On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 2:50:26 PM UTC-8, Jeßus wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:25:20 -0800 (PST),
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> >On Sunday, February 9, 2014 8:40:43 PM UTC-8, Jeßus wrote:
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> >> On Sun, 9 Feb 2014 17:20:20 -0800, "Julie Bove"
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> >> Kalmia is looking for the best fast chicken.
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> >> I suggested Nandos, which I know is very good and has outlets in the
> >> U.S. Look at the other replies, offering alternatives to Chik Fil-a...
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> >> Contrast that with your reply:
> >> "We don't have them here and I don't recall ever seeing one, so can't
> >> help you there."
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> >> Do you always reply with answers that in no way at all help answer a
> >> question?

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> >In this instance, Julie could be any Usenet poster. I checked, and Nando's
> >locations are placed in amazingly tight proximity to D.C. Therefore, mentioning
> >their existence is unlikely to be helpful to any one US poster, meaning a
> >snippy response from a random reader is only to be expected.
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> I don't really follow the logic, but OK.

Let's say you were looking for a discount electronics store, and I said I
knew a fantastic one that had branches in Australia.

And you got all excited, only to learn they were all in and around Perth.

How might you respond?