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Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 9th, 2009, 4:59 pm
by Very Duke Blue
OZZIE4DUKE wrote:Upon further review, I think I would have ordered ram chops for dinner... =)) =)) =))
i hope you would have given to her to eat, ram chops sound nasty. =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =))

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 9th, 2009, 5:15 pm
by devildeac
OZZIE4DUKE wrote:Upon further review, I think I would have ordered ram chops for dinner... =)) =)) =))
:)) :)) =)) =)) Alas,

1. They were not on the menu.
2. It woulda been a great order if we had won. :(

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 9th, 2009, 5:18 pm
by devildeac
Very Duke Blue wrote:
OZZIE4DUKE wrote:Upon further review, I think I would have ordered ram chops for dinner... =)) =)) =))
i hope you would have given to her to eat, ram chops sound nasty. =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =))
I have heard they are tough/chewy and have a leave a bitter taste in your mouth. They are however made better sometimes with large quantities of whine and cheez.

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 9th, 2009, 6:11 pm
by Very Duke Blue
i don't do whine. :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :lol: :lol:

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 9th, 2009, 6:21 pm
by ArkieDukie
TNTDevil wrote:
devildeac wrote:After the Duke-unc game, we spent over an hour traveling from the dump to the Nantucket Grill to meet with a group for dinner, arriving about 75 minutes late. (Don't get me started about why we agreed to this. Some things you just agree to do after 31 years of marriage.) Upon our arrival, we went through the usual greetings of the 8 people who we kept waiting, 5 were neutrals and 3 were unc fans who attended the game. One of the folks, who my wife has known for about 40 years or more made the following comment to me: "I would have hugged you but I didn't want to get any Duke on me or my nice blue kerlina sweater."

Your next action/response would have been:
My reply:
"I feel exactly the same way. However, my upbringing, and good manners, would have prevented me from ever saying such a thing out loud."
I like this respnse. A lot.

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 1:09 am
by DevilAlumna
devildeac wrote:After the Duke-unc game, we spent over an hour traveling from the dump to the Nantucket Grill to meet with a group for dinner, arriving about 75 minutes late. (Don't get me started about why we agreed to this. Some things you just agree to do after 31 years of marriage.) Upon our arrival, we went through the usual greetings of the 8 people who we kept waiting, 5 were neutrals and 3 were unc fans who attended the game. One of the folks, who my wife has known for about 40 years or more made the following comment to me: "I would have hugged you but I didn't want to get any Duke on me or my nice blue kerlina sweater."

Your next action/response would have been:
Not to stick up for a tar hole, but if I'd been waiting over an hour for my dinner, even if I were the paragon of manners on an average night (I'm not,) I probably would have been less than gracious in greeting a rival. :-l

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 6:12 am
by Lavabe
DevilAlumna wrote:
devildeac wrote:After the Duke-unc game, we spent over an hour traveling from the dump to the Nantucket Grill to meet with a group for dinner, arriving about 75 minutes late. (Don't get me started about why we agreed to this. Some things you just agree to do after 31 years of marriage.) Upon our arrival, we went through the usual greetings of the 8 people who we kept waiting, 5 were neutrals and 3 were unc fans who attended the game. One of the folks, who my wife has known for about 40 years or more made the following comment to me: "I would have hugged you but I didn't want to get any Duke on me or my nice blue kerlina sweater."

Your next action/response would have been:
Not to stick up for a tar hole, but if I'd been waiting over an hour for my dinner, even if I were the paragon of manners on an average night (I'm not,) I probably would have been less than gracious in greeting a rival. :-l
That all would make sense if not for the invention of the cell phone. :)] [WHEW!!! Finally figured out a way to use that smilie!]

If I had known someone for 30+ years, I certainly wouldn't have made the first statement something like that, regardless of how late a person was. Perhaps something like "what kept you?" would be more acceptable. If they were sufficiently pissed at the devildeacs for being late, wouldn't it have come out in cell phone communications before the event?

I believe the statement is even more patently offensive when you consider that it was directed at not only a Duke alumnus (or at Duke alumni), but at parents of someone who represents Duke in a visible role.

Maybe it's just me, but if you are friends, you don't make the opening line something that establishes yourselves as "rivals."

Walk away. Next play.

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 7:27 am
by CameronBornAndBred
Okay, it's Tuesday. Answer, please. :!!

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 7:38 am
by DukeUsul
Lavabe wrote:That all would make sense if not for the invention of the cell phone. :)] [WHEW!!! Finally figured out a way to use that smilie!]

If I had known someone for 30+ years, I certainly wouldn't have made the first statement something like that, regardless of how late a person was. Perhaps something like "what kept you?" would be more acceptable. If they were sufficiently pissed at the devildeacs for being late, wouldn't it have come out in cell phone communications before the event?

I believe the statement is even more patently offensive when you consider that it was directed at not only a Duke alumnus (or at Duke alumni), but at parents of someone who represents Duke in a visible role.

Maybe it's just me, but if you are friends, you don't make the opening line something that establishes yourselves as "rivals."

Walk away. Next play.
I think it depends on what kind of friends you are. For me, in some cases, people I've been friends with for 30 years are EXACTLY the people I could dish out that kind of crap to and we'd all get a good laugh at it and be friends the next day.

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 9:53 am
by Ima Facultiwyfe
I guess we're just veterans by now, having lived on the dump for over thirty years, but the truth is I would have known what I was setting myself up for by trying to get down 54 to Nantucket after a game in the first place and by joining tarholes for dinner in the second place. Sorry, Deac, but you left yourself wide open for this one.

That having been said, I would have chosen to pause, disengage, ignore the offender elaborately and have a very happy time in her presence. Living well is the best revenge. After all, it's our happy outlook on things that is the burr under their saddles.

Love, Ima

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 12:33 pm
by Very Duke Blue
ok dd, patience is getting thin waiting for your answer. ;)

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 1:05 pm
by Ima Facultiwyfe
Very Duke Blue wrote:ok dd, patience is getting thin waiting for your answer. ;)
That's what I say, VDB. I'm hoping he delivered a comeback so snappy that it will become epic. He's capable of it, you know.
Love, Ima

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 3:12 pm
by Devil in the Blue Dress
Looking for your post telling what you really did at the Nantucket. We're on the clock here!

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 3:18 pm
by TillyGalore
Anyone up for storming the "Bastille" tonight?

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 4:45 pm
by CameronBornAndBred
I think he beat her up, and is now in jail. They don't let you PW from jail.

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 5:07 pm
by Rolvix
We are waiting... :D

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 5:37 pm
by Very Duke Blue
TillyGalore wrote:Anyone up for storming the "Bastille" tonight?
why not? :)) :)) :)) :)) :))

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 5:40 pm
by Very Duke Blue
CameronBornAndBred wrote:I think he beat her up, and is now in jail. They don't let you PW from jail.
he must be in jail. either that or his hands are tied behind his back. =)) =)) =))

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 6:12 pm
by Lavabe
TillyGalore wrote:Anyone up for storming the "Bastille" tonight?
I think we can do a major ass storming of the Bastille tonight. :)) =)) :)) =)) =)) :))

Re: What would you have done?

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 6:37 pm
by Very Duke Blue
Lavabe wrote:
TillyGalore wrote:Anyone up for storming the "Bastille" tonight?
I think we can do a major ass storming of the Bastille tonight. :)) =)) :)) =)) =)) :))
YES WE CAN!!!! :Orc: :Angry Orc: :flame: :!! :!! :!! :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :)) :)) :)) :)) :)) :))