Comments on: Boost, call me “Amanda” http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/boost-call-me-%e2%80%9camanda%e2%80%9d/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive le poisson rouge sauvages! Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:23:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/boost-call-me-%e2%80%9camanda%e2%80%9d/#comment-6832 Stilgherrian Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:07:25 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=38#comment-6832 <strong>@Zhasper:</strong> Memory loss is such a tragic affliction in one so young... ;) @Zhasper: Memory loss is such a tragic affliction in one so young… ;)

]]> By: Zhasper http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/boost-call-me-%e2%80%9camanda%e2%80%9d/#comment-6831 Zhasper Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:55:02 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=38#comment-6831 I was going to say something. Then I read the comment that's already here, and was stunned that it was so close to what I was going to say. then I noticed that it's because it was me... hrm. right. I was going to say something. Then I read the comment that’s already here, and was stunned that it was so close to what I was going to say. then I noticed that it’s because it was me…

hrm.

right.

]]> By: Stilgherrian · A Crikey-led traffic burst http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/boost-call-me-%e2%80%9camanda%e2%80%9d/#comment-6798 Stilgherrian · A Crikey-led traffic burst Sun, 24 Jun 2007 04:25:43 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=38#comment-6798 [...] Interest in Australia’s new ambassador to Italy, Amanda Vanstone, led more than 400 people to read my posting about Boost juice bars. [...] [...] Interest in Australia’s new ambassador to Italy, Amanda Vanstone, led more than 400 people to read my posting about Boost juice bars. [...]

]]> By: zhasper http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/boost-call-me-%e2%80%9camanda%e2%80%9d/#comment-31 zhasper Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:17:01 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=38#comment-31 I can't remember if it's Boost or one of the other similar bars, but I noticed that at one point rather than asking "What is your name?" they were asking something like "What name can I call you?" It seemed to me like they were quite open to the idea of you giving them a soundbite that wasn't your real name.. In theory, I always give these places a fake name anyway, just out of protest. In practice, I always remember this three seconds after giving them my name.. I can’t remember if it’s Boost or one of the other similar bars, but I noticed that at one point rather than asking “What is your name?” they were asking something like “What name can I call you?”

It seemed to me like they were quite open to the idea of you giving them a soundbite that wasn’t your real name..

In theory, I always give these places a fake name anyway, just out of protest. In practice, I always remember this three seconds after giving them my name..

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/boost-call-me-%e2%80%9camanda%e2%80%9d/#comment-30 Stilgherrian Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:04:59 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=38#comment-30 <a href="http://www.stilgherrian.com/business/boosts_nameless_reply/" rel="nofollow">Boost has responded</a>... without revealing <em>their</em> name. Boost has responded… without revealing their name.

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