Monday, January 12, 2009
Happy New Year!
What statue of limitations is there on saying Happy New Year? I thought surely the novelty has worn off by now... but no, sadly it has not. This is concerning for someone like me who often forgets the niceties in conversations, and especially in emails because I have a point and want to get to it before I forget why I'm emailing!
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Far as I'm concerned, "Happy New Year!" is already getting old fast as of January 2.
As for your habit of bypassing the conversational niceties in favour of cutting to the chase: I, for one, never minded that in you. And another thing: of all the pointless platitudes people obligingly swap on holidays without coming close to sincerity, isn't "Happy New Year!" the worst?
Haha, I wasn't going to say January 2nd is the cut off for "Happy New Year!" but I'm glad you did! Honestly: Jan 12...? and from a consultant emailing me back from a very pointed question? That just doesn't seem normal.
At least it isn't as odd as in Germany where they wish you a good "slip" into the New Year...
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