On Sat, 8 May 2010 13:24:56 -0700, gtr wrote:

> On 2010-05-08 10:50:41 -0700, blake murphy said:
>
>> On Fri, 7 May 2010 09:25:02 -0700 (PDT), Food Snob® wrote:
>>
>>> Because corporations don't get to take advantage of the free
>>> "marketing" embodied in institutions like Mother's Day and Father's
>>> Day, which are blatant attempts "to train people how good they [moms
>>> and pops] are."
>>
>> um, what?
>
> I think he said: BECAUSE CORPORATIONS DON'T GET TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
> THE FREE "MARKETING" EMBODIED IN INSTITUTIONS LIKE MOTHER'S DAY AND
> FATHER'S DAY, WHICH ARE BLATANT ATTEMPTS "TO TRAIN PEOPLE HOW GOOD THEY
> [MOMS AND POPS] ARE."

oh, i heard him all right. it just didn't seem to make a whole lot of
sense.

your pal,
blake