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de asdfghjk, 2013-oktobro-13

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asdfghjk (Montri la profilon) 2013-oktobro-13 13:51:29

He lied by 10 years at mixers!

Mi ne komprenas tion de "10 years at mixers"

Dankon

Leke (Montri la profilon) 2013-oktobro-13 17:14:08

asdfghjk:He lied by 10 years at mixers!

Mi ne komprenas tion de "10 years at mixers"

Dankon
I guess mixers is a place name. Maybe there was an age limit to get in, and he exaggerated his age by 10 years to get admission.

Well, that's my guess.

Nile (Montri la profilon) 2013-oktobro-13 17:27:17

Beats me.
Can you give us context?
What does the whole paragraph, or page say?

Mi ne povas diveni.
Ĉu vi povas doni kuntekston al ni?
Kion tekstas la tuta alineo aŭ paĝo?

erinja (Montri la profilon) 2013-oktobro-13 20:43:03

Mixers is likely not a place name. A mixer is usually a party whose goal is to goal is to meet new people, so a little like informal group dating. If you lie at your age at a mixer, then you are trying to mislead potential dating prospects.

pdenisowski (Montri la profilon) 2013-oktobro-14 00:34:05

erinja:Mixers is likely not a place name. A mixer is usually a party whose goal is to goal is to meet new people, so a little like informal group dating. If you lie at your age at a mixer, then you are trying to mislead potential dating prospects.
Agreed.

That said, if you were in your late twenties/early thiries, no amount of lying would have gotten you through the door at any of the undergrad mixers I used to go to. ridulo.gif

Amike,
Paul

P.S. Of course, we are assuming that the person in question was understating his/her age, not overstating it. An 8-10 year-old would DEFINITELY not be able to lie his/her way into ANY mixer ....

erinja (Montri la profilon) 2013-oktobro-14 11:35:31

pdenisowski:That said, if you were in your late twenties/early thiries, no amount of lying would have gotten you through the door at any of the undergrad mixers I used to go to. ridulo.gif
Depends on how you look! I get mistaken for a student semi-regularly when meeting new people. I do live in a student-heavy area but I'm nearly 33 so I've been done with that for a while now. I could realistically lie about my age by ten years for a mixer (however if it was a frat/sorority thing, I likely would not be cool enough to get in!)

kaŝperanto (Montri la profilon) 2013-oktobro-14 14:45:44

I agree, it is definitely about a social mixer.

erinja:
pdenisowski:That said, if you were in your late twenties/early thiries, no amount of lying would have gotten you through the door at any of the undergrad mixers I used to go to. ridulo.gif
Depends on how you look! I get mistaken for a student semi-regularly when meeting new people. I do live in a student-heavy area but I'm nearly 33 so I've been done with that for a while now. I could realistically lie about my age by ten years for a mixer (however if it was a frat/sorority thing, I likely would not be cool enough to get in!)
I have a similar problem. If I didn't keep facial hair I could probably convince someone that I just graduated high school. 10 years would be pushing it, however, as I don't look anything like a 14-year-old. okulumo.gif

pdenisowski (Montri la profilon) 2013-oktobro-15 20:50:36

As I'm very fond of saying: it's not the years, it's the mileage ridulo.gif

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