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Default LA Times Food Critic Outed Pt. II

On Jan 1, 9:50*am, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:44:14 -0800, Steve B wrote:
> > "Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
> .. .
> >> On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:00:56 -0800, "Steve B"
> >> > wrote:

>
> >>>And secret shoppers are much more objective than a restaurant critic,
> >>>which
> >>>starts out with a negative connotation of criticism.

>
> >>>Steve

>
> >> Did you sleep all the way through high school?

>
> >> Boron

>
> > No, then I went on to college with 12 credits carried over from high school.

>
> > A secret shopper goes in to evaluate. *A food critic goes in to criticize.
> > That's why they don't call secret shoppers secret critics. *Did you get it
> > that time?

>
> > No?

>
> > sigh .................

>
> 1a : one who expresses a reasoned opinion on any matter especially
> involving a judgment of its value, truth, righteousness, beauty, or
> technique b : one who engages often professionally in the analysis,
> evaluation, or appreciation of works of art or artistic performances
>
> 2: one given to harsh or captious judgment
>
> ...so you're full of shit. *did you get *out* of college?


I thought Boron was calling attention to the stupidly constructed
sentence, "And secret shoppers are much more objective than a
restaurant critic, which starts out with a negative connotation of
criticism."
>
> blake


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