This would distinguish them from other countries in the region.
As long as they steer clear of bobsledding.
Wait -- no, we have scantily clad blondes all over the place too.
That's insane troll logic!
Xander ,'Showtime'
Natter 33 1/3
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Mar 15, 2005 2:12:42 pm PST #7727 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Betsy HP - Mar 15, 2005 2:13:38 pm PST #7728 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
liquor store/Dunkin Donut's
Now THAT's some fine dunkin'.
Almare - Mar 15, 2005 2:15:43 pm PST #7729 of 10002
"My drink preference does not indicate my sexual preference. "
"A&W Restaurants is the longest running quick-service franchise chain in America."
Heh. I read that as "S&W are the longest squick-sevice franchise in America"
sarameg - Mar 15, 2005 2:20:18 pm PST #7730 of 10002
I miss the old A&W drive ins. There used to be one my dad would take me to whenever there was an occasion (edit: on the back of his bike in the bright yellow kid carrier.) Like he got back early from a business trip. Or the time I ripped my toenail off on a door. The local one closed when I was fivish. After that, we came to make a point to stop at every A&W for floats between home and the grandparents. There was one in Aztec, NM and another in Lake Champlaign(?) Ill.
I think my parents still have my baby-sized mug.
Strix - Mar 15, 2005 2:26:15 pm PST #7731 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
There was an A&W on the highway going out to our farm when I was a kid. They'd bring the floats and the chili dogs out to our car, and we'd eat off of those trays that they attach to your car window -- orange trays.
I can smell the root beer and feel the thickness of the mug between my lips as I write this. And I can smell the rain-green-dirt smell of the spring coming in through the open window.
Funny, I haven't thought of this in years. That A&W closed in, what? 1979?
Betsy HP - Mar 15, 2005 2:28:54 pm PST #7732 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
The Mama Burger and the Papa Burger and the Teen Burger and the chilly glass mugs. Sigh.
[eDIt becaUSE I CAnnot cAPItalize]
Strix - Mar 15, 2005 2:29:32 pm PST #7733 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Betsy! I forgot about the Mama and Papa burger!
Oh, my, god, yes!
EDIT: (Could, I, squeeze, another, comma, in?)
sarameg - Mar 15, 2005 2:29:36 pm PST #7734 of 10002
That A&W closed in, what? 1979?
There must have been a mass A&W dieoff then. The timing is about the same as mine disappeared. And I think of the smell of hot asphalt and rubber. heh.
Emily - Mar 15, 2005 2:47:28 pm PST #7735 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Mexican-styleHeh. (or, as I said first, "Jej/")
I have a similar memory, Erin, except the one on the way out to my grandfather's farm was actually a Sonic. Only one I've ever been to, and that was at least 20 years ago.
JenP - Mar 15, 2005 2:49:10 pm PST #7736 of 10002
Hmmm. I'm a little bereft now. I never got to go to an A&W diner. I mean, I'd never heard of them and there probably weren't any around when I could have gone. I remember Gino's (not that they were drive-ins). Do other people remember Gino's? I don't even know what kind of food they served, but fast food was a cool concept to me when I was introduced to it, and I was all about Gino's.