George Leppla wrote:
> This year the GGC Committee (in it's infinite wisdom) has chosen me (against
> my better judgment) to be the travel agent for the GGC2007. No good deed
> goes unpunished so I will thank the Committee now while I am still in a good
> mood and before all the trolls, ne'er do wells, odd-wads and pot-stirrers
> spring into action and try to ruin my usually sunny disposition.
>
> Take a look at http://cruisemaster.com/pride.htm
>
> For those of youse who are too lazy to click on the link... this is what is
> happening....
>
> Date: April 29, 2007
>
> Ship: Carnival Pride
>
> Itinerary: 7 night Mexican Riviera (fancy way of saying Mazatlan, Acapulco
> and Cabo San Lucas)
>
> Departing from: Los Angeles, California
>
> (CALIFORNIA???? Sheesh... that is all the way over there on the left side
> of the map! You really expect me to go all the way over there for a
> cruise???)
>
> PRICES: Yeah we got prices..... everybody's got prices. They are what they
> are but not everyone is going to offer you......
>
> $100 per cabin in ship credit
>
> And if you book a balcony cabin in June, not everyone is going to give you a
> $50 additional discount.
>
> AMENITIES: What? $150 bucks ain't enough for you? Getting greedy in your
> old age? OK.. I got your amenities right here....
>
> You get a T-shirt with a logo. No, we don't have a logo yet but sooner or
> later we'll get around to getting one. I know a kid who is taking a Graphic
> Arts course in Summer School and I think he will work cheap.
>
> You get to drink yourself purple at a cocktail party. Hey... free booze
> can't be all bad. You can drink for one hour or until you pass out...
> whatever comes first. Oh... if we only get about 20 people or so, the
> cocktail party might be held in my cabin and we can split a few bottles of
> Mad Dog 20-20 and Two Buck Chuck while eating room service BLT sandwiches.
> Do I know how to have a good time or what!
>
> And you will get the usual bag of junk.... I mean... goodies, like name
> badges, door signs, lanyards. Most of them will say GGC2007..... some
> might say ACME MEAT MARKET (hey.... they were cheap on Ebay). What do you
> care... they are free!
>
> Onboard credits, discounts, booze, shirts..... how can you resist such a
> deal?
>
> One more thing... don't all of youse be buying the cheap-o inside 4A cabins.
> I don't make any money on those as it is, never mind giving you "amenities"
> worth tens of dollars per person. Break loose for once in your life and get
> a decent cabin ABOVE the water line... one with a window. I gotta make a
> living here... I don't do this for my health.
>
> http://cruisemaster.com/pride.htm Call now... operators are standing by.
>
> OK... now here is the part where the Barney Fife Spam-cops start howling
> about ads on r.t.c. HEY - BYTE ME! Kwitcherbitchin and go on a cruise
> instead of sitting there in your underwear looking at that monitor and
> drooling your oatmeal down your chin. GET A LIFE. You might even consider
> crawling out from under your rock and going on the r.t.c. GGC2007 with us...
> you know... out in public with other people on a cruise and having fun?
>
> George Leppla
>
> April 29, 2007 GGC2007 http://cruisemaster.com/pride.htm
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>
Shame I don't fly. I'd like to go just to meet George!
Clay |