Are you a yuppie?

[absyntheNsugar]

Now be honest....

...do you drink Lattes?
...do you drive a yuppie car (BMW, Mercedes, Volvo...you know whut i mean)
...do you shop at Banana Republic or Express?
...do you epitomize the defintion of yuppie (Young Urban Professional)?
...do you eat at bistros?

I'm sure you can think of more, but if you answer yes to any of these questions...you are, in fact, a yuppie.

I plead the fifth personally...

1. You can drink lattes and not be a yuppie.

the others though, I think qualify you.

[absyntheNsugar]

3. YUPPIE! YUPPIE!

Neenerneenerneener!

:P

8. I didn't say I drank lattes!

you just made that inference.
Of course I did trick you into it.

I drink Cuban Coffee.

Lattes are for wimps.:evilgrin: :bounce:

[VelmaD]

2. No, no, no, no, no and no

Not a yuppie. :)

You on the other hand...I know all about you and your yuppiedom. :P

[absyntheNsugar]

4. As I said, I plead the fifth!

And my I drink a fifth while I'm at it?

I'll take my Izod shirts and Banana Republic chinos HOME dammit!

[VelmaD]

7. How about instead...

you take your Izod shirt and Banana Republic chinos OFF. ;)

[felonious thunk]

5. Yes

yes
yes
yes
yes

I also know far too much about wine, do my grocery shopping at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, and will pay anyone to do anything just so that I don't have to do it.

[absyntheNsugar]

9. Ahhh yes TJ's and Whole Paycheck Foods

Two of my faves too...how could I have left them out?

I wouldn't call myself a wine snob, but beer snob definitely.

[felonious thunk]

11. Yes, I'm also a beer snob

I've seriously gone into bars and used this phrase:

"What imports do you have? Hmm. Just Amstel Light, huh."

[DBoon]

21. I go into bars and ask

Do you have any Alsatian Gewertztraminer?

If they don't I just get a Bud.

[redqueen]

22. Is that a sweet German wine?

Not quite as good as Riesling?

[DBoon]

23. No

Not unless the German Army has crossed the Rhine again.

Last I looked, Alsace was part of France.

[redqueen]

26. So *that's* what Alsatian means!

:dunce:

[DBoon]

31. Did you think that the dogs

raised the grapes and harvested them?

[redqueen]

33. Well it looks like a German herding dog to me!

I know, I know... me bewwy stoopid.

[DBoon]

35. Alsatian dogs are close relatives to German Shepards

Ya learn sumthin new evry day!

[redqueen]

36. Thanks!

It figures... all this time I've thought they were German... ah well - Tervurens are prettier anyway. :)

[theoceansnerves]

32. i hate that

health food stores have been co-opted by yuppies
who go and buy their wines and expensive meats and imported cheese
when all i wanna do is buy some tofutti and edamame!

[tigereye]

44. I always want to apologize to the people who

work at Whole Foods and let them know that I am not a Mercedes- driving, snooty, helmet-headed snob. I don't like going in there for that reason... that it is jammed with these folks. I really dislike those folks, mainly because they are rude and intolerant. I don't mind that they have money, I mind that they care little about others, and have a sense of entitlement. I wish they and their Mercedes would suddenly be transported into a third world country so that they could see that whatever kind of cheese they want is actually not the most important thing in the world. Sorry. Where did that come from? Phew.

[theoceansnerves]

46. heh agreed

i try to get in and out of there as quickly as possible. and i think it sorta lets the cashiers know i'm not a snob when i ask to have everything double bagged because i have to take the bus home.

[SW FL Dem]

38. Oh how I miss Whole Foods and Trader Joe's

Hell I just miss So Cal! I miss El Pollo Loco and In and Out too.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Oh, God, please, no I am not. If I were, I would kill myself.

But then again, if I were a yuppie I wouldn't have the honor to kill myself.

But still, I know I am not. I am anti-yuppie.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. i shop at express

i drink lattes...i eat at bistros: i live in nyc...but i am not a yuppie...i am just a new yorker

[absyntheNsugar]

14. Ohhh Ms Lioness just admit it

we're yuppies...where do you think the "urban" part comes from!

Perhaps we need a yuppie pride movement...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. no really i am not a yuppie

theres very little upward movement and i am 5 ft tall...i tell you not a yuppie...no no no....maybe a little...ok fine you made me do it...i am kinda sorta yuppie though i do not look it

[Screaming Lord Byron]

27. I rail against pretention 24-7.

My friends shun me for it.

