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'##::::'##:::'#####:::'########: VIVA LA REVOLUCION! CERDO DEL CAPITALISTA!!
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##:::: ##:'##:::: ##: ##::::::: THE HELOTS OF ECSTASY PRESS RELEASE #336 !!
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#########: ##:::: ##: ######::: ZIEGO VUANTAR SHALL BE MUCH VICTORIOUS! !!
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##:::: ##:. ##:: ##:: ##::::::: "Going Out For Drinks" !!
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##:::: ##::. #####::: ########: by -> Swiss Pope !!
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..:::::..::::.....::::........:: 12/14/98 !!
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It really bothers me when people say "I'm going out for drinks."
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when they are _not_ talking about alcoholic beverages. Saying that you
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are "going out for drinks" is like asking someone "Can I buy you a
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drink?" or "After work, let's go get a drink," in which it is implied
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that that drink is an alcoholic beverage.
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If you are going out for drinks, and it's not alcohol that you
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are drinking, you should identify the type of drink that you are having.
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Let's take the simple case of you and a friend going out to a coffee
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shop to drink coffee. In this case, you should say "We're going out for
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coffee." But it can get complicated if, say, you're going out to the
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coffee shop, and you are drinking coffee, but your friend is going to
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order a soda. It might still be appropriate to say "We're going out for
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coffee." because it is a coffee shop that you are going to and you, at
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least, are ordering coffee, since you are the one making the declaration
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that you're going out. But what if you are the one ordering a soda and
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your friend is going to order a coffee. Or worse, what if both of you
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are going to a coffee shop, but NEITHER ONE OF YOU are ordering coffee.
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Do you still say "We're going out for coffee."?
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Another example. Suppose you meet a cute girl. Suppose that you
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know, since you've stalked her for a while, that she doesn't drink
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coffee. Suppose you don't drink coffee, either. And then suppose that
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you want to ask her out on a date to a small restaurant (not for lunch
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or dinner or anything, just for some non-alcoholic beverages). Given
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that you are over the age of 13, you would most likely create a lousy
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impression if you said "Let's go out for sodas." because that sounds
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mildly retarded. But if you said "Let's go out for drinks." it might be
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misunderstood that you meant alcoholic drinks. Perhaps it's best if you
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identified the restaurant by name that you wish to go to. That way
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there's no misunderstanding as to what will or will not be ordered at
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the restaurant. Unfortunately, timing is very important when you ask
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someone out and you'll have to think of what to say right there on the
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spot. If you rehearse how you are going to ask this girl out, you're
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more likely to bungle everything and make a complete ass out of
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yourself.
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Sometimes in life, it's a tough call.
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!!========================================================================!!
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!! (c) !LA HOE REVOLUCION PRESS! #336 - WRITTEN BY: SWISS POPE - 12/14/98 !!
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