# Charming article on Dalai Lama's 1991 visit to U.S.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charming-article-on-dalai-lamas-1991-visit-to-u-s/682343>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 26, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charming-article-on-dalai-lamas-1991-visit-to-u-s/682343 "2014-02-26T19:00:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charming-article-on-dalai-lamas-1991-visit-to-u-s/682343/1 "2014-02-26T19:00:55Z")

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I hope you like this as much as I did:

> **[I Took the Dalai Lama to a Ski Resort and He Told Me the Meaning of Life](https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/02/dalai-lama-at-a-santa-fe-ski-resort-tells-waitress-the-meaning-of-life.html)**
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> In the mid ’80s, I was living in Santa Fe, N.M., making a shabby living writing magazine articles, when a peculiar assignment came my way. I had become...

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charming-article-on-dalai-lamas-1991-visit-to-u-s/682343/2 "2014-02-26T20:19:36Z")

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Great piece. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charming-article-on-dalai-lamas-1991-visit-to-u-s/682343/3 "2014-02-26T20:35:27Z")

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I loved reading this. Thank you for posting it. It’s a delightful tale of a wonderful person.

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**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charming-article-on-dalai-lamas-1991-visit-to-u-s/682343/4 "2014-02-26T20:44:45Z")

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Happyness!

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charming-article-on-dalai-lamas-1991-visit-to-u-s/682343/5 "2014-02-26T22:49:03Z")

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Yes, thank you. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charming-article-on-dalai-lamas-1991-visit-to-u-s/682343/6 "2014-02-27T03:15:36Z")

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Good for the waitress for taking advantage of the chance to ask something like that.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charming-article-on-dalai-lamas-1991-visit-to-u-s/682343/7 "2014-02-27T05:03:03Z")

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Heh. Of course I was reminded of this: [Carl Spackler on the Dali Lama - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnHaTlI1p7o)