A sad, constant bid for attention - Page 264

Hank Chinaski · 10-12-2006, 02:41 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Yes, it was funny. I think he is more familiar with that phenom than I am.

I don't think I know how to make a scrambled egg that folds in on itself and stays folded, and cooks all the way through. I must be a sucky cook.

I love love love Arby's Beef n' cheddar with lots of Arby's sauce and potato cakes dipped in a mix of ketchup and Arby's sauce. I think I use a ratio of 1:2 ketchup to Arby's sauce.

But I love and will eat many, many kinds of fast food.

Someone at work who I think is (with reason) paranoid about getting laid off is trying to blame something on me while simultaneously saying no, she's not. Someone please slap her silly. On the plus side, no one other than her thinks that the something in question is all that important.

someone stealing lunches from the frig again?

taxwonk · 10-12-2006, 02:42 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
"your" in the last sentence instead of "our" strikes me as dishonest.

1) I am now a svelter person. I don't have rolls, just one gentle swell.

2) Fringey and I have never mingled sweat.

taxwonk · 10-12-2006, 02:44 PM

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Originally posted by pony_trekker
Glass houses don't throw monkey shit.

And a rolling stone crushes no bad pennies as it lands on the rotten apples at the bottom of the mixed metaphor barrel.

ltl/fb · 10-12-2006, 02:45 PM

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Originally posted by taxwonk
1) I am now a svelter person. I don't have rolls, just one gentle swell.

2) Fringey and I have never mingled sweat.

If you bend at all, you probably have rolls. Can you avoid rolls when sitting? I think not.

I have never had actual folds anywhere when standing up. I think you may need to discuss this with ppnyc.

taxwonk · 10-12-2006, 02:46 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
please do not take any of this as an invitation. Invitations will go out under PM to avoid offending the not invited.

A/K/A Those Who Need Not Invent a Conflict?

ABBAKiss · 10-12-2006, 02:48 PM

What are people's thoughts on the Laura et al v. Jeff situation?

I think Jeffrey is an entertaining jerk (and extremely unattractive, along with his girlfriend - YUCK - but their kid is cute), and Laura isn't my fave (and her husband looks like Einstein - I cannot imagine making children with him), so I am not firmly in either camp, but I do think Laura et al is out of line.

Granted I am not a designer, but if I were in a competition, damn straight I would have everything done before flying to NYC, especially since this is what, the third season or so and we have all seen the twists and turns that are thrown in? I just don't get the big controversy and I will probably be pissed if Jeffrey is thrown out.

I am a fan of Michael Knight (as is apparently everyone else) but WTF is up with the braces? I don't remember thinking his teeth were a problem to begin with?

Uli looks WAY older than 35. I like her, but she looks really worn or something.

taxwonk · 10-12-2006, 02:49 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
If you bend at all, you probably have rolls. Can you avoid rolls when sitting? I think not.

I have never had actual folds anywhere when standing up. I think you may need to discuss this with ppnyc.

No rolls when sitting, nor when bending. I have lost two inches off my waist and three off my chest. I have never had folds when standing either, and what's more, I wasn't the one discussing my rolls o' flesh within the last 24 hours; you were.

nononono · 10-12-2006, 02:49 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I don't know what you are implying, but a "holiday Party" would offend the subgroup of people who choose not to celebrate any late December day. In our office we refer to this affair as "the late December Optional Get Together." And let me assure you that any party in which I'm involved would not have bad wine.

please do not take any of this as an invitation. Invitations will go out under PM to avoid offending the not invited.

Have a drink and calm down, Hank. Is it inconceivable that I was perhaps referring to September holidays, or perhaps February?

Speaking of wine, I had a nice, inexpensive ($34 at a restaurant/about $15 retail) zinfandel last night, courtesy of the guy next to me who did not finish his entire bottle (Hank, I'm sure you can relate to this - not the not-finishing-the-bottle part, of course, but the doomed-to-fail plying-the-youngish-woman-next-to-you-with-free-wine part.). Edmeades, and not bad. Lightish for a zin.

pony_trekker · 10-12-2006, 02:49 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
This is an article about a woman who tired to sell a mummy on eBay. Maybe I'm too morbid, or possibly not morbid enough, but I don't see why it's even an issue that requires writing about. It's an old skeleton, with some mummified flesh. No one has a clue who it is, no one is particularly attached to the person it once was, and it may have some value to someone else.

