[thechat] Stocking the bar

[Judah McAuley]

Hassan Schroeder wrote:
> Erika Meyer wrote:
> 
>> Again, I drew a lot of customers who just liked me.  Some even 
>> followed me when I changed jobs, even changing from a micro-brewery to 
>> a bowling ally.
> 
> 
> "liked" you? "micro-brewery to *bowling alley*?"
> 
> Have any scientific studies been done of your pheromone levels, or
> subconscious hypnotic powers, or anything?  :-)

Erika is pretty hot :-)  This reminds me that I need to drag my ass up 
to Portland for a beervolt again soon.  Now I just have to convince 
clients to pay their invoices...

> Or is "like" a Portland euphemism for "obsessive stalking"?
> 
> Not that there's anything wrong with bowling alleys, mind you...

You also have to understand that *everywhere* in Portland has good beer, 
including bowling alleys.  It's like fluoridation in the drinking water 
except that it isn't controversial.  Good beer (and coffee and wine) is 
so pervasive in many parts of Oregon that there is this weird backlash 
that gives cred to places that go out of their way to serve bad beer and 
coffee.  PBR, for instance, has a certain allure about it due to its low 
class associations.  Kind of a beverage anti-gentrification movement.  I 
  try to avoid romanticising bad beer, but I will admit to a certain 
fondness for warm PBR in the right mood and place.

So to answer your question, yes, "like" is a euphemism for "obsessive 
stalking" but in a mellow, inclusive, West Coast sort of way :-)

Judah