RE: The Cost Of Dating (was: RE: Europe, the US, and Environmentalism )

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Ronn Blankenship
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> Verzonden: Monday, August 27, 2001 2:10 PM
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> Onderwerp: Re: The Cost Of Dating (was: RE: Europe, the US, and
> Environmentalism )

> >Lemme guess, going out on a date is a lot cheaper in the US than it
> >is in The Netherlands.
> >
> >For comparison, a three-course meal and a few drinks in a reasonably
> >good restaurant will easily set you back NLG 50 per person. A ticket
> >to a movie theatre goes for about NLG 16 a piece.
> >
> >So, dinner & movie for two will easily cost you some NLG 125-150. How
> >much would a similar date cost me in the US?
> 
> 
> How about the much more realistic "dollar movie and McDonalds"?

How... cheap... Remind me never to go out on a date with you...   :-)

It seems we have stumbled across yet another cultural difference. You call
"dollar movie and McDonalds" a date -- we call that "a children's birthday
party".   :-)


Jeroen

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