<p>An little article about hobknobbingwith snobs at Princeton: [Lost</a> in the Meritocracy - The Atlantic (January/February 2005)](<a href=“http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200501/kirn]Lost”>Lost in the Meritocracy - The Atlantic)
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fraser, snort all you want, but make sure you keep that pinky finger up. No sagging, now!</p>
<p>This thread has been one of the most entertaining I have ever read on CC. I can’t decide whether to laugh or cry but I will admit that the sum of the posts have had me laughing so hard that tears are running down my cheeks anyway! </p>
<p>OP…you seem like you may be related to ParentofIvyHopeful…similar story of sorts. If so, PLEASE let your D go to whichever school she wants. I think she wants MIT the most. She has achieved so much. Please let her soar! </p>
<p>Disclaimer…my kid is at MIT but that is not my reason. I think POIH’s D really wanted MIT. This OP says it too.</p>
<p>Oh my. So sad it’s funny. Where is ViolaDad???</p>
<p>I got it, too, geek-mom. S1 loved Star Wars when he was younger, and I have watched all of the movies many, many times. The things we do for our kids! When the first SM movie came out years ago, I didn’t like it.</p>
<p>OK, OP, hopefully by now you realize that being a snob (or hobnobbing with snobs) is not something that is admired. Unless, of course, you are one of those Real Housewives people?</p>
<p>Wow, I just joined This has been quite entertaining but I have questions. What does “OP” stand for? What is meant by “■■■■■”? Thanks.</p>
<p>OP = Orginal Poster (in this thread ArpMom2009 )</p>
<p>according to wikipedia</p>
<p>An** Internet ■■■■■**, or simply ■■■■■ in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response[1] or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.</p>
<p>Thank you, PRJ, for mentioning this thread in the Passover thread. I’d never have stumbled into it otherwise. Why is this thread different from all other threads?? Oh wait, we don’t have to ask that til tomorrow (sorry-- bad Passover reference for all you snobs who don’t get it).</p>
<p>And please pass the pretzels. Won’t be able to eat them after tomorrow…</p>
<p>geekmom, pinky is perky as all get-out. Can’t control all sagging, sad to say.</p>
<p>jym626 – Hahaha! I’m busy turning bottled water into my fine cabernet over here in celebration of Easter this weekend.</p>
<p>jym, I get it. I was wondering where you were for the festivities. Sorry, I’m blond and a little slow.</p>
<p>^^^ Hey are you sharing, bblfraser? Can I have a swig? And where did you study oenology? P’ton??</p>
<p>Well, Ga2012mom, why didn’t ya shout out to me and invite me to the party? Too good for us in the “lower” counties?? Wait… you guys make the moonshine up there behind the rusty trucks, stacks of old tires and cars up on boxes. Pour me a shot and pass the milkduds… please. (I learned my manners at the cotillion)</p>
<p>We have some truly deranged people on CC. :)</p>
<p>jym626, you’re quite welcome!</p>
<p>I’m absolutely sharing. And my mixological savvy comes from many years of earnest, hands-on (on the bottle) research. It’s an endless pursuit, but somebody has to do it (that would be me).</p>
<p>And, yes, I’m sharing absolut as well. I’m no snob.</p>
<p>Okay…I am obviously a “less than frequent” poster on this forum…but I really do like the way you guys think!!! So PLEASE keep me in the loop.</p>
<p>I have gone from Jack & Diet Coke to my fav Kendall Jackson Chardonnay…just thinking about the absurdity of this post.</p>
<p>Now…what is boggling the mind now…is WHERE is the OP!!! He/she has not come back for a while!!!</p>
<p>I think the OP may be out buying pearls, white gloves and a button down white cardigan at the nearby 24 hour Wal Mart</p>