Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hound.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!hound!ganns From: ganns@hound.UUCP (R.GANNS) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: what is a yuppie Message-ID: <1454@hound.UUCP> Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 07:34:51 EST Article-I.D.: hound.1454 Posted: Thu Oct 31 07:34:51 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 04:29:25 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 25 A "yuppie" is someone who.... 1. has pissed off all his/her counter-culture school buddies (who are now washing cars and picking daffodils for a living) by copping out and "going straight"--I mean, it's like, IMMORAL to make ALL THAT MONEY (and what's worse, to have FUN doing it); 3. is pissing off a lot of people by doing extravagant (some would say profligate...) and interesting things with ALL THAT MONEY like vacationing in Tahiti, going climbing in the Himalayas, skiing in Val D'Isere, buying FAST cars, BIG sailboats, and obscene amounts of nose candy... 2. will very soon piss off his/her parents, aunts, and uncles if he/she doesn't settle down real soon and do something RESPECTABLE with ALL THAT MONEY, like buy a house, a dishwasher, and have kids; 3. has already pissed off a lot of random people who think that they too should make ALL THAT MONEY, but not have to learn any valuable skills or work hard to do it; 4. is pissing off the IRS by investing ALL THAT MONEY in tax shelters and municipal bonds.