Chop Suey was invented in America.
Anya: Are you stupid or something? Giles: Allow me to answer that question with a firing.
'Sleeper'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
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.
Tom Scola - Jul 19, 2005 10:51:17 am PDT #1185 of 10002
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DavidS - Jul 19, 2005 10:52:21 am PDT #1186 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I still don't order Chop Suey to this day, though.
Nobody orders chop suey, Kathy.
Kathy A - Jul 19, 2005 10:53:00 am PDT #1187 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Unfortunately, though, for decades most Americans thought that it represented Chinese food, and in non-Asian-settled towns such as my own, it did. My first taste of sweet-and-sour shrimp was heaven, in comparison.
sarameg - Jul 19, 2005 10:53:46 am PDT #1188 of 10002
We had one chinese restaurant in town, that I know of. It wasn't takeout. I know I ate there, but I remember nothing about it. We had 2 called italian, and one was a fancyschmancy place (never ate there.) Other place was good italian-american fare.
But I had a kajillion different mexican places. It was awesome.
Connie Neil - Jul 19, 2005 10:54:05 am PDT #1189 of 10002
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I like Olive Garden. I'm a philistine.
I'm a philistine, too. I can get my favorite cheap red wine and very good fetuccine Alfredo. And their chairs are on casters, which makes it easy to get up to the table. This contents me.
Atropa - Jul 19, 2005 10:54:14 am PDT #1190 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I refuse to eat at Olive Garden thanks to long-ago posts on the alt.gothic newsgroup; too many fellow Freaks In Black dealt with rude service from the employees.
Kathy A - Jul 19, 2005 10:54:33 am PDT #1191 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Nobody orders chop suey, Kathy.
Thank G-d for the International Cuisine movement of the past fifty years! I can't imagine only eating the kind of food my parents grew up on.
DavidS - Jul 19, 2005 10:54:53 am PDT #1192 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I refuse to eat at Olive Garden thanks to long-ago posts on the alt.gothic newsgroup; too many fellow Freaks In Black dealt with rude service from the employees.
Just goes to show they couldn't open an Olive Garden in Sicily. (aside from the food reasons)
brenda m - Jul 19, 2005 10:56:08 am PDT #1193 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Few Protests Over Theater Ads, Say Movie Chains
Meanwhile, their audience is slowly dribbling away...
As far as I'm concerned, they're another five-minute cushion that make it more likely I make it in time for the previews or the start of the movie. When I am on time they bug, because it's all about me.
I've never been to Olive Garden. Or Friday's. Is Buca di Beppo anything like OG? It's not bad, but it's definitely a pick up takeout when I don't feel like having anything in particular kind of place.
I thought Chop Suey was a myth. Not seriously, but I've never been to a place that actually offered it. I'm not even that clear on what it is, besides bad.
-t - Jul 19, 2005 10:56:11 am PDT #1194 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Once the lights go down, ads are okay. Before the lights go down, anything on screen should be quiet enough to easily talk over. or there should be reserved seats so I don't have to sit in a theater for half an hour trying to carry on a conversation over the ads to ensure a good seat.
And I want butter halfway down my bag of popcorn, not just on top.