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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-03-08 12:34 PM
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A question of morality and "schadenfreude".....
Whenever Obama doesn't win a state, my sister (a Hillary supporter) calls me up to say "too bad". She's a big Patriots fan. Now, if they lose today, would it be really evil of me to giver her a little ringy-dingy?
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-03-08 12:39 PM
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1. NO!
I used to have a relative who would ring me up when the Skins lost...Sometimes at halftime, and then the Skins would come back to win and I would ring that person up and go :HAAHAHAHAHAHA!
If you can dish it out, you better damn well be able to take it.;-)
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-03-08 12:39 PM
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2. Personally, I think it would be evil Not to.
GO GIANTS!!!!!
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-03-08 12:46 PM
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3. You should call her and say,
"Oh, how sad, the Patriots did a Hillary!" and then hang up real fast.

You'll be a better person for it. (This, of course, all hinges on the Patriots losing.)
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-03-08 12:53 PM
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4. Depends on your relationship with your sister. If you BOTH can laugh about it, that's cool.
If not, I wouldn't put a close relationship on the line for the sake of a "gotcha."

*Disclaimer: I have a Republican sister 11 months younger than me whom I must handle with kid gloves. Regardless of the party of the president or the majority in Congress, she's gonna be my sister for many years to come. I gotta take the high road with my little sister, even when she doesn't.
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-03-08 12:54 PM
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5. I think the Golden Rule applies here.
Apparently, it's the way she wants to be treated. :evilgrin:
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HuskerDU Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-03-08 12:56 PM
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6. Never taunt the other guy. Never rub it in no matter how much
the other guy did it to you. That is the best revenge. 'Yeah you deserve a big HAHAHAHAHAHA! MFer, instead I give you NADA!'

Cannot beat that. They know you are the bigger person. Damn, sucks for them!
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-03-08 01:13 PM
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7. dammit. I guess I won't do it. nt
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