Mark Steyn: Foreign Language
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Mark Steyn: Foreign Language[^]
I was in one of those hotels where they give you The New York Times whether you want it or not. And, even if you leave it in the corridor, the maid brings it into the room and places it invitingly on the table. And, even though you ignore it, you call down for a pot of tea and the room service guy moves it to put the tray down and then drapes the paper slightly over the edge between the cup and the single flower in the mini-vase as though posed for a “Still Life of Afternoon Tea with New York Times” that fetches $1.6 million at Sotheby’s. And at that point, fearing the next stage would be when I slid into bed to be awakened 20 minutes later by the hooker from the lobby curled up on the adjoining pillow and reading Frank Rich into my ear, I gave in and opened up the paper. ...
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Mark Steyn: Foreign Language[^]
I was in one of those hotels where they give you The New York Times whether you want it or not. And, even if you leave it in the corridor, the maid brings it into the room and places it invitingly on the table. And, even though you ignore it, you call down for a pot of tea and the room service guy moves it to put the tray down and then drapes the paper slightly over the edge between the cup and the single flower in the mini-vase as though posed for a “Still Life of Afternoon Tea with New York Times” that fetches $1.6 million at Sotheby’s. And at that point, fearing the next stage would be when I slid into bed to be awakened 20 minutes later by the hooker from the lobby curled up on the adjoining pillow and reading Frank Rich into my ear, I gave in and opened up the paper. ...
It's called publicity and part of how hotels make there money.
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It's called publicity and part of how hotels make there money.
hopingToCode wrote:
It's called publicity and part of how hotels make there money.
You don't get it, do you? The part I quoted was for the sheer delight of reading it and sharing that delight should there happen to be anyone here today capable of grasping it. The meat of what Steyn said is in what I didn't quote.
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hopingToCode wrote:
It's called publicity and part of how hotels make there money.
You don't get it, do you? The part I quoted was for the sheer delight of reading it and sharing that delight should there happen to be anyone here today capable of grasping it. The meat of what Steyn said is in what I didn't quote.
I've tried to read it three times and admittedly I'm tired but it's not a very clear written piece. He jumps for point to point and it's not well structured. The point of quoting an article is to give an overview of what he will talk about so I thought that it was about the way hotel's work. Sorry I didn't have time to click it and now I have wish I hadn't. So no I don't get it and I don't want to know either I have more important and better things to do with my time.
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I've tried to read it three times and admittedly I'm tired but it's not a very clear written piece. He jumps for point to point and it's not well structured. The point of quoting an article is to give an overview of what he will talk about so I thought that it was about the way hotel's work. Sorry I didn't have time to click it and now I have wish I hadn't. So no I don't get it and I don't want to know either I have more important and better things to do with my time.