Comments on: 11/09/2017 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6929 Tue, 20 May 2025 03:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Peter Rogan http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6929&cpage=1#comment-295952 Peter Rogan Sat, 11 Nov 2017 23:54:35 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6929#comment-295952 She and I are both writers. Her response was, I realized, arrived at beforehand, and I respect that. And she knew I would. Negotiations complete. We don't have to make a big deal out of it, any of it. She and I are both writers. Her response was, I realized, arrived at beforehand, and I respect that. And she knew I would. Negotiations complete. We don’t have to make a big deal out of it, any of it.

]]> By: ronald http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6929&cpage=1#comment-295950 ronald Sat, 11 Nov 2017 23:01:27 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6929#comment-295950 Some people would classify their pets as "extended family" so one would work as well as the other. ;-) Anyway, it can be reasonably presumed that neither the inviter nor the invitee are, you know, ROBOTS or anything of the sort so maybe it could be taken for granted that ultra-strict literalism was being dispensed with. Some people would classify their pets as “extended family” so one would work as well as the other. ;-)

Anyway, it can be reasonably presumed that neither the inviter nor the invitee are, you know, ROBOTS or anything of the sort so maybe it could be taken for granted that ultra-strict literalism was being dispensed with.

]]> By: Peter Rogan http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6929&cpage=1#comment-295948 Peter Rogan Fri, 10 Nov 2017 23:46:54 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6929#comment-295948 No good. That would include the dogs and both cats. No good. That would include the dogs and both cats.

]]> By: ronald http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6929&cpage=1#comment-295947 ronald Fri, 10 Nov 2017 07:14:28 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6929#comment-295947 "You and the other members of your household." “You and the other members of your household.”

]]> By: llirium http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6929&cpage=1#comment-295946 llirium Thu, 09 Nov 2017 15:28:37 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6929#comment-295946 Extended family... not the way I used to use the phrase, but I may start using it for this case now. :) Extended family… not the way I used to use the phrase, but I may start using it for this case now. :)

]]> By: Peter Rogan http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6929&cpage=1#comment-295945 Peter Rogan Thu, 09 Nov 2017 04:58:42 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6929#comment-295945 I know this moment. A friend of mine was in the process of falling in love with her artistic collaborator, who lived with her and her husband at the time. I wanted to invite them all to dinner, but got stuck at: "I'd like to invite you, and, uh..." "My extended family?" she smiled. Quite so. I know this moment. A friend of mine was in the process of falling in love with her artistic collaborator, who lived with her and her husband at the time. I wanted to invite them all to dinner, but got stuck at: “I’d like to invite you, and, uh…”

“My extended family?” she smiled.

Quite so.

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