Buca di Beppo is the ninth circle of HELL.
Olive Garden may be the eighth.
t /snob
Zoe: My man would never fall for that. Wash: Most of my head wishes I had.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Jessica - Jul 19, 2005 11:00:09 am PDT #1199 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
§ ita § - Jul 19, 2005 11:00:46 am PDT #1200 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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
At the theatres here, they aren't a cushion. Ads stop at the movie start time, and that's a big reason I don't mind them.
Fred Pete - Jul 19, 2005 11:01:28 am PDT #1201 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Growing up, there was not a Chinese restaurant anywhere within 30 miles
There was a Chinese-American restaurant in my home town. The Farmer in the Dell served both types. We usually ended up with steaks.
My parents had broadened their horizons by the time I left school. During my last visit there, my parents took me out to a fully Chinese place. My father said, "I hope we get the Chinese waitress." (Or have I told this story?)
-t - Jul 19, 2005 11:02:11 am PDT #1202 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
One of the local, privately owned theaters here puts actual butter on their popcorn.
That's the best. I've worked at movie theaters that served real butter and those that served flavored oil, and the butter was far more of a pain to deal with, but so much better tasting.
I've never even heard of Buca di Beppo. It sounds made up.
beth b - Jul 19, 2005 11:02:20 am PDT #1203 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I am suffering from Drama overload. Teen Titans, JLU, and HP6.
Scrappy - Jul 19, 2005 11:02:59 am PDT #1204 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My grandmother, who would be 90 if she was still alive, called all Chinese restaurants "Chop Suey Houses."
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 19, 2005 11:04:31 am PDT #1205 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Buca di Beppo is the ninth circle of HELL.
I'm guessing you've never been to a Chuck E. Cheese's then?
Dana - Jul 19, 2005 11:05:22 am PDT #1206 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I've never even heard of Buca di Beppo. It sounds made up.
There's one here. We can take you when you come to town, if you really need proof.
Anne W. - Jul 19, 2005 11:05:43 am PDT #1207 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Chuck E. Cheese is the bit in the very, very center of the ninth circle, where Satan is snarfing down Brutus, Cassius, and Judas for all eternity.
What is Buca di Beppo? Why do I get the feeling that animatronics are involved?
Lee - Jul 19, 2005 11:05:57 am PDT #1208 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
See? There's that pesky "reliability" problem taken care of right there.
This way you keep them on their toes, Perkins. They'll never know quite what to expect from you.
Both very good points. Of course, if the fact that it took me three plus hours to deliver an article to one of the senior partners on Friday due to problems with the mail, the mail room, and the internet connection, I'm not sure this will either.
Want to be horizontal.
Are you yet?
Fortunately, I'm going to Canada in 2 days.
YAY!
I am in receipt of a $50 certificate for TGI Friday's.
I'm still not sure what to do with it.
Kat needs a place to have her b-day party....
Happy hour on ita! I was just craving chicken fingers.
See!
^
I want a very large draft and for someone to cluestick a few people in Chicago.
Do you have them yet?
I like Olive Garden. I'm a philistine.
Me too. I don't think it qualifies as Italian any more than Panda Express qualifies as Chinese, but it does have some yummy food.
You still suck though.
I'm with those who rather enjoy Olive Garden but won't call it genuine Italian food.
See! Fred Pete is wise.
Buca di Beppo is the ninth circle of HELL.
I had fun the one and only time I went, but that was because I got to meet Laura, there were cute waiters, and I got to see ita and Kat react to the enforced fun.
eta: Plei, I just violated my one paragraph rule. Help!