Repetez, S'il vous plait...

[nadialiu]

A gourmet sampler platter of Personal Pet Peeves(TM) from the Dept. of Redundancy Dept. --
(on the menu this week)

scene 1: (my mom talking to my cousin's friend)
Mom: Does your father live in Taipei or Hsintsu?
Friend: Taipei
Mom: Does he now work in Taipei or Hsintsu?
Friend: He works in Taipei.
Mom: Oh, so he doesn't work in Hsintsu?

scene 2

Comments

Re: Familiar familial

[clownwreck]

Yeah, it could have been in a Jewish household, too.

For the fourth time, grandma, I don't want anything more to eat!

Re: Familiar familial

[nadialiu]

yeah, i guess it's good, at least, that i don't get the dirty look. i mean, i believe it's a gesture of courtesy, and to let you know that they care about you, but it really has spawned my own reactionary, (or individualstic) philosophy that people should be responsible enough to feed themselves, and i'm not going to insist that they do so, nor do i want them to do that to me.

all in all, though there is a big cultural/generational difference, i have to remember that grandma means well:)

all those conversations are really redundant

[ayelle]

All those conversations are really redundant.

why, whatever do you mean by that?

[nadialiu]

why, whatever do you mean by that?

;]

Completely off topic..

[ayelle]

Hi Nads,
Hey do you know where Ivy is? She seems to be MIA. If you know her NC contact info could you email me at ajh17@u.washington.edu? Also yer contact info.
Thanks,
Angie Hunter

foof

[simon_smith]

foof?

[lilachica]

I think the have some more food suggestion is universal among relatives. Because Minnesotans do that too.