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by Salsero » Sep 11th, '08, 01:11

scruffmcgruff wrote: I don't even want to know where this is going.
Could you just let me off at the next stop, driver?

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by Geekgirl » Sep 11th, '08, 01:28

scruffmcgruff wrote:
GeekgirlUnveiled wrote:5 children people. Wonder if they all came out the normal way?
I don't even want to know where this is going.
You KNOW women think about these things, right? You KNOW this room is co-ed, right?

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by Mary R » Sep 11th, '08, 09:24

Ha! :lol:

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by fencerdenoctum » Sep 11th, '08, 21:48

I really like tea.

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by Ed » Sep 11th, '08, 23:53

I prefer coffee.

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by bi lew chun » Sep 18th, '08, 20:07

scruffmcgruff wrote:DON'T YOU LIBERAL IDIOTS KNOW HOW BAD PLASTIC IS FOR YOU???!!!! YOU MUST BE DRINKING TOO MUCH BRAIN-DAMAGE-CAUSING CHINESE TEA!!!!! STUPID IDIOT ADMINS!!!!!!
Sounds like an asshole who commented on one of my blog posts.

And I didn't get one of these spoons with my O-Cha order. Maybe because I got a sakura bark scoop.

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by Chip » Sep 18th, '08, 20:15

Trust me, you would likely never use it anyway.

Speaking of O-Cha packaging. I got the all new Yame Gyokuro and the Chiran Yutaka Midori today. You gotta love Japanese packaging, seriously. I always feel like I bought myself a present with the beautiful nitro flushed foil bags.

I keep these, for what I have no idea, but I can't just throw them away. I guess it is kind of similar to how pu collectors keep there wrappers.
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by Sydney » Sep 18th, '08, 20:32

I also have a hard time parting ways with some vendor packaging. Some of the best really seem like a treat.

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by Pentox » Sep 18th, '08, 20:52

I don't know, I like Japanese packaging on the onset, but when I think about it, it's one of those things where you realize that you're paying for it in the end. Yes it's really pretty, but do you like the notion that you're paying more for it just to be pretty. As compared to say a lupicia bag w/o the frills and just a sticker slapped on it.

(Note, this is in reference purely to the outward facing portion of the packaging, i.e. non functional portion.) Nitro flushed airtight bags are always welcome and I welcome paying for that as it has a functional benefit.

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by Sydney » Sep 18th, '08, 20:53

I can live with paying for pretty. :D

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by Chip » Sep 18th, '08, 21:20

LOL, it is a lot cheaper than an excessively pretty wife who spends tooo much money on pampering.

I can only say, I may pay for the packaging, but it brings a smile to my face each time, truly cheap pleasure.
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by Geekgirl » Sep 18th, '08, 21:22

My matcha from Ippodo was so nicely wrapped it almost seemed naughty to take the paper off the tin! :lol:

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by brandon » Sep 18th, '08, 22:09

GeekgirlUnveiled wrote:My matcha from Ippodo was so nicely wrapped it almost seemed naughty to take the paper off the tin! :lol:
Yep, I felt bad throwing the wrapping out. My first o-cha package, on the other hand, came unceremoniously wrapped in the crumpled pages of the Japanese paper's adult entertainment section.

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by Geekgirl » Sep 18th, '08, 22:49

brandon wrote:wrapped in the crumpled pages of the Japanese paper's adult entertainment section.
ROTFL!!! did you throw that one out? :twisted:

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by Salsero » Sep 19th, '08, 00:02

GeekgirlUnveiled wrote: ROTFL!!! did you throw that one out? :twisted:
Actually, I think he photographed it and put it somewhere where we were able to see it. Pretty funny stuff. I guess Kevin knows more about Brandon than we do! If we ask nicely, the file may still be around somewhere that he could link us to it.

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