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Posted: **Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:10 pm**

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:
Or money laundering, one or the other

But do they sell stuff from China?

I know there's Lacoste tat in there, so oh my yes.

Posted: **Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:16 pm**

Gallade wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
But do they sell stuff from China?

I know there's Lacoste tat in there, so oh my yes.

I was mostly going for a jab at the saying that Chinese restaurants/stores sometimes serving as fronts for money laundering.

Valentine Z wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
But do they sell stuff from China?

Stuff from China itself is a weird mix. There are some things that worked as well as its price tag, i.e. breaks easily. Other times, they last for extraordinary long periods of time that I have to wonder what I just bought.

I have flashlights that broke within a few weeks, while there are Tiger-brand ones that took multiple hits and was still kicking.

Quite true. I sometimes buy stuff from Wish, and IIRC, Wish's storefronts are all in China. Some of their merchandise is quite well made and lasts a long time, other not so much and it can be a bit of a lottery on how good the quality of what you buy is.

Posted: **Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:18 pm**

Sometimes I really want to act like a grouchy old man. But then I remember that I'm not old, and generally not that grouchy either.

Posted: **Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:22 pm**

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Gallade wrote:I know there's Lacoste tat in there, so oh my yes.

I was mostly going for a jab at the saying that Chinese restaurants/stores sometimes serving as fronts for money laundering. :p

Whoops, my funny bone doesn't reliably kick in until 10am!

In my defence, the skit for the Chinese is cocaine and after trading hours booze in my neck of the woods. :p

Posted: **Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:23 pm**

Gallade wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
I was mostly going for a jab at the saying that Chinese restaurants/stores sometimes serving as fronts for money laundering.

Whoops, my funny bone doesn't reliably kick in until 10am!

In my defence, the skit for the Chinese is cocaine and after trading hours booze in my neck of the woods.

It's ok, lady. I don't wake up properly until noon. xD

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:15 am**

Quarter of an hour into the workday and already two lengthy cross-office work-irrelevant political diatribes by the higher-ups.

I've reconciled myself to the fact that if I participated I'd probably get fired so it's better to keep schtum, but still, shush.

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 2:42 am**

Ethel mermania wrote:
Gallade wrote:Reminds me of an inappropriately high end clothes store in my old Irish home town, which is resolutely working class. On the high street, opened during the height of the recession, have not seen a single person in there apart from a very bored looking sales clerk in those ten years, and I visit home a lot. Still somehow in business.

Some business models must surely involve pacts with demons.

Or money laundering, one or the other

Someone say money laundering?

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 3:45 am**

Esternial wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Or money laundering, one or the other

Someone say money laundering?

How else are you going to make the bloodstained money earned with narcotics, human trafficking and terrorism squeaky clean again? For more information, call ING.

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:08 am**

Asking a friend for a loan to have money to eat for is reasonable, but it still won't stop making me feel terrible.

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:34 am**

Esternial wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:
Or money laundering, one or the other

Someone say money laundering?

Bad boys bad boys,
What ya going to do
When the alpaca comes for you.

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:01 am**

Ethel mermania wrote:
Esternial wrote:Someone say money laundering?

Bad boys bad boys,
What ya going to do
When the alpaca comes for you.

I guess I'm on the llama.

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:13 am**

My cat is either happy it’s Friday or she wants something. Powerful purrs.

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:15 am**

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:My cat is either happy it’s Friday or she wants something. Powerful purrs.

Let's hope she's happy that it's Friday.

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:23 am**

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:My cat is either happy it’s Friday or she wants something. Powerful purrs.

She wants the wi-fi password.

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:25 am**

The Holy Therns wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:My cat is either happy it’s Friday or she wants something. Powerful purrs.

She wants the wi-fi password.

She can’t have it. Last time she did, she ordered a lot of salmon treats. And kitty porn.

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:26 am**

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:My cat is either happy it’s Friday or she wants something. Powerful purrs.

IIRC, powerful purring usually means "Just lay down the tuna and back away quietly or the soft furnishings get it"

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:28 am**

The Free Joy State wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:My cat is either happy it’s Friday or she wants something. Powerful purrs.

IIRC, powerful purring usually means "Just lay down the tuna and back away quietly and your soft furnishings will live"

Jokes on her. She was declawed by her former owners.

She calmed down as soon as I sat down and pet her head. She’s attention whoring this morning.

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:29 am**

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
The Holy Therns wrote:
She wants the wi-fi password.

She can’t have it. Last time she did, she ordered a lot of salmon treats. And kitty porn.

It was a catastrophe.

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:29 am**

The blAAtschApen wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
She can’t have it. Last time she did, she ordered a lot of salmon treats. And kitty porn.

It was a catastrophe.

Of purrwerful propurrtions.

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:29 am**

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
The Free Joy State wrote:IIRC, powerful purring usually means "Just lay down the tuna and back away quietly and your soft furnishings will live"

Jokes on her. She was declawed by her former owners.

She calmed down as soon as I sat down and pet her head. She’s attention whoring this morning.

Give her the wifi password and introduce her to TET then.

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:31 am**

The blAAtschApen wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Jokes on her. She was declawed by her former owners.

She calmed down as soon as I sat down and pet her head. She’s attention whoring this morning.

Give her the wifi password and introduce her to TET then.

I think we have enough of that as it is for my cat to add her fur to the mix.

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:47 am**

Pax Nerdvana wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:

Bad boys bad boys,
What ya going to do
When the alpaca comes for you.

I guess I'm on the llama.

Hello dalai

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:55 am**

The blAAtschApen wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Jokes on her. She was declawed by her former owners.

She calmed down as soon as I sat down and pet her head. She’s attention whoring this morning.

Give her the wifi password and introduce her to TET then.

Nana doesn't need the competition

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:56 am**

Ethel mermania wrote:
The blAAtschApen wrote:
Give her the wifi password and introduce her to TET then.

Nana doesn't need the competition

Et tu, Ethel, et tu? ;_;

Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 7:18 am**

The Holy Therns wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:My cat is either happy it’s Friday or she wants something. Powerful purrs.

She wants the wi-fi password.

Who deosn't want the wifi password?

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