Dot Com Pho – Insult Ed Edition

I like the tshirt part. I want to buy FHG t-shirts for all my friends now! :)

Maybe he wishes he was making more than John if he doesn't already. Bitterness gets you nowhere.

This is a blog, not the NY Times. I don't delete comments. I love comments like yours. The fact that you haven't figure out how I do what I will explain the difference in our incomes. :twisted:

John,

Well it is unfortunate you think there is some large gap in our incomes. I manage two sites with more active users than yours and all income accrued from my blog is directly donated to the American Red Cross.

Furthermore, I do not mislead any of my readers and would never monetize my blog in the same fashion you have. :roll:

Some blogs have a pervading sense of 'fun' to them while other blogs take themselves too seriously, inducing collective yawns from readers.

"Directions"

1. Insert Stick
2. Stir Shit until frothy
3. Repeat

Might not mean it but it comes off as trolling for visitors

If you donate your Blog income to the Red Cross, don't they deserve to have you monetize is as much as possible?

Also please let me know when you donate some of your revenue towards charity.

In John's defense (WTF am I doing? :lol: ), he makes sizable contributions to his favourite charities, like the Union Gospel Mission including his own church. He also directs proceeds from charity events like the Tiger Direct Charity PC race to places like the Women's Hospital in Vancouver. This is one thing that John does well, and this is only the stuff he has told people about.

What you re doing is great Benjamin, I truly mean that. I think it is dangerous to assume people don't donate to charity just because they don't advertise it though.

Since when has it become mandatory for successful people to outdonate each other for charity?

I'm just wondering, that's all. :neutral:

I think this is a pissing match that is of poor taste. The best giving is done in secret. Just sayin'

You would know John donates to charity if you read his blog instead of tooting your own horn.

It is rather annoying when some people keep preaching about charity. Donating to charity is great, no doubt, but just because someone makes a lot of money, it doesn't mean they should donate ALL of it.

Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt make an insane amount of money & donate to charity all the time, but they don't give up ALL of their money & there's nothing wrong with that.

People need to get over it.

I totally agree. If you're raising awareness or driving donations for a charity then it's fine to promote that you support it, but besides that there's no need to flaunt the fact that you donate to charity. Unless you're just donating to stroke your Ego.

Just donating my two cents... :)

I like the irony. Benjamin calls John out on his poor grammar... and then John replies with a comment that contains, well, poor grammar. :p

I kind of like the poor grammar, it makes the reading a little more colorful and John's english is still better than Shoemoney's. What's that sayin?

Yeah, I know. Pot calling the kettle black.

He doesn't really need a proofreader because both Michael and I (who have significant experience taking university level English and technical writing classes) read this blog and shout at him over MSN and make fun of him for not being able to spell anything correctly.

Yeah, John knows that he can't spell. He just doesn't care. :razz:

Jeff has came out before. If you recall, he didn't pay for his pho.

The only thing that would make people WILLINGLY come out knowing that they could go to a closer location would be if you gave EVERYONE a $25 VISA Gift Card for their troubles :twisted:

Jeff has never appeared in a Dot Com Pho Episode. He smartened up after experiencing Richmond traffic.

I don't care if they go willingly or unwillingly. And everyone should pay me for being there! You peons! :twisted:

There was just enough room, we just didn't expect you to bring out the entire Chow clan. Not to mention that the food was waaay better than Lan's. I'm all for the Vancouver Dot Com gathering, forget Richmond ;)

I have a solution. There's a Pho in Marpole, next to the Sushi King. Roughly Granville between 64th & 67th in Vancouver, close to Richmond.
It has garish lighting, never seems to be full and has a perennial 'hiring' sign.

Just googled. Pho Gold Train Express.

Is Gold Train Express any good? If the place is "never full", it could also mean that it's "never good." :lol:

Actually, food's not bad. Appears to be a family-run restaurant; relatively modern looking. I've never been there at lunchtime on a Saturday. I mainly go there on lazy Sundays when I wake up late and need to grab a late lunch, so I've never seen crowd scenes like at Pho Lan or Thai.

Some really bad reviews of that place...

http://www.dinehere.ca/restaurant.asp?r=2485

Scored even worse than Pho Lan!

http://www.dinehere.ca/restaurant.asp?r=1545

Too bad Pho Bich Nga isn't around anymore.

I've been to dot com pho twice before this to Richmond, and once at that seafood place. So that makes 3 times since I've known John Chow for over 15 months!

It's no battle. I mean, who the heck wants to go to Richmond anyway? It's like WANTING to go to Nebraska :lol:

See you all in Vancouver! ;)

You can go where ever you want. Next week's Dot Com Pho will return to Pho Lan.

I only counted John for one. I didn't know he had an entourage. We actually had enough seats for the people that tweeted me and told me they were coming. We had a couple extra that I didn't expect, but that table did work out in the end.