Open Thread

DIBS, I just read the headlines not the story but the new iPods just sounded like little USB keys to me. Zzzzzzzzzzz. Everyone already has an iPod anyway. But the iPhone will rule and we’ll all be doing everything on it in the future, including reading Brownstoner and the NYT, for better or worse. Or….maybe copies of it.

But why buy Apple stock now? Isn’t it too expensive?

I have a friend always buys tech stocks in the winter sells in the fall (in volume) cuz he always makes a mint trading on the inevitable uptick of a few cents.

The What is a Jewish woman married to a black man???? I need a drink.

Gemini: exactly right

THL: you just won’t give it up,will you?

First of all, please don’t use the history of your people to excuse yourself for your personal actions. It’s distasteful.

Secondly, you expect me to believe that, on the one hand, you could discern the use of the word “family” as code, and then on the other hand, that you weren’t using it yourself when you used the word “guido”. Please.

Tell me this: if you meant no disprespect to Italians, then why did you bring up the ethnicity of the broker in the first place? Why did you explicitly state that he was Italian? Your story could have easily have made the same impact if you talked about trying to rent an apartment in an ethnic neighborhood.

Finally, nice try there to turn it around and say that the problem is that I’m too attuned and sensitive to certain words I perceive to be code. Really? I challenge anyone here to the following experiment: use other ethnic code words on this thread and see what happens. If “Guido” wasn’t meant to be slang for Italians, then I want to see THL or others use the equivalent in some of your posts. Every ethnic group has these words – I don’t need to tell you what they are. Go ahead, THL, use them.

I tried to defuse this, but you don’t know enough to stop. Why not just admit you made an error, and let it go at that?

cobblehiller, 🙂

“Biff,
Where will we be visiting you?”

I think I would probably want to have them spread on my parents’ graves. I love them a lot.