> obvious isn't it that Xi is more senorita than senor?...but given her
> seemingly terminal inability to grasp simple irony, and given that
> her and her maid-in-arms conspiracy-of-mercenary-men paranoias are in
> complete disregard of the undeniable facts that in life's ballet of
> romances nobody's motives are ever pure, we must - owing to the sad
> but irreversible lack of qualifications they have for the position -
> place them both firmly in the reject bucket of those applicants
> seeking to represent the "smart" women of china (be they
> native or otherwise), and perhaps also should be directing our
> sincerest sympathies in their direction , for they seem not to be
> getting any.

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Ahhhh, Miss Tick ... in your inimitable, didactic fashion, you have once again targeted in on the truth -- in this case, pertaining to the Seorita Xi issue. Sorry about my having originally missed the "female cue," but, now that I am cognizant of that datum, I can fathom a lot more about this character than I once did. Thank you for the knowledge. You are, indeed, my favorite of the ESL Board's contributors, whilst I shall anxiously await additional examples of your well-developed blend of veracity with just the right amount of sarcasm.

Regards