Lonely Planet rebuts 'fake' claim

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7346101.stm

snip

He says that after having sex with a waitress on a table after hours,
he reviewed the restaurant with the words "the table service is
friendly".

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"youarethecheekyboys" <michaelnewport@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7346101.stm
>
> snip
>
> He says that after having sex with a waitress on a table after hours,
> he reviewed the restaurant with the words "the table service is
> friendly".
>

Sounds reasonable to me...

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

In article <ftvnlj$bi3$1@registered.motzarella.org>,
"William Black" <william.black@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> "youarethecheekyboys" <michaelnewport@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:968fe3a2-f837-4bbf-9e97-57ef129356c6@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7346101.stm
> >
> > snip
> >
> > He says that after having sex with a waitress on a table after hours,
> > he reviewed the restaurant with the words "the table service is
> > friendly".
> >
>
> Sounds reasonable to me...

If anything, it is an understatement.

On Apr 14, 4:01 pm, Kurt Ullman <kurtull...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In article <ftvnlj$bi...@registered.motzarella.org>,
>  "William Black" <william.bl...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > "youarethecheekyboys" <michaelnewp...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:968fe3a2-f837-4bbf-9e97-57ef129356c6@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...=

> > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7346101.stm
>
> > > snip
>
> > > He says that after having sex with a waitress on a table after hours,
> > > he reviewed the restaurant with the words "the table service is
> > > friendly".
>
> > Sounds reasonable to me...
>
>   If anything, it is an understatement.

You don't know if the waitress was good or not, so it's hard to tell
if the review was accurate.

B;

On 14 Apr, 16:20, Mister B <jeremyrh....@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Apr 14, 4:01 pm, Kurt Ullman <kurtull...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > In article <ftvnlj$bi...@registered.motzarella.org>,
> > "William Black" <william.bl...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > > "youarethecheekyboys" <michaelnewp...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > >news:968fe3a2-f837-4bbf-9e97-57ef129356c6@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7346101.stm
>
> > > > snip
>
> > > > He says that after having sex with a waitress on a table after hours,
> > > > he reviewed the restaurant with the words "the table service is
> > > > friendly".
>
> > > Sounds reasonable to me...
>
> > If anything, it is an understatement.
>
> You don't know if the waitress was good or not, so it's hard to tell
> if the review was accurate.
>
> B;

..she also got a great 'tip' (according to the author)...

"Mister B" <jeremyrh.geo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Apr 14, 4:01 pm, Kurt Ullman <kurtull...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In article <ftvnlj$bi...@registered.motzarella.org>,
> "William Black" <william.bl...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > "youarethecheekyboys" <michaelnewp...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:968fe3a2-f837-4bbf-9e97-57ef129356c6@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7346101.stm
>
> > > snip
>
> > > He says that after having sex with a waitress on a table after hours,
> > > he reviewed the restaurant with the words "the table service is
> > > friendly".
>
> > Sounds reasonable to me...
>
> If anything, it is an understatement.

You don't know if the waitress was good or not, so it's hard to tell
if the review was accurate.

-------------------------------

Good or not is irrelevant.

The word used was 'friendly'...

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

William Black did not wrote:

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the
shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser
gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to
die."

From "Blade Runner" (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep)

With kind regards,
Henk de Jong

http://www.hsdejong.nl/
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"Henk de Jong" <henk@nospam-hsdejong.nl> wrote in message
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> William Black did not wrote:
>
> "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off
> the
> shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the
> Tannhauser
> gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to
> die."
>
> From "Blade Runner" (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep)

It's Bladerunner, all one word...


--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

youarethecheekyboys wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7346101.stm
>
> snip
>
> He says that after having sex with a waitress on a table after hours,
> he reviewed the restaurant with the words "the table service is
> friendly".
>
> snip

It wasn't much of a rebuttal at that web site.

I remember being in China once and the LP guide book was hopelessly out
of date despite being an up-to-date edition in terms of publication
date. I checked subsequent editions which had the same errors. I.e., one
hotel I was looking for had not only changed names several years
earlier, but even the street that it was on had changed names. Try
telling a taxi driver to take you to a non-existent hotel on a
non-existent street.

"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
news:48037cf2$0$36348$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
> youarethecheekyboys wrote:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7346101.stm
>>
>> snip
>>
>> He says that after having sex with a waitress on a table after hours,
>> he reviewed the restaurant with the words "the table service is
>> friendly".
>>
>> snip
>
> It wasn't much of a rebuttal at that web site.
>
> I remember being in China once and the LP guide book was hopelessly out of
> date despite being an up-to-date edition in terms of publication date. I
> checked subsequent editions which had the same errors. I.e., one hotel I
> was looking for had not only changed names several years earlier, but even
> the street that it was on had changed names. Try telling a taxi driver to
> take you to a non-existent hotel on a non-existent street.

It works in India.

They change the street names more often than they change their shoes but
everyone usually uses the old names anyway...

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

On Apr 14, 8:52 am, SMS <scharf.ste...@geemail.com> wrote:
> youarethecheekyboys wrote:
> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7346101.stm
>
> > snip
>
> > He says that after having sex with a waitress on a table after hours,
> > he reviewed the restaurant with the words "the table service is
> > friendly".
>
> > snip
>
> It wasn't much of a rebuttal at that web site.
>
> I remember being in China once and the LP guide book was hopelessly out
> of date despite being an up-to-date edition in terms of publication
> date. I checked subsequent editions which had the same errors. I.e., one
> hotel I was looking for had not only changed names several years
> earlier, but even the street that it was on had changed names. Try
> telling a taxi driver to take you to a non-existent hotel on a
> non-existent street.

A hotel with a different name on a different street? I am guessing
you were looking for the wrong hotel.

PeterL wrote:
> On Apr 14, 8:52 am, SMS <scharf.ste...@geemail.com> wrote:
>> youarethecheekyboys wrote:
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7346101.stm
>>> snip
>>> He says that after having sex with a waitress on a table after hours,
>>> he reviewed the restaurant with the words "the table service is
>>> friendly".
>>> snip
>> It wasn't much of a rebuttal at that web site.
>>
>> I remember being in China once and the LP guide book was hopelessly out
>> of date despite being an up-to-date edition in terms of publication
>> date. I checked subsequent editions which had the same errors. I.e., one
>> hotel I was looking for had not only changed names several years
>> earlier, but even the street that it was on had changed names. Try
>> telling a taxi driver to take you to a non-existent hotel on a
>> non-existent street.
>
> A hotel with a different name on a different street? I am guessing
> you were looking for the wrong hotel.

Nope, it still existed, and I ended up staying there. It had reverted to
its pre-Cultural Revolution name, as had the street it was located on.