They have truffles in Saudi Arabia!
And no pigs to hunt for them?
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Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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Trudy Booth - Jul 30, 2007 6:35:46 am PDT #949 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Vortex - Jul 30, 2007 6:36:35 am PDT #950 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Are there not supposed to be truffles in Saudi Arabia?
well, truffles are usually found in a forest, growing under a log or something, in the damp. Not much damp in Saudi Arabia. Or forest. Or logs. I mean, the only damp I can think of is man made. Or digging 3 feet into the sand at night.
sumi - Jul 30, 2007 6:37:31 am PDT #951 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
They only have them when it rains. But they are there.
JenP - Jul 30, 2007 6:37:49 am PDT #952 of 10001
"embarrassment in not an exemption."
So true.
That said, I did find a memo once, written to a nun, with the sign-off "May the Force be with you." !!!
So funny!
Truffles of the mushroomy kind? I'm guessing chocolate truffles wouldn't be so much of a surprise.
Miracleman - Jul 30, 2007 6:42:35 am PDT #953 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I'm taking a poll: Who here either uses or receives serious business e-mail that seriously uses emoticons?
I have received e-mail from a manager that, in all seriousness, used multiple emoticons.
I replied: "Seriously? ':)'?
You weren't a business major, were you?"
Hil R. - Jul 30, 2007 6:43:30 am PDT #954 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I've gotten emails from the head of my department using emoticons.
Cashmere - Jul 30, 2007 6:44:43 am PDT #955 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I never received a business email with emoticons. Athough it's been well over 3 years since I've worked in a professional setting.
§ ita § - Jul 30, 2007 6:47:52 am PDT #956 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Judicious emoticons I can handle. Chatspeak I never forgive, and I've gotten way too much of that.
Trudy Booth - Jul 30, 2007 6:48:30 am PDT #957 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Turns out truffles HAVE been cultivated and, that, in 1900 they were much more common and most people used them a lot.
t hugs wikipedia
Vortex - Jul 30, 2007 6:49:39 am PDT #958 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
They only have them when it rains. But they are there.
aha! the damp! I remember when we lived there, the rain was always cause for great celebration. Happened once or twice a year.