[tinapbeana]

all this talk about mcmansions got me going down memory lane!

1. i dated a guy in college who's folks were, um, well off. he a patent lawyer, she an international sales rep for the makers of prozac. they had a ginormous house with a 4(5?) car garage, his & her porsches, and i think i counted 7 different seating areas (i.e. what one might call a den, or living room). they had a theater room complete with ticket booth. why is this funny? cause they bought their beer (heineken) at Sams in bulk cases. picture the gigantic flatbed carts at sams, and that's what they would haul beer around in. In fact, sams had a limit on how much beer any 1 person could buy, so he and she would each get their own cart and check out separately so they could buy double the limit of beer. ACK!

2. one of the customers at the cigar store has a cheesy mcmansion w/ 18 ft ceilings in the foyer, and a light fixture right at the top. my folks went over for a party one night and my mom mentioned that it must be a pain to clean the light in the foyer, and the customer said "Oh, that's Maria's job (meaning the maid)". My mom looked at him like he was nuts and said something to the effect that not everyone can afford a maid and therefore she must be the Maria for their house. Now when she does work around the house she says todya is her day to be Maria the maid, Jorge the gardener, Pepe the pool boy, etc! *g*