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Email from my "Aunty Jo"

Much like Stefania, I also have a relative who sends me random emails...  It's not my mom (she doesn't even know the alphabet) but my aunt (gomo). Here is my Aunty Jo's email of the week.

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To: Mary

From: Aunty Jo

Subject: Fw: UCLA STUDY 

UCLA Study (VERY INTERESTING & SHORT)

A study worth sharing with friends both male and female:

A study conducted by UCLA's Department of Psychiatry has revealed that the kind of face a woman finds attractive on a man can differ depending on where she is In her menstrual cycle. For example: If she is ovulating, she is attracted to men with rugged and masculine features. However, if she is menstruating, or menopausal, she tends to be more attracted to a man with duct tape over his mouth and a spear lodged in his chest while he is on fire. No further studies are expected.

Aunty Jo

Your Realtor for life

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=)

It got a chuckle out of me...

- Mary

Aunty Jo's Email of the Week: Vote for Carrie Ann Inaba

Boy, it's been a long time since I posted here! I've been busy with my other blog, MOMocrats.com, trying to get a Democrat elected to the White House. There have been many emails from Aunty Jo since I last posted but most have centered around Barack Obama who Aunty Jo hopes wins the nomination and the presidency. The longer the Dems battle it out, the crankier Aunty Jo gets, so for the health of happiness of my family, let's hope Obama gets the nomination soon.

This week's email is regarding the JC Penney Asian Excellence Awards. Now, there are many fine people (Tila Tequila, Kimora Lee Simmons, Hung from Top Chef) in the running for awards this year, but the one Aunty Jo encourages everyone to vote for is Carrie Ann Inaba. You see, back in the day in Honolulu, Carrie Ann and I used to take ballet class together. Our moms took turns driving that carpool and once, they both thought the other one was picking us up from school and no one realized the error until, like, 5:30. We had been waiting at school the entire time because our moms were off getting perms or something.

Every once in a while, when Carrie Ann is doing something that needs voting on—like trying to win the Dance Wars or going up against Vern Yip for an award—the auntie email chain starts. Carrie Ann's mom emails a bunch of aunties including my mom, they email me, and so on. It's the coconut wireless in full effect.

So unless you want Aunty Jo and her Asian Aunty gang to come calling, vote for Carrie Ann Inaba.

Aunty Jo's Email of the week: "Scary Chopstick"

From: "Aunty Jo"
To: Stefania (and her brother and sisters)
Subject: Scary Chopstick

Uh...carry Korean metal chopsticks with you.

Mom

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The above note in regards to this:

It's time once again for Aunty Jo's email of the week!

This time around, my mom sends this "advice" from billionaire Warren Buffet. Remember, when it comes to Aunty Jo, all or part of this email may not even be true. But that's not the point! Don't be stupid, godfunit! Didn't you know Warren Buffet is Korean?

Not really, but you believed it for a second didn't you?  (Because it came out of the mouth of a Korean grandma?)

Note the large font and preeeeetty purple. That's so your eyes are drawn to these important words:

Subject: Some great   advice...    

 

HUMILITY

  
There   was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man   who has donated $31 billion to charity.  Here are some very interesting aspects of his life: 

 

New Feature: Aunty Jo's Email of the Week

Raise your hand if you have a krajee Korean mother who emails you random shiznit every week! My mom, heretofore referred to as Aunty Jo, blows up my mailbox weekly with crazy-ass crap like animated Blue Mountain Cards, online petitions from 1998, recipes for doen jang chigae, photos of Korean soap opera stars with the words "So handsome!!" typed next to them, Barack Obama for President calls-to-action, and informational items that fall under the category best described as "Urban Legends Easily Debunked by Snopes."

Here's this week's inaugural installment of Aunty Jo's Email of the Week. Enjoy!

Aunty Jo says:

"This Korean guy is awesome! You guys must see it! Music Instrument- a gayageum;a twelve-stringed Korean harp." (Note that she has to qualify that the guy is Korean, and check out the culture tip about the harp she is trying to slip in there. Thanks, Mom!)