Kaly's Rebuttal

-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 2:02 PM
Subject: RE: Why I Am the Most Normal Hong Kid

>1. Souris and Lobo clearly have a better shot at winning "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" than you because you know virtually nothing about pop culture or sports.
Boy are you wrong there. I read "Entertainment Weekly" and "People" and know everything about pop culture. As for sports, I can converse about football, baseball, soccer AND basketball well.
>2. More people ride bicycles (like Hani) than are compelled to walk ninety New York city blocks for any reason under the sun.
Not 500 MILES worth of bicycle riding in 1 week. And by walking in NY I am a) getting the daily recommended allowance of exercise and 2) not polluting the air with your Toyota Corolla that you drive aimlessly around for hours.
>3. With respect to quirks that make you..."normal" as you put it, these are just some that come to mind that no "normal" person of my acquaintance does: 1) shush everyone in elevators and not talk; 2) carry a heavy-ass Kitchen Aid from Virginia to New York even though Hani offered to take it for you; 3) talk to my umbrella; and 4) NAME my umbrella.
1) First rule of elevator etiquette: you're not supposed to talk on elevators b/c it's a small, enclosed space and you are forcing complete strangers to be a part of your conversation which is not polite (like using a cell phone on a public bus or in a restaurant)
2) The kitchen aid weighed 10 pounds. Lighter than my luggage. It went on the bus then directly onto a cab. There was no major lifting involved.
3) My umbrella comes from a distinguished firm of James SMith & Sons at 53 New Oxford Street in London (est. 1764) and has a finer pedigree than anyone I know and is eminently more sensible than 95% of the people I know. She is named in honor of Charlotte Bronte, you ignoramous as a way of commemorating a very great woman.
>4. And finally (this is the clincher), why you couldn't be the most normal Hong kid: Remember when we were kids and we were helping Mom bring stuff in from her car and you said, "Why can't we have a normal mom?" Do you remember what Souris said? Yes, that's right; she said, "If we did, we wouldn't have you."
Souris clearly has inferiority issues to me.