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post #1 of 206
2/25/08 at 1:55pm
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So, this morning my seven-year-old son asked me, "Dad, if we bought a mansion, would it have a butler and a maid?" I told him that there were still such things as butlers and maids, if you could afford them.

He replied excitedly, "So we could buy a butler?"

This prompted a discussion about how one does not buy butlers, but hires them. His next question was whether the butler would call him "Master."
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post #2 of 206
2/25/08 at 1:58pm
Hahahaha I love your kid already!

So how did you respond?
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post #3 of 206
2/25/08 at 1:59pm
My Grandmother's butler called me Young Master Matthew.
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post #4 of 206
2/25/08 at 2:01pm
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My Grandmother's butler called me Young Master ...

That explains a lot.
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post #5 of 206
2/25/08 at 2:01pm
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Hahahaha I love your kid already!

So how did you respond?

I explained to him that "Master" was a somewhat old-fashioned way of addressing boys too young to be called "Mister," and that he could call himself "Master James" if he really wanted to. It was an entertaining conversation. My wife walked into the middle of it and, without any clear idea what we were talking about, gave me that look that says, "Are you corrupting your children again?"

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post #6 of 206
2/25/08 at 2:02pm
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My Grandmother's butler called me Young Master ...

Are you bruce wayne?
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post #7 of 206
2/25/08 at 2:02pm
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My Grandmother's butler called me Young Master ...

There's a wealth of insights into Matt packed into that one little sentence.
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post #8 of 206
2/25/08 at 2:09pm
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My Grandmother's butler called me Young Master Matthew.

My Grandmother's maid called me "mijo."
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post #9 of 206
2/25/08 at 2:12pm
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My Grandmother's maid called me "mijo."

How many maids do you have south of the border? In our apartment in Bs. As. we used to have 3. In the house in the country we used to have 4. Now we only have 1.

Jon.
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post #10 of 206
2/25/08 at 2:14pm
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My Grandmother's maid called me "mijo."

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How many maids do you have south of the border? In our apartment in Bs. As. we used to have 3. In the house in the country we used to have 4. Now we only have 1.

Jon.

Jesus.... how rich are you two?

When I was a kid I had to do the dishes myself.... and one summer, I broke the dishwasher, and as a lesson I had to do the dishes every night by hand! Woe is me.
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post #11 of 206
2/25/08 at 2:14pm
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My Grandmother's maid called me "mijo."

Does that mean "Little Asparagus Sprig"?

Anyway, who says you need a mansion to have a butler?



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arglebargle
When did this turn into an e-butler measuring contest?
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post #12 of 206
2/25/08 at 2:17pm
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When did this turn into an e-butler measuring contest?

It didn't, I was just wondering. I'm quite sure that his immediate family is wealthier than mine.

Anyways, WTF are you complaining about, over there, wearing your bespoke Charvet shirts?

Jon.
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post #13 of 206
2/25/08 at 2:18pm
I was a butler for a couple of years. Of course, I preferred the term, "Filipino house boy."
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post #14 of 206
2/25/08 at 2:20pm
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When I was a kid I had to do the dishes myself.... I had to do the dishes every night by hand! Woe is me.
How the fuck did I end up on this board, I wonder.
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post #15 of 206
2/25/08 at 2:21pm
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Jesus.... how rich are you two?

When I was a kid I had to do the dishes myself.... and one summer, I broke the dishwasher, and as a lesson I had to do the dishes every night by hand! Woe is me.

My sister once broke the insinkerator, so we ate out until my parents came back from Europe.

I don't particularly like how dishwashers clean, so I always hand clean first before putting the dishes into the machine.

Maids tend to be rather inexpensive in South America (Jehovah's Witnesses tend to make the best maids, since they don't steal anything).

Jon.
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