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From: Kelly Grant <[log in to unmask]>
To: Kelly <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 6:25 PM
Subject: The Hairdresser


> > A New York woman was at her East Side hairdresser's getting her hair
> >styled
> >> prior to a trip to Rome with her boyfriend. She mentioned the trip to
the
> >> hairdresser, who responded, "Rome? Why would anyone want to go there?
> It's
> >> crowded & dirty and full of Italians.
> >>
> >> You're crazy to go to Rome. "So, how are you getting there?" "We're
> taking
> >> Continental," was the reply. "We got a great rate!" "Continental?"
> >exclaimed
> >> the hairdresser. "That's a terrible airline.  Their planes are old,
their
> >> flight attendants are ugly, and they're always late.
> >>
> >> So, where are you staying in Rome?"
> >>
> >> "We'll be at this exclusive little place over on Rome's left bank
called
> >> Teste....."
> >>
> >> "Don't go any further. I know that place. Everybody thinks its gonna be
> >> something special and exclusive. But it's really a dump, the worst
hotel
> >in
> >> the city! The rooms are small, the service is surly and they're
> >overpriced.
> >>
> >> So, whatcha doing when you get there?"
> >>
> >> "We're going to go to see the Vatican and we hope to see the Pope."
> >"That's
> >> rich," laughed the hairdresser. "You and a million other people trying
to
> >> see him. He'll look the size of an ant. Boy,good luck on this lousy
trip
> >of
> >> yours. You're going to need it."
> >>
> >> A month later, the woman again came in for a hairdo. The hairdresser
> asked
> >> her about her trip to Rome.
> >>
> >> "It was wonderful," explained the woman, "not only were we on time in
one
> >of
> >> Continental's brand new planes, but it was overbooked and they bumped
us
> >up
> >> to first class. The food and wine were wonderful, and I had a handsome
28
> >> year old steward who waited on me hand and foot. And the hotel-it was
> >great!
> >> They'd just finished a $5 million remodeling job and now it's just a
> >jewel,
> >> finest hotel in the city. They, too, were overbooked, so they
apologized
> >and
> >> gave us their owner's suite at no extra charge!"
> >>
> >> "Well," muttered the hairdresser, "I know you didn't get to see the
> Pope."
> >> "Actually, we were quite lucky, for as we toured the Vatican, a Swiss
> >> Guard tapped me on the shoulder and explained that the Pope likes to
> >> personally meet some of the visitors, and if I'd be so kind as to step
> >into
> >> his private
> >> room and wait, the Pope would personally greet me." Sure enough, five
> >> minutes later, the Pope walked through the door and shook my hand! I
> knelt
> >> down and he spoke a few words to me."
> >>
> >> "Really?" asked the hairdresser. "What'd he say?"
> >> He said, "Where'd you get the crappy hairdo?
>
>
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