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On 6/6/2015 7:30 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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>> On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 6:03:59 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> > On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 2:11:29 AM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> >> "La Mirada" > wrote in message
>>> >> ...
>>> >> > On 6/4/2015 9:52 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> "taxed and spent" > wrote in message
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>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>> >> >>>> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 07:22:01 -0700 (PDT),
>>> >> >>>> wrote:
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>>> My husband, on hearing this study, wanted to know who puts
>>> >> >>>>> Tabasco
>>> >> >>>>> on their mashed potatoes, anyway.
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>> That was my first thought too.
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> ditto.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> Do Frenchmen even use Tabasco? Pretty simplistic flavoring.
>>> I >> >>> never
>>> >> >>> use it - I find something to add heat that adds more
>>> complexity. >> >>> But
>>> >> >>> not to mashed potatoes. Ridiculous.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I occasionally use the green jalapeno flavor but I don't even
>>> have >> >> the
>>> >> >> regular stuff in the house. I don't think I have even tried it.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Ah, that's the GOOD stuff...and of course the Chipotle as well.
>>> >>
>>> >> I don't like Chipotle.
>>> >
>>> > Then don't buy it.
>>>
>>> What makes you think I do?

>>
>> I don't think you do.
>>
>> However, I don't see the point, when someone says "I like chipotle
>> Tabasco"
>> for you to say "I don't like Chipotle". He wasn't exhorting you to buy
>> it; he was merely saying that he likes it.

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> Yet when I said that I liked the Jalapeno kind, I was told that I
> shouldn't have mentioned it.


I said the jalapeno Tabasco is hardly worth mentioning because IMHO
jalapenos aren't that hot. It was in relation to the topic, which is
men and spicy food. I never said you shouldn't have mentioned it.
Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit.

Jill

Why the double standard? And why in the
> world would you think that I thought that he wanted me to buy it? Why
> do people here treat me like I should have no opinion on things.