And yeah, I did post this in the wrong place. Sorry.

[StopTheMorans]

12. no to all of the above

except for the fact that I am young (25), urban (live in Boston), and professional (have a decent job that allows me to DU all day:)

[Zorra]

13. No. Yuppies are highly destructive to the earth's

environment in general. But eating in bistros or drinking lattes? C'mon. (Drink organic coffee).

[absyntheNsugar]

16. How can bistros and lattes destroy the earth's environment?

And if we shop at Whole Foods and buy organic produce, wouldn't we be part of the solution?

But you're right about Beamers

[redqueen]

18. I think you're right about organic produce

mmmm, home grown cukes... I love spring!

Sorry...

[redqueen]

15. Not even

Mocha
beat up Mustang
Marshalls
take the 5th
Home cookin & the occasional delivery pizza (why do kids get so excited when someone ELSE brings the pizza?)

[Burma Jones]

19. Guilty on the car

BUT, nothing else

[sam sarrha]

20. no

[DBoon]

24. I own a 10 year old Toyota Corolla with 160,000 miles

Doesn't this give me some negative points to count against ordering snobby wines?

[Go Eagles]

25. No

No but some may say otherwise. Live in a modest 2 bedroom condo, won't contaminate my coffee with anything and I drink the strongest, blackest cup of Peets. 38 years old, BS degree, earn a decent salary with Fortune 500 Co but am obsessive about modest spending and saving (the way the Repukes are borrowing the country into the red I expect to need every cent in the future). Live across the river from the fifth biggest city, drive a pick up truck, love wine/micro brew beer and occasionally make my own, like good restaurants/gourmet cooking but can't stand pricy trendy/faddish ones. Outside of work I’m strictly jeans and tea shirts and where them until they are literally falling apart. I’m a die hard sports fan and love the passionate and some times obnoxious blue collar aspect of my cities sports fans.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

29. Sounds like a personal ad

;-)

[buddhamama]

28. no to all of the above

i am far from being a yuppie.

[Raven]

30. If you are a Baby Boomer, a 60's Hippie, a member of the Me

Generation, can you be a Yuppie too? I don't think so...anyway, I don't drink that whimpy coffee, I drive a Subaru, and I thought Banana Republic was a country in South America. :hi:

[fob]

34. Noppie!

nt

[SW FL Dem]

37. I am a reformed yuppie. I do drive a Volvo wagon

but it's a 97 and paid off. I used to be an urban professional in Los Angeles. Now I am a stay at home mom in the middle of nowhere. I used to shop at Nordstroms, now my clothes come from Target and Costco.

[GOPisEvil]

39. Yeah, so what if I am?

I don't drink coffee (except Zomby Coffee).
I have a 10-year-old Infiniti (but I've always wanted a BMW; might buy myself a used one someday).
I've shopped at Banana Republic (but only the Outlet stores)
Young? I'm 35. Urban? I live in a city. Professional? State Gov't. Drone.
Bistros? Not exclusively.

So, I have some yuppie tendencies, but I stopped wearing my deck shoes without socks years ago. :-)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

40. i am outraged that you imply i am an yuppie

i am wearing gay kitten socks around the office

[absyntheNsugar]

41. Gay YUPPIE kittens

You know those kittens and their lattes!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

42. MIOAW

even my cats protest. yuppies buy purebreds out kitties are from shelters....

[SarahB]

43. Not even close

I'm a disgruntled Socialist, soccer mom on a tight budget.

[Canuckistanian]

45. I'm an ORSPY

Old Rural Semi-professional
But I like lattes.
Please advise.

[curse10]

47. looks like a yes

When I do drink coffee products it's a Latte
I drive a mustang, is that yuppie?
Half my clothes are Banana Republic
I'm young (25), urban (Boston), and soon to be professional (lawyer)
And I eat at bistros. Shit.

[cmf]

48. I don't know for sure, but I don't consider myself a yuppie

I drink lattes, but I make them myself
I drive a Honda.
I have shopped at Banana Republic and Express before, but I also have thrift store clothes, too.
I am a professional, but I live in a small town.
I don't eat at bistros, but I do eat at cafes.

Hmmm

[tjwash]

49. yes, no, no, no, no

[bigwillq]

50. Far from it. Answered no to all those questions

But I don't see any fault in those who are.

[Coventina]

51. whoo-hoo! I can answer "no" to all your questions!!!

I am anti-yup.

[IronLionZion]

52. I want to be!

I want a job!