Dealing with problems at restaurants

[Fat Guy]

You are an idiot and I am disappointed in your reaction.

And I am tired of dealing with idiots like the two of you at every turn.

Well I'm a gem so screw you.

[LaNiña]

You are an idiot and I am disappointed in your reaction.

And I am tired of dealing with idiots like the two of you at every turn.

Well I'm a gem so screw you.

Sparkling like a fucking diamond, you are, you.

[Steve Plotnicki]

Okay everybody back to their corners. Can we stop this now?

[John Whiting]

What I want to know is, could these incredibly witty exchanges between intellectual acrobats of the highest order take place without the verbal goadings of the world's weightiest gadfly?

[tommy]

Okay everybody back to their corners. Can we stop this now?

you're a fucking idiot and you don't know anything ™

no.

[LaNiña]

"Okay everybody back to their corners. Can we stop this now?"

Hodee there pardner. I don't know about y'all, but I'M KIDDING AROUND. And I'm fairly certain that FG and Tommy are, too.

[John Whiting]

I don't know about y'all, but I'M KIDDING AROUND.

It's called getting each other's goat.

[LaNiña]

I don't know about y'all, but I'M KIDDING AROUND.

It's called getting each other's goat.

No, oh humorless one.

FG, Tommy, and I were actually satirizing the very thread in which we're participating. The three of us got it. You didn't.

[John Whiting]

No, oh humorless one.

Always to be be relied upon for a graceful response to a gentle jape.

[Kerouac1964]

I'd like to see the look on Dr Revenue's face when he follow's the thread he started.

BTW - I've just experienced a "Kevin Bacon" moment. I clicked in to view Fat Guy's article on Sex, Food and Fat Guys and came to the realization I had read the same such article on SALON.COM.

And...to understand why the hairs on the back of my furry neck are on end, that was the single and only time I had logged in there. The Net is truly a Karmic Wheel of wonderment!

P.S. Thanks SouthernGirl for the info. I'm located in the Midwest -- Sioux City, Iowa. If I ever do get to NYC again for a third visit, it will have to be at least a week-long stay to try and get all my fantasy dinners and luncheons in!

Mike

Gambler, Budget Gourmand, Amateur Sausage maker and Winemaker

{ 5 Gal. of Blueberry currently in my Primary Fermentor }

[LaNiña]

No, oh humorless one.

Always to be be relied upon for a graceful response to a gentle jape.

Never liked you, never will.

And this time I'm not kidding around.

[John Whiting]

Never liked you, never will.

And this time I'm not kidding around.

I feel a sense of accomplishment. After seventy-two years, I've finally made a reliable enemy!

[LaNiña]

Never liked you, never will.

And this time I'm not kidding around.

I feel a sense of accomplishment. After seventy-two years, I've finally made a reliable enemy!

I ain't the only one, trust me on that.

[John Whiting]

I ain't the only one, trust me on that.

The others aren't reliable; they have communicated with me privately in a friendly manner. But I don't think this is an appropriate forum to pursue your obsession. If you can't relate to that, perhaps you'd better discuss it with your analyst.

[mynamejoe]

John, while I have never held the position of reliable enemy, I am willing to learn. Please contact me re: compensation, benefits and the structure of my bonus package.

[John Whiting]

No point -- you've already demonstrated your unreliability by adding an LOL.

Edit: I've also added an emoticon. They're so omnipresent here that any post lacking a nudge in the ribs is in danger of being taken at face value. . . . . . Look out! There goes another one! . . . . . . and another . . .

[Jinmyo]

Ack. The rancour in this thread is infectious.

Run away! Run away!

[John Whiting]

Where to? It's everywhere! There's no place to hide!

[glenn]

These suckas remind me of "baby on board" signs you saw in rear windows in cars a century ago and probably FG's car today. Driving behind one of these makes me wanna forget I have brakes.

[John Whiting]

It's a cleft stick. I swore off emoticons a while back, but when everyone is using them, their absence makes every droll remark appear literal. It's become an integral part of dot.commerce.

[Jaymes]

I don't know about y'all, but I'M KIDDING AROUND.

It's called getting each other's goat.

To keep with the food references.

[mynamejoe]

No point -- you've already demonstrated your unreliability by adding an LOL.

damn.

[Bux]

I don't know about y'all, but I'M KIDDING AROUND.

It's called getting each other's goat.

No, oh humorless one.

FG, Tommy, and I were actually satirizing the very thread in which we're participating. The three of us got it. You didn't.

Nina tell me you didn't miss the relationship of "KIDDING" and "goat" and we'll decide who's sense of humor is disfunctional.

[Deacon]

You are an idiot and I am disappointed in your reaction.

(howls, HOWLS of laughter at this)

Nina apparently didn't get the joke. Maybe she didn't read back far enough.

And whoever came up with that analogy of the symphony conductor being like a chef is a frigging moron. Waitaminute. . . .

[LaNiña]

You are an idiot and I am disappointed in your reaction.

(howls, HOWLS of laughter at this)

Nina apparently didn't get the joke. Maybe she didn't read back far enough.

And whoever came up with that analogy of the symphony conductor being like a chef is a frigging moron. Waitaminute. . . .

OF COURSE I GOT THE JOKE. jeez. my response was SARCASM. I even mentioned later on that IT WAS A JOKE. So I believe you, dear Deacon, need to read a bit more carefully.