November 15, 2004
Like the Groucho theory but sicker.
What is it about the words 'secret', 'private' and 'limited' that drives people (including me, don't get me wrong) insane?
My ex-boyfriend is a wine guy and his job in Boston had him setting up wine tastings and ordering the wine for his store. One Saturday morning, I stopped by his store and overheard the following exchange:
Representative for a winemaker: So, these bottles are only for your special customers. They're really inexpensive for what they are, so keep them secret.Ex: Ok, I have some people in mind to offer these to.
Me: Give me five bottles right now.
Well, I'm off to a top secret meeting tonight that I'm basically crashing because they didn't get back to my friend in time to see if I can get an invite. I'm most looking forward to the secret party on Wednesday and can't wait to go to that not-very-secret monthly secret event (named after a Clinton/Gore operative) that is getting harder and harder to attend. See you there?
Posted by Karol at November 15, 2004 05:14 PM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags:
It's that very thing that allows Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Columbia to charge 40,000 a year for the same education you could get at a state school for 5K.
Posted by: Dawn Summers at November 15, 2004 05:38 PMHave you noticed how much caché Gmail accounts carried for a while there? I think it's over now, because basically all humans (and most pets, and about half of all pieces of furniture [not counting Ikea stuff]) have Gmail accounts by now. But back when they were scarce, they were pretty hot stuff.
Huh. I guess there might be something to that supply-and-demand stuff after all.
Posted by: Jeff Harrell at November 15, 2004 06:15 PMHave fun storming the castle!
Posted by: Shawn at November 15, 2004 09:21 PM"the same education you could get at a state school for 5K"
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
Posted by: Rick Blaine at November 16, 2004 05:22 PM
