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Stunned waitress gets Porsche as tip in Sweden
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| Thursday, August 18, 2005
Posted on 08/18/2005 10:17:52 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway; Monty Python
Well I think it was really nice of him. He had the car, didnt use it and found a nice person to give it too. There doesnt have to be any other motive than that.
He was happy to have made her day, and she was happy to be given a generous gift. It can be as simple as that. : )
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posted on
08/18/2005 11:32:30 AM PDT
by
Rose of Sharn
(I get the best answers when i talk to myself!)
To: DCPatriot
It was a Hooters...wasn't it? I think you mean "Høøtërs" - this is Sweden, after all.
:^)
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posted on
08/18/2005 11:32:41 AM PDT
by
general_re
("Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith, but in doubt." - Reinhold Niebuhr)
To: nickcarraway
"I was just sitting there in the restaurant and looked her in the eyes and saw an angel and thought to myself the Porsche, she should have it, he said."
sigh.... Oh well, she can drive it until it breaks down. Hopefully she will get enough use out of it to make it worth what she will have to pay to have it towed to the dump afterwords. I am surprised the electrical system works at all. The one I know of never did.
If he really thought she was an angel he wouldn't have saddled her with this piece of junk. The paper should call her next week and see if she is still happy with her new car. Hopefully she will be.
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posted on
08/18/2005 11:33:16 AM PDT
by
monday
To: absolootezer0
Heres a picture of the same type/year porsche she was given.
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posted on
08/18/2005 11:42:46 AM PDT
by
Rose of Sharn
(I get the best answers when i talk to myself!)
To: nickcarraway
When I was waiting tables, I had all kinds of offers. All kinds.
I took up some of them. I got to fly in sport planes, ride in sailboats, and even got job offers...one as a stock broker.
If I weren't pursuing a career in comedy as well as paying the bills with a regular job, I would be back to waiting tables. If you get in a good place, it can be a lot of fun.
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posted on
08/18/2005 11:43:48 AM PDT
by
Sensei Ern
(Christian, Comedian, Husband,Opa, Dog Owner, former Cat Co-dweller, and all around good guy.)
To: monday
Its a gift horse.
It may only be a 4K porshe but she has transportation and it is all hers.
Who knows, this "feel good" story may get her 15 minutes converted to a modeling career or perhaps Porshe HQ will notice it and see her as a good promoter.
Either way, it was a good deed even if nothing else comes of this. (though I did think it was just neato that her father went along to chaparone the pickup.)
To: Jack of all Trades
That's a 26 year old car...not 16...
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posted on
08/18/2005 11:51:28 AM PDT
by
RockinRight
(Democrats - Trying to make an a$$ out of America since 1933)
To: Snardius
Kinda like saying that
this isn't a woman:
![](http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9806/08/tonys.cnn/link.rosie.odonnell.jpg)
THIS s a woman!
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posted on
08/18/2005 11:53:00 AM PDT
by
RockinRight
(Democrats - Trying to make an a$$ out of America since 1933)
To: doug from upland
ROFLMAO!
I was thinking to myself as I came upon your post: when I was selling auto parts the same part that fits an Audi Fox and a VW Rabbit also goes on a 924 but the cost is 3 times with the Porcse part number instead of the Audi/VW number.
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posted on
08/18/2005 11:53:34 AM PDT
by
ChefKeith
(If Diplomacy worked, then we would be sitting here talking.)
To: RockinRight
![](http://www.screensavershot.com/persons2/laurapre.jpg)
I would actually let this beauty sit in the drivers seat...without the keys, of course.
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posted on
08/18/2005 11:56:47 AM PDT
by
Snardius
To: ChefKeith
but the cost is 3 times with the Porcse part number instead of the Audi/VW number. That's called the "Porsche Tax"
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posted on
08/18/2005 11:57:48 AM PDT
by
Snardius
To: RockinRight
Dang, time sure flies, doesn't it?
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To: nickcarraway
![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000068U01.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
"I don't tip because society says I have to. All right, if someone deserves a tip, if they really put forth an effort, I'll give them something a little something extra. But this tipping automatically, it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned, they're just doing their job."
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:09:30 PM PDT
by
Undertow
To: Undertow
I was thinking of that when I first saw the article.
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:10:24 PM PDT
by
nickcarraway
(I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
To: ChefKeith
Porsche really screwed up by putting their logo on that car.
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:11:11 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(The Hillary documentary is coming -- INDICTING HILLARY)
To: Riley
It's kind of cool making somebody's whole week.
Precisely! This is a nice gesture.
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:11:39 PM PDT
by
andyk
(Go Matt Kenseth!)
To: Snardius
>>I would actually let this beauty sit in the drivers seat...<<
In my LAP!!!
To: longtermmemmory
"It may only be a 4K porshe but she has transportation and it is all hers."
It's not a 4,000 dollar Porsche. It's worth at most $100. Since ANY repairs will cost more than $100 on a Porsche, and since that model has a terrible reputation for unreliability, anyone who knows the cars would be reluctant to take one even for free. I will agree that the gesture was a nice one, but not as nice as the article would lead you to believe.
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:33:12 PM PDT
by
monday
To: nickcarraway
I hope it wasn't his wife's car.
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:33:24 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
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