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From: carson@homxa.UUCP (P.CARSTENSEN)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: The Definition of a Class Act
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Date: Wed, 31-Oct-84 17:35:22 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 31 17:35:22 1984
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I have two additions and one amendment to the definition of a class act:

(1) (Due to my grandmother, actually) A class act is someone who will
help with the dishes after a dinner party (or not butt in, as
necessary...More generally, class acts help out with the unpleasant
chores that have to be done, without acting martyred about it, except
of course when you really have to work out aggressions by doing it
yourself....

(2) a class act can organize and execute a "get" that totally amuses all
the getters and doesn't leave the "gettee" hurt or angry...(FYI, a "get"
is a prank pulled on someone to celebrate birthdays,etc...examples
I've been involved in are the presentation of instant hunk kits and
hot and cold bullsh*t dispensers, kidnappings to sleezy ice cream
parlors where they bring out the BIG drum and sing happy birthday as
if you are part of the 1 meter bunch still, and belly-grams sent to
classrooms....)

(3)Amendment: Not just when and if your folks got off the boat, but
which boat they might have gotten off of...(where I come from,
everyone's ancestor boat arrived at pretty much the same time...)

Patty