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WCDT 6-10 June 2011 (1941-1945) [World War II Edition]

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St.Clair:
Martin: bussss-ted.

Tova:

--- Quote from: Akima on 07 Jun 2011, 17:02 ---
*My home town has a population of over 23 million. Sydney is just a suburb...  :-D

--- End quote ---

Isn't comparing a city's population to the population of Shanghai setting the bar kinda high?  :roll:

Smoot:
Yeah, no, not gonna play "your city's not a real city". Glad as a grape that your town's big, but it reminds me too much of vacationing New Yorkers who insist that only their hallowed burg can be called "The City". If it's all the same, I'll continue to call my nearest city a city, and if it offends your ears, I'll lend you a Q-Tip and a smile.

Looked up some of the links about 'townies' (googling "townie stereotype" as suggested). I rather like the notion that townies hang out with collegiates to 'better their station in life'. Like collegiates are coated in gold-dust and they're hoping to rub some off.  :roll:

I'm a townie of the tourist-area variety, and catch it both ways- I've lived here year-round for 22 years (thus making me a webfooted townie to tourists), but neither I nor my parents were born here (thus making me not-native- a "Washashore", in our dumbass local parlance) to the 'real' natives. Ridiculous crap all around.

TheEvilDog:

--- Quote from: Smoot on 07 Jun 2011, 19:00 ---Yeah, no, not gonna play "your city's not a real city". Glad as a grape that your town's big, but it reminds me too much of vacationing New Yorkers who insist that only their hallowed burg can be called "The City".
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See, I just go with the European definition of what a city is...if its an urban settlement with a cathedral, it can be called a city...as long as they have the appropriate charter. Works easily enough. :laugh:

Smoot:
Sooo... if it doesn't have a charter from a European country, it doesn't count? ;) Got it.

I'm not so sure I see Padma a 'differently clued' as much as... okay. Dora loves Marten (now in a 'friend' way, but whatever). Faye loves Marten (c'mon... we all know she'd risk jail time for him if need be). Hanners somehow got to know him via stalking and he's one of her dearest friends. And so on. I could go further, but for one reason or another, virtually all the cast we've seen have a reason to care about Marten.

To Padma, she's some guy she's served coffee to a few times and saw in a bar. He told her his life story (which, lemme tell ya, customers do a LOT- I don't mind, but please don't expect me to pass a quiz on it an hour later), but afaict has never taken an interest in her beyond being a recipient of "Oh, so, as I was saying about my ex at the other place..."

I just don't know that she's "on board" with the Marten-love, and thus owes him much in the way of brainspace. (Not saying anyone's bad or anything, just... he's this guy who buys coffee sometimes, and knows Steve whom she thought was cute that one time.)

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