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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:28:37 -0700, Brian Mailman wrote:
> mimus wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:51:03 -0400, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:39:59 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:50:00 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> knoxy wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Brian Mailman wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:31:38 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>>> > <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > > Aratzio wrote:
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > > > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:17:33 -0400, in
>>>>>>>> > > > alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom
>>>>>>>> > > > <DaVe@MeOw.OrG> bloviated:
>>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:20:53 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>>> > > > > <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diner_lingo
>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > hmmmph.
>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > "Adam and Eve on a raft" is 2 eggs over easy with
>>>>>>>> > > > > > sausage. Adam and Eve on a raft, wreck 'em" is 2 eggs
>>>>>>>> > > > > > scrambled with sausage. What they describe is "Adam and
>>>>>>>> > > > > > Eve floating" and toast is taken for granted with all
>>>>>>>> > > > > > breakfasts; there's no need specify.
>>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > you need a vacation.
>>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > If it is food or hash slinging, Brian is da man .
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > > In the late '70s I spent a couple years on the line on the
>>>>>>>> > > graveyard shift in a 24-hour-coffeeshop. Then again, that
>>>>>>>> > > particular place it didn't matter. It was always 2:30am in
>>>>>>>> > > there, on the 20th day of night.
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > sounds like the start of a beautiful sam whatsisname mystery
>>>>>>>> > story.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There were people coming in there and talking to the flowers on the
>>>>>>>> counter.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And there were no flowers on the counter.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It wasn't just the customers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I remember a fellow I was working with crashing on a speed
>>>>>>>> psychosis.... he overturned a large stockpot of hard-boiling eggs,
>>>>>>>> probably about 20 dozen or so, and stomped all over them screaming
>>>>>>>> "HATCH NOW, YOU LITTLE DINOSAURS!!!"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did they? Come on, don't leave me hanging! I want to know if there
>>>>>>> were little baby dinosaurs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think he'd just seen Alien for the first time before starting the
>>>>>> shift.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The kitchen manager was kinda pissed; docked Bobby's paycheck the
>>>>>> cost of the eggs and made him work day shift for a month.
>>>>>
>>>>> so, how much do we have to make for you to be my personal chef?
>>>>
>>>> Do you like egg salad?
>>>
>>> well, yeah, though not usually if its been danced on.
>>
>> I'm amazed by the blandness of the reaction to the Egg Incident by the
>> manager . . . .
>
> Nawwww.... at minimum wage, if someone shows up just most of the time...
> <shrug>
>
>> Obviously, restaurant work is much more fraught than even I thought.
>
> As I said, it never mattered what the clock time was, it was always
> 2:30am in there.
I have a rule, based on long-ago experience, that you should never eat
anywhere where you can see the food being cooked . . . .
<sigh>
<flashback>
<gag>
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smeeter 11 or maybe 12
mp 10
mhm 29x13
I'll tell you what I hate, though. I hate those
commercials where you have to eat something.
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> mimus wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:51:03 -0400, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:39:59 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:50:00 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>> <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> knoxy wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Brian Mailman wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:31:38 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>>> > <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > > Aratzio wrote:
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > > > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:17:33 -0400, in
>>>>>>>> > > > alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom
>>>>>>>> > > > <DaVe@MeOw.OrG> bloviated:
>>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:20:53 -0700, Brian Mailman
>>>>>>>> > > > > <bmailman@sfo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diner_lingo
>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > hmmmph.
>>>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > "Adam and Eve on a raft" is 2 eggs over easy with
>>>>>>>> > > > > > sausage. Adam and Eve on a raft, wreck 'em" is 2 eggs
>>>>>>>> > > > > > scrambled with sausage. What they describe is "Adam and
>>>>>>>> > > > > > Eve floating" and toast is taken for granted with all
>>>>>>>> > > > > > breakfasts; there's no need specify.
>>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > you need a vacation.
>>>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > If it is food or hash slinging, Brian is da man .
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > > In the late '70s I spent a couple years on the line on the
>>>>>>>> > > graveyard shift in a 24-hour-coffeeshop. Then again, that
>>>>>>>> > > particular place it didn't matter. It was always 2:30am in
>>>>>>>> > > there, on the 20th day of night.
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > sounds like the start of a beautiful sam whatsisname mystery
>>>>>>>> > story.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There were people coming in there and talking to the flowers on the
>>>>>>>> counter.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And there were no flowers on the counter.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It wasn't just the customers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I remember a fellow I was working with crashing on a speed
>>>>>>>> psychosis.... he overturned a large stockpot of hard-boiling eggs,
>>>>>>>> probably about 20 dozen or so, and stomped all over them screaming
>>>>>>>> "HATCH NOW, YOU LITTLE DINOSAURS!!!"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did they? Come on, don't leave me hanging! I want to know if there
>>>>>>> were little baby dinosaurs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think he'd just seen Alien for the first time before starting the
>>>>>> shift.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The kitchen manager was kinda pissed; docked Bobby's paycheck the
>>>>>> cost of the eggs and made him work day shift for a month.
>>>>>
>>>>> so, how much do we have to make for you to be my personal chef?
>>>>
>>>> Do you like egg salad?
>>>
>>> well, yeah, though not usually if its been danced on.
>>
>> I'm amazed by the blandness of the reaction to the Egg Incident by the
>> manager . . . .
>
> Nawwww.... at minimum wage, if someone shows up just most of the time...
> <shrug>
>
>> Obviously, restaurant work is much more fraught than even I thought.
>
> As I said, it never mattered what the clock time was, it was always
> 2:30am in there.
I have a rule, based on long-ago experience, that you should never eat
anywhere where you can see the food being cooked . . . .
<sigh>
<flashback>
<gag>
--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com
smeeter 11 or maybe 12
mp 10
mhm 29x13
I'll tell you what I hate, though. I hate those
commercials where you have to eat something.
< _Thirty Seconds_
