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All About Hooters

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I wouldn't think that what a server wears or doesn't wear would have much effect on the cleanliness of the food.  (That's assuming, of course, that they're just serving it.  Now I'm told that in Thailand, they...)

*shiver*

Thong wearing women servers in a kitchen putting together the house salads with their bare hands! :wacko:

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I wouldn't think that what a server wears or doesn't wear would have much effect on the cleanliness of the food.  (That's assuming, of course, that they're just serving it.  Now I'm told that in Thailand, they...)

*shiver*

Thong wearing women servers in a kitchen putting together the house salads with their bare hands! :wacko:

That would be many a man's fantasy.

Dean McCord

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Andrew Fenton

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Thong wearing women servers in a kitchen putting together the house salads with their bare hands!  :wacko:

But the potential hygiene problem there is the hands: which as we all know, are the dirtiest part of the body, pretty much. That's why there are laws about servers having to wash their hands after going to the bathroom- even if they're wearing a burka. I don't understand why wearing (only) a thong would pose a problem.

edit: tommy beat me to dat point! Damn you, Tommy!

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Fellas, have any of you *worn* a thong? :laugh:

I couldn't count how many times I saw an unconscious adjustment of 'gear' then these gals proceeding to garnish a cocktail with a lemon slice. (Bending in bartending or minor salad prep in the course of serving is inevitable! -- I wasn't one with experience, just one who watched! YIKES) :blink:

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Fellas, have any of you *worn* a thong?  :laugh:

I couldn't count how many times I saw an unconscious adjustment of 'gear' then these gals proceeding to garnish a cocktail with a lemon slice.  (Bending in bartending or minor salad prep in the course of serving is inevitable! --  I wasn't one with experience, just one who watched! YIKES)  :blink:

i'm fine with that.

and yes, i've worn a thong.

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Conversation between me and the concierge at the Airport Sheraton (?) in Tampa. It's a Thursday night, there's a football game on.

Me: Is there any place around here I can grab a burger and watch the game?

Him: You want girls there?

Me: (really clueless) Sure.

Him: There are a bunch of strip clubs on the airport highway, most serve food.

Me: Um, that's not what I meant. Really, I'm just looking for a bar.

Him: Hooters.

Me: Anything else?

Him: No.

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Conversation between me and the concierge at the Airport Sheraton (?) in Tampa.  It's a Thursday night, there's a football game on.

Me:  Is there any place around here I can grab a burger and watch the game?

Him:  You want girls there?

Me:  (really clueless)  Sure.

Him:  There are a bunch of strip clubs on the airport highway, most serve food.

Me:  Um, that's not what I meant.  Really, I'm just looking for a bar.

Him:  Hooters.

Me:  Anything else?

Him: No.

Please take pictures tonight & post in the morning.

Thanks.

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I think this is a funny topic. I bartended one summer next door to the SO's place of employ. We had the same hours/schedules and it seemed professionally to be a better choice for the relationship! "Next door" was a strip club. It was an amazing job on viewing and learning about human nature, both from the standpoint of how the entertainers conducted themselves among one another and worked their magic on our gentlemen guests; and from the guy and his buds coming in through the door with that happy glazed over look -- similar to that of an adult dog getting outside for the first time in two feet of snow for a romp. It didn't matter what food was served up! It was the view they were paying for!

Hooters is a champ at this same idea, without the complete nudity, but enough to grab your attention and work the tease factor to the max.

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I couldn't count how many times I saw an unconscious adjustment of 'gear' then these gals proceeding to garnish a cocktail with a lemon slice.  (Bending in bartending or minor salad prep in the course of serving is inevitable! --  I wasn't one with experience, just one who watched! YIKES)  :blink:

I see. Well, that argues for complete nudity, then.

I have no problem with that.

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My problem with Hooter's is that I have no frame of reference to tell myself how to behave.

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Hooters is a strange cross-breed,  the buxom women in short shorts and tight tops serving essentially bar quality food. It makes me, testosterone-filled as I can be sometimes, uncomfortable, because I'm not there for the food, and the women have on too much clothing for me to be there for them (in any sort of acceptable overt way).

That's what I don't get about the place. It seems to occupy the same place in the pantheon of porn as those simulated-sex "Hard R" films shown late at night on Cinemax. I can't understand the appeal of such a thing. Give me real porn or forget about it. Why would anybody choose Hooters over 1) a real strip joint, or 2) a real restaurant?

Steven A. Shaw aka "Fat Guy"
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I have some pics of my buddy dancing on a table at hooters on his bachelor party.  I will try to post those later if I remember.  So yes they do allow you to take pictures.

I wonder where Klink's having his batchelor party. :blink::unsure:

I'm hollywood and I approve this message.

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It turns out that there is a Hooters in Ottawa. :sad:

There are actually two in Ottawa (Market & Bells Corners) and there used to be a third (St Laurent & Industrial).

Egad.

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Why would anybody choose Hooters over 1) a real strip joint, or 2) a real restaurant?

because it's a happy enough middle ground? because you can't see tits at a real restaurant? because strip joints are generally disgusting and depressing?

it's not as though guys are rushing off to the restrooms to rub one out halfway through their chicken wings and buds. eye candy need not be for the sole purpose of pornography or masturbatory fodder.

and quite frankly, a lot of local bars' bartenders wear next to nothing as well. this phenomenon, which so many can't understand, is hardly unique to the Hooters and Bazooka's chains. although Bazooka's is definitely not as good as Hooters as far as i've been told. :unsure:

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Fellas, have any of you *worn* a thong?  :laugh:

I've got pretty much everyone beat on this one: I once had to do a show in which my costume consisted of a muslin loincloth and... well, that's it. Muslin. Loin. Cloth.

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I have a fur jockstrap. In fact I bought three of them in Alaska. On our honeymoon. So there.

Steven A. Shaw aka "Fat Guy"
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There is a Hooter's directly across from the Daytona Int'l Speedway. Twice a year when the NASCAR circus is in town, I've heard large portions of the waitstaff call in sick from the Bahama's on Monday.

Of course, this is just from my mentally-disturbed observations and questionable hearsay, nothing whatsoever implied as being factual.

They're all juniors in my opinion.

PJ

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"Epater les bourgeois."

--Lester Bangs via Bruce Sterling

(Dori Bangs)

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