Grrrr!...

**CDNSushi** · 5th January 09, 09:58 PM

I just got an e-mail from the St. Andrews Society in Tokyo in regards to this year's Burns supper, and boy did they just cheese me right off!

I was so looking forward to attending this year, until I saw the bloody price! The price is a whopping ¥24,000!!! That's friggin' $263 USD for the love of Mike! What're they doin'? Exhuming Rabbie himself and bringing him all the way from Dumfries for the festivities? I could've sworn that when I looked at the info from last year, the tickets were ¥15,000 ($164) and even THAT'S pretty pricey. But $263? Good grief! If I were to go with my wife, the whole thing would cost me $660 with gas and highway tolls added in. $660 for a SUPPER! I dunno about you rabble, but I can think of a lotta things to do with $660 other than buying a single meal!

Unbelievable! Must be that everyone struck it rich and didn't tell me, because I sure don't have that kinda scratch... Man... Really, really, really disappointing is what it is.

/rant

/off to sulk in the corner

**Ivy** · 6th January 09, 12:46 AM

You could get a purdy nice tank for the cost of the two of you going...

**###KILTEDKIWI###** · 6th January 09, 12:51 AM

Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**cessna152towser** · 6th January 09, 02:28 AM

It does sound like a rip off, perhaps they are hoping to exploit the anniversary year as a way of boosting their funds.

**SFCRick** · 6th January 09, 02:29 AM

Hold your own Burns Supper

**Robert Lamb** · 6th January 09, 08:12 AM

I am going to two Burns Dinners this month. One is $25 and the other is $30.

**davedove** · 6th January 09, 08:22 AM

Well, they did have to organize that haggis-hunting expedition to the Scottish highlands.

**Phogfan86** · 6th January 09, 08:43 AM

And someone has to pay to fly in Sean Connery.

**Spc. Scott** · 6th January 09, 08:46 AM

Well I don't think anyone can blame you for being upset at that. Or for passing on the dinner for that matter.

I might go with the suggestion to have your own...