Back in Des Moines
I moved this weekend. Things are pretty stressful and I don't have internet service yet. The library is my conduit to the world, but only for 60 minutes a day.
Brennan, a Canadian, writes to ask: Do your ballots actually say Kerry/Edwards and Bush/Cheney or not?
Why yes, Brennan they do. In Boone County, Iowa at least. I specifically looked for that when I voted. In some places, however, I believe there is some fine print that says that you are actually voting for Electoral College voters who will subsequently vote for either ticket. That is technically what people vote for even when it doesn't say that on the ballot as in my precinct. A person votes for one of two groups of Electors. These Electors then cast the Electoral College votes which are what decides the presidency. So, you and Eva are both correct. Which means that I win the bet.
Brennan, a Canadian, writes to ask: Do your ballots actually say Kerry/Edwards and Bush/Cheney or not?
Why yes, Brennan they do. In Boone County, Iowa at least. I specifically looked for that when I voted. In some places, however, I believe there is some fine print that says that you are actually voting for Electoral College voters who will subsequently vote for either ticket. That is technically what people vote for even when it doesn't say that on the ballot as in my precinct. A person votes for one of two groups of Electors. These Electors then cast the Electoral College votes which are what decides the presidency. So, you and Eva are both correct. Which means that I win the bet.
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2:33 PM
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Brennan, the Canadian, says thank-you for the clear answer. In order to "collect" on this particular bet, however, you're going to have to be in Germany. The prize is a döner. Unfortunately, being in Mannheim means it won't be one of the great Berlin döners. sigh. or one of the Hamburg (4x in one night) döners.
To you and your readers, fröhliche Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch or, in North American: Happy Holidays.
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Anonymous, at 7:56 AM
Brennan - thank you has no hyphen. Sorry - I talk to Joe too much.
All I remember about kebabs etc in Berlin is being out in the cold (/snow) for ages and then going into a shop, and one of the Australian girls asking for chips "with mayo AND ketchup" - and the guy behind the counter going, "BEIDE?!". He thought she was crazy.. so did I.
Jen xxxx
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Anonymous, at 3:55 PM
Hi Jen, yes you do talk to Joe to much or, what is perhaps more important - you listen to him too much. Thank_you for the correction.
I don't see why people should recoil at such a simple request. Mayo and ketchup is a common combination here in North America and is squirted on hamburgers and hot dogs with wild abandon.
Have a merry christmas and a wet wet wet new year,
brennan
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Anonymous, at 5:52 AM
Brennan, were you drunk when you wrote that comment? Normally I understand your humor which is one of the only reasons I continue talking to you. You are, after all, canadian. But, I don't get the 'wet new year.' Because she lives in England? I don't get it.
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joe, at 4:48 PM
A couple more things. Since when do Mexicans say 'Happy Holidays?'
The kebab ('beide?') bit is weird because it's really normal to get ketchup and mayo together. They just say 'rot und weiß.'
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joe, at 5:28 PM
Still. Maybe it is because I'm English, but mayo and ketchup together is just a bit too gross. A guy at work called Masood from Egypt or somewhere has M&K on his fries, but even worse, he mixes them together to make this big lump of pink goo. It's horrific.
Jen xxx
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Anonymous, at 6:43 PM
sigh. "wet new year" as in not dry. as in alcohol.
and, as it happens, i was not (s'not) drunk when I wrote that comment.
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Anonymous, at 9:40 AM
Maybe it was just because it was raining at the time I read it, but I seriously thought the same as Joe - as in wet = rain. When people say strange things where the logic isn't quite right in England we say, "That's Irish." Maybe we should start saying, "That's Canadian."
Jen xxxx
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Anonymous, at 3:26 PM
Wet new year. Clever. I should have gotten it. A wet new year to you too, my friend.
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joe, at 10:28 AM
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