude will cost you dearly one day.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 28, 2003, 04:13:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by markie: fine turn a blind eye whilst the rich get richer and the poor starve. Your "I am alright Jack" attitude will cost you dearly one day.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>yeah, nice guys finish last. I don't see how moderators have the advantage in this case though, and I do believe people, in forums or elsewhere, should speak their minds.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: poorlulu on February 28, 2003, 04:14:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: can't we all just get along? (http://www.930.com/ubb/smile.gif)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>seeing as how markie hates everyone..............i'll go with no!!!!!
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: poorlulu on February 28, 2003, 04:15:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: I do believe people, in forums or elsewhere, should speak their minds.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>flake
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: markie on February 28, 2003, 04:18:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: I don't see how moderators have the advantage in this case though<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Mostly I was just trying to se as many cliches and truisms as could think of...But moderators have the advantage as they can modify or delete any post and close and remove whole topics.....Not that I can remeber them doing so very often. More likely hat they threaten to do so or threaten to ban people.....In the last year no one has been banned, although I believe one person came close.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: markie on February 28, 2003, 04:19:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by poorlulu: seeing as how markie hates everyone..............i'll go with no!!!!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I hate some people more than others Lulu!
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 28, 2003, 04:20:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by poorlulu: seeing as how markie hates everyone..............i'll go with no!!!!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>so he is the culprit, i guess it's more like Markie against the world
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: markie on February 28, 2003, 04:21:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: so he is the culprit, i guess it's more like Markie against the world<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Oh yes, oppress the proletariat some more why dont you.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: poorlulu on February 28, 2003, 04:23:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by markie: I hate some people more than others Lulu!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>ooh aren't i schpecial..............?
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 28, 2003, 04:25:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by markie: Mostly I was just trying to se as many cliches and truisms as could think of...But moderators have the advantage as they can modify or delete any post and close and remove whole topics.....Not that I can remeber them doing so very often. More likely hat they threaten to do so or threaten to ban people.....In the last year no one has been banned, although I believe one person came close.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I knew you would see it what I said that way and maybe should've used different wording, I just meant in regards to us vs. them, I didn't feel they were winning out, or that it necessarily has to be pitted that way. Of course, they have the advantage by being able to alter posts but they haven't used these advantages in this case, like you mentioned.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 28, 2003, 04:27:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by poorlulu: flake<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>why? because I don't insult people?
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: poorlulu on February 28, 2003, 04:29:00 pm: oh dandy just ignore markie........he's just jealous cos he doesn't have a moderators password..............he tries to get thirsty drunk to get his password out of him..................at least that's what he says he wants to get out of him.........
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 28, 2003, 04:30:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by markie: Oh yes, oppress the proletariat some more why dont you.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>gimme a break, my comment was made from your own attitude.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: poorlulu on February 28, 2003, 04:31:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: why? because I don't insult people?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>no you just made the flakiest comments in a row..............that's all
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 28, 2003, 04:34:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by poorlulu: no you just made the flakiest comments in a row..............that's all<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I did? what do you term a flake exactly? What I was trying to say was that I'm not against people speaking their minds, but some people have personal limits that's all.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: ggw on February 28, 2003, 04:38:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: so he is the culprit, i guess it's more like Markie against the world<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Its you and me against the world kid, Markie mumbled to himself......
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: poorlulu on February 28, 2003, 04:39:00 pm: flake1 Â Â (Â PÂ )Â Â Pronunciation KeyÂ Â (flk) n. 1. A flat thin piece or layer; a chip. 2. Archaeology. A stone fragment removed from a core or from another flake by percussion or pressure, serving as a preform or as a tool or blade itself. 3. A small piece; a bit. 4. A small crystalline bit of snow. 5. Slang. A somewhat eccentric person; an oddball. 6. Slang. Cocaine. hmmmm...........numero cinqo...........?
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: poorlulu on February 28, 2003, 04:42:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by ggw: Its you and me against the world kid, Markie mumbled to himself......<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>but unfortunatley the voice in his head said..........."what..........? what did he say? can someone translate?"
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 28, 2003, 04:44:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by poorlulu: flake1 Â Â (Â PÂ )Â Â Pronunciation KeyÂ Â (flk) n. 1. A flat thin piece or layer; a chip. 2. Archaeology. A stone fragment removed from a core or from another flake by percussion or pressure, serving as a preform or as a tool or blade itself. 3. A small piece; a bit. 4. A small crystalline bit of snow. 5. Slang. A somewhat eccentric person; an oddball. 6. Slang. Cocaine. hmmmm...........numero cinqo...........?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Oh, I guess that's alright by me, who wants to be normal? That's funny because the way I use it is not even listed; I thought a flake was someone who didn't show up when they said they would, i.e 'flaking out.'
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: markie on February 28, 2003, 04:45:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by ggw: Its you and me against the world kid, Markie mumbled to himself......<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I knew you knew the lyrics!!!!!!Oh remember how you sung heartily along with Billy!!!!!!Its only funny cos I do only laugh at my own jokes.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: poorlulu on February 28, 2003, 04:47:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: Oh, I guess that's alright by me, who wants to be normal? That's funny because the way I use it is not even listed; I thought a flake was someone who didn't show up when they said they would, i.e 'flaking out.'<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>yes that's one way..........another is someone with middle of the road oppinions.....e.g flakey liberal........
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: markie on February 28, 2003, 04:48:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: That's funny because the way I use it is not even listed; I thought a flake was someone who didn't show up when they said they would, i.e 'flaking out.'<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>never trust poorlulu, she only reads the first five lines of anything then presumes she is an expert.....she is a flake (#3 and #2).... Phrasal Verb: flake out Slang 1. To fall asleep or collapse from fatigue or exhaustion. 2. To act in an odd or eccentric manner. 3. To lose interest or nerve.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: poorlulu on February 28, 2003, 04:50:00 pm: i rarely lose nerve.........but i guilty of losing interest................i'm off
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: markie on February 28, 2003, 04:52:00 pm: Oh look what I have done now....Well if she is going so am I! I had fun winding you up Dandy01.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 28, 2003, 04:54:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by poorlulu: yes that's one way..........another is someone with middle of the road oppinions.....e.g flakey liberal........<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>ah yes. It is true I'm not strongly opinionated on every issue. It can be a drawback but also an advantage.
Title: Re: Are you a yuppie?
Post by: Dandy01 on February 28, 2003, 04:57:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by markie: Oh look what I have done now....Well if she is going so am I! I had fun winding you up Dandy01.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Same here Markie (http://www.930.com/ubb/smile.gif) I guess my name was up on your list.