Should I Buy Lunch With the Mayor?
The Stranger Thinks So…
The Stranger released this year’s Strangercrombie catalog, a kick-ass fundraiser with what may be some of the best gifts I’ve ever seen and raises some serious money for Northwest Harvest. Among this year’s auctions are Karaoke with Senator Maria Cantwell (I would sooo take her to The Crescent), a Pampered Pirate Package and (getting to the point) lunch with Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels. The Stranger goes as far as to say that they hope I’m the winner.
Lunch with Mayor Greg Nickels
Mayor Greg Nickels is the bigger man. Despite our two-month temper tantrum about Nickels’s anti-monorail position (we even sold anti-Nickels T-shirts!), the mayor is acting like the grownup, willing to put aside our petty squabbling for the greater good. The winner of this civic dream pack will enjoy a power lunch with Mayor Nickels at his office. Thanks, Greg! (But here’s hoping pro-monorail leader Christian Gloddy, the guy who invented the nickname “Mayor Gridlock,” wins the bidding.) Priceless! Opening bid: $1.99!
So, should I do it? I like charities. In fact, some of my best friends are charities, but how much do I want to spend on something like this? I’m actually the top bidder right now as of 9:14 am on December 8th. My current maximum bid? 10 bucks.
Somehow I think I’m going to get outbid. If I have any friends who love me more than their money, feel free to pick this up for me. (Actually, if you love me more than your money, just give me your money and I’ll give you my love. Is that legal? In some states, yes.)
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Also, the Strangercrombie stuff is amazing. I have to get out more. Except all the things I really want are already going for mucho dinero. And I’d TOTALLY dump someone in print but I’m single. Sigh… timing is so cruel.
Why don’t you start collecting donations for it? I’d pitch in a few bucks, and I’m sure others would too.
So I had originally commented to the effect that if you get me a job I’ll get you money, but here’s my pitch: mi madre worked for various public transportation entities for years. I’m sure I could get in touch with some folks to milk some money out of if they knew it’d go to a) charity, and b) a delegate who’d push viable public transport - feel free to cash in on the offer if you wish, but do it soon - cold calls take time!
I’ll pitch in too, especially for a good cause.
So make sure to tell us if/when you get outbid!
I update - I just checked and the highest bid is $152.50. I’m guessing that’s not you. It closes in four days. Just officially give us the checkered flag, Christian, and IT’S ON!
I’m still ready to contribute to make this happen, especially if Christian can somehow record it.
“xans_mommy” is the high bidder right now. Christian, is that really your mom? Or maybe your sugar mommy? Either way, if she needs some cash to pad her high bid, just say the word.
Oh. My. God. I totally read that as some weird, porn-speak for “sans Mommy” as in French for without mommy… WTF. That’s what I get for studying linguistics I guess. I’ll be so happy if you tell us it’s her! Don’t hold back on your readers, it’s cruel and unusual punishment.
You learned “porn-speak” in linguistics? Man, I should have taken more linguistics. The closest we got to porn-speak was something called glottal fricatives.
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