At 07:29 AM 8/27/01, Jeroen wrote:
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: Ronn Blankenship
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Verzonden: Monday, August 27, 2001 2:10 PM
> > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 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... :-)
Not much likelihood of that. You're not my type* on at least two counts.
(*single and female, to begin with)
>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". :-)
Depends on whether you are still in school or not.
--Ronn! :)
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