People used to bring back mummies by the boat load from Egypt in Victorian times. Collectors would prop them in the living room as a conversation piece. I'm not seeing that this is that big of a deal.

Is it illegal to possess unknown human remains?

ETA: A friend of mine makes art using human remains that he gets from funeral homes. People's get left there for decades, and eventually the funeral homes dispose of the remains. I suppose that one could not sell one of his paintings on ebay. (If you click on the link, each color in a painting is from a different person. I think it's pretty cool, but then I'm either too morbid or not morbid enough.)

Please take this out of the food threads.

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-12-2006, 02:51 PM

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Originally posted by nononono
And country ham/biscuits are good anytime.

I personally can't stand any of those egg sandwich things. Once in my life in Gunnison, CO I had a really, really good bagel/egg/cheese/bacon sandwich from a local place, but that is the only one ever that was remotely yummy.

Way back when I worked at a pizza shop, we opened for breakfast and made breakfast sandwiches. They were very popular. We would put in a small fry pan 2-3 whipped eggs and your choice of mozzarella cheese, bacon, ham, crumbly pizza sausage (like sbarro's sells -- not the sliced kind you find on most pizzas), pepperoni and onions, peppers or whatever else you would find on a pizza. They were served on a roll.

They were a hit and unbelievably delicious. Of course, we put a full tablespoon of butter in every pan before frying them up because (1) people loved it and (2) we were lazy and the sandwiches slipped right out.

Al Roker would come in every day (when he was still local, I think) and order one to eat there and two to go. He always wanted extra cheese, pepperoni and sausage. We thought he was disgusting.

TM

pony_trekker · 10-12-2006, 02:52 PM

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Originally posted by LessinSF
SuperSONIC® Breakfast Burrito -
Sausage, Egg, Tomato, Jalapenos, Tator Tots and Cheese all wrapped in a Flour Tortilla.

http://www.sonicdrivein.com/menu/bre...494E80427D2811

You need a blunt to go with that.

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-12-2006, 02:54 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
My first job (other than paper route) was at an Arby's. It was right beside a McDonald's so we got about 1/10 of the customers that the McDonald's got. It was great because we just hung out and talked to each other all shift and laughed at the suckers working at McDonald's who made the same shit wage as we did and worked 3 times as hard. I am proud to say that ethic has stayed with me throughout my working life.

Translation: (Hi Uncle 'Weed!)

TM

Fugee · 10-12-2006, 02:58 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
What the FUCK is wrong with you people? I do not eat bacon, egg and cheese biscuits. I eat sausage, egg and cheese biscuits. Which are not on the menu, but which they will make for you.

Ty, I highly recommend subbing in sausage, just to try, if you are in the market for a McD's breakfast again any time soon.

If you aren't in the mood to wait for a special order, try the sausage, egg & cheese McGriddle. The sweetness of the pancake thingys is a nice contrast to the sausage.

BTW, it's snowing again and I am Not Happy about it. Fringey, you better shelve the "sky is blue" comments until either (a) this cold spell is past or (b) I feel like it is legitimately late enough in the season for snow and cold. Otherwise I might be tempted to reach through the computer screen and choke the sausage, egg & cheese biscuit right out of you! :cussing:

Hank Chinaski · 10-12-2006, 02:58 PM

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Originally posted by nononono
Have a drink and calm down, Hank. Is it inconceivable that I was perhaps referring to September holidays, or perhaps February?

Speaking of wine, I had a nice, inexpensive ($34 at a restaurant/about $15 retail) zinfandel last night, courtesy of the guy next to me who did not finish his entire bottle (Hank, I'm sure you can relate to this - not the not-finishing-the-bottle part, of course, but the doomed-to-fail plying-the-youngish-woman-next-to-you-with-free-wine part.). Edmeades, and not bad. Lightish for a zin.

someone at the table next to you offered you a few glasses of cheap wine and you accepted? I would never think to offer that. Maybe its because I would assume anyone who would take that would jump at the more direct offer to blow me under the table cloth for $10.

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-12-2006, 02:59 PM

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Originally posted by patentparanyc
I don't think I'm stupid per se, but I do skim too fast and I reply on the fly. Nothing personal intended.

You ever think about why you're so concerned with people thinking you are unattractive, but you have no problem looking stupid?

TM