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Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Grammar: It’s Really Just a Guideline
Overheard in the breakfast buffet line on the cruise:
“Where at my crispy bacon?”
3 comments:
Anonymous
said...
True O fearsome locutor - this did happen. A largish lady, (at least sufficiently large to generate her own gravity well and command the orbit of a couple small moons) demanded to know the whereabouts of the bacon of choice...loudly..with many threatening gestures, and much waving of plates. The attending chef, with no break in stride, produced a quantity of the bacon, with a flourish and priouette of kung-fu quality, and reassured the largish lady "Yes miss. Here is crispy bacon. Just for you. Crispy bacon m'am." Kudos to carnivals kitchen team for seamlessly averting a bacon rebellion, and restoring peace and order to the buffet corral.
3 comments:
True O fearsome locutor - this did happen. A largish lady, (at least sufficiently large to generate her own gravity well and command the orbit of a couple small moons) demanded to know the whereabouts of the bacon of choice...loudly..with many threatening gestures, and much waving of plates. The attending chef, with no break in stride, produced a quantity of the bacon, with a flourish and priouette of kung-fu quality, and reassured the largish lady "Yes miss. Here is crispy bacon. Just for you. Crispy bacon m'am." Kudos to carnivals kitchen team for seamlessly averting a bacon rebellion, and restoring peace and order to the buffet corral.
Ahhhh, just like some of the folks in Ashland who used to work "over to the Armaco."
Or others who live or work in "Porchmouth." I hate hearing that!
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