a thousand opinions would still be too few.

my mother, A and i recently went to nougatine + enjoyed it. with rave reviews, we recommended it to my father.  apparently strangers’ opinions matter more.

subject: some one named Sharon did not like her meal at Noougatine*

body: what do you think of her review?

http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&source=hp&oq=&gs_rfai=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=nougatine&fb=1&gl=us&hq=nougatine&hnear=New+York,+NY&cid=14313268200859985662&dtab=2&pcsi=14313268200859985662,1&ei=ONGgS9HVJIbSM4zDpLAM&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAoQqgUwAA

*all spelling + grammatical errors are representative of the initial e-mail

they love that dog

subject: about as gross as gross could be

body: I asked Mom not to put Dog’s blue poop bags in the trash can outside, but she forgot, and a few of the bags stuck to the bottom of the trash can, then leaked out,so I just spent the past 20 some minutes cleaning the outside trash can and trying to get rid of the poop smell

– – – – although he’s a physician, he’s easily disgusted.  i replied “sorry” – – – – –

response: it’s not your fault, it’s just that the first time she did it and the bags stuck to the bottom I asked her not to do it again, but she went and did it again, I’m not blaming her (well I guess I am) I’m just cold and tired

still confused

remember the $600 e-mail?

i replied that i was confused

– – – – – –

he replied:

$ 600 dinner, sorry left out the link to the $ 600 dinner

http://www.dartagnan.com/c6140/The-Gascons-Are-Coming.html

– – – – – –

still confused.  expressed such in an e-mail; prompting the same e-mail reworded

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subject: who’s in the mood for a $ 600 dinner?

body:  http://www.dartagnan.com/54746/582892/Gifts-100/DArtagnans-32–Star-Progressive-Dinner.html

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i guess my father is impressed with the price tag – but i don’t find it shocking; i live in new york.

thanks but no thanks

subject: grandma

body:  I spent a full hour trying to get grandma connected to her e mail, I knew I was almost there when I asked her doesn’t it say anywhere to click here for e mail and she said.  Yes, It says click here to check comcast e mail, but I don’t want to check their e mail I want to check mine” – at that hour it was time for me to hang up and have my piano lesson.  When I later called me back she said she finally figured out how to do it, but she needed to run an errand, but she did find your e mail, but wasn’t sure how to open the attachment – she said she would call you and if I thought if she found her way to your e mail, maybe you could walk her thru opening the attachment

– – – –

i had asked my father to walk my grandmother through opening her e-mail so that she would be candid telling him what she thought of the attachments i sent.  it didn’t occur to him to also be on the computer while he navigated. i guess they are both geris.

surprisingly naive

my brother shared this e-mail from my father to him, remarkable to think with a son working at google he wouldn’t know how very fake this is.

subject: I got this test probably from google

body:

What do I go with it
“?FRM:verify@pinger.com
MSG:Welcome to Textfree! Your verification code is SUISKX. Enter it in
the Code field on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Do not reply.”

i feel confused. what does this mean?

subject: $ 600 dinner

body: D’Artagnan celebrates its 25th anniversary with a $ 600 dinner in NYC

because liking rock music is the same as broadway adaptation

subject: do you like Green Day

body: American express is offering presale tickets to Green Day’s American Idiot, new broadway musical  featuring all the songs on their album

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this belongs in postcards from yo momma

he tries

my dad likes to be tech savvy – but he’s also crazy neurotic and wants to choose the absolute best most perfect option, so i get e-mails like this:

subject: new power point ?

body: if I find a photo online and I want to save it and use it in a power point,  and I have the option of saving it in these formats:
png, jpeg, pdf, gif or bmp
do you know if it is preferable to save the photo a certainly way, eg png vs jpeg  – I tried both ways and I’m not sure I see a difference

he loves that google voice

subject: can you please call me with this number from now on, instead of 610 XXX XXXX

body: (530) 362 – YYYY

– – – – –

body: An easy way to remember the number is: 530-DOC <LAST NAME>

know your audience

i had to cancel my honeymoon because i’ve been on crutches for 4 (!) months.  this e-mail isn’t going to elicit any sympathies from me

subject: The joy of airtravel- not

body: Sitting on the plane 45 min, pilot states we’re waiting for some
pasrngers lugage to get on board