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   Message 6,093 of 7,759   
   Eric Schwartz to Travers Naran   
   Re: "Maid in Japan" cafes treat geeks li   
   09 Feb 06 09:34:25   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: emschwar@pobox.com   
      
   Travers Naran  writes:   
   > Ping Kuo wrote:   
   >> and now they made it onto Reuters.   
   >> http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=lifeAndLeisureNews&s   
   >> toryID=2006-02-08T130433Z_01_T320034_RTRUKOC_0_US-JAPAN-MAIDS.xml   
   >   
   > "For some of the "maids", who are often as keen on comics and games as   
   > their customers, the job is a kind of virtual world."   
      
   How much you wanna bet they come to work 1/2 hour early so they can   
   get their Daily Comics Update Training?  And of course, stay late for   
   the games?   
      
   > Why can't *I* ever meet girls like this in real life!? T_T   
      
   Too much time watching anime, not enough dancing?   
      
   -=Eric   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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