Is your name secretly "Bob"?
I've answered to a lot of things, but not that.
River: You're not right, Early. You're not righteous. You've got issues. Early: No. Oh, yes, I could have that. You might have me figured out, then. Good job. I'm not 100%.
'Objects In Space'
Natter .44 Magnum: Do You Feel Chatty, Punk?
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.
sarameg - Apr 11, 2006 9:17:38 am PDT #236 of 10002
tommyrot - Apr 11, 2006 9:17:52 am PDT #237 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The julep sounds like pure margin
Yeah, do things really taste better with Arctic ice?
Jesse - Apr 11, 2006 9:18:37 am PDT #238 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Do you get to keep the cup and straw with the julep? I figured yes.
Thesis advisor was on the other line, probably with one of my classmates! As he said we should call before 2:30. Assistant suggested I try back in 15 minutes, which irks me.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 11, 2006 9:20:28 am PDT #239 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah, do things really taste better with Arctic ice?
Mmmmmmm. That's the expensive taste of walrus urine your paying for.
TomW - Apr 11, 2006 9:20:41 am PDT #240 of 10002
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
Yeah, do things really taste better with Arctic ice?
If you have to ask, you can't afford the answer.
§ ita § - Apr 11, 2006 9:20:47 am PDT #241 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you get to keep the cup and straw with the julep? I figured yes.
See, I figured no, and the same for the serving of the sundae. Even so, hella margin. Must be.
Spidra Webster - Apr 11, 2006 9:21:53 am PDT #242 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
I didn't look up the sundae ingredients so I can't address that one. But there's an awful lot of margin in the sandwich, too. Japanese beef is expensive partially because of the overhead. Raising cattle takes land and that's in short supply in Japan. Yes, there's the massaging and the beer, but when you buy Japanese beef you are buying beef that by definition is going to be more expensive because it's raised on incredibly expensive land.
Chez Panisse serves amazing food. And you find no £85 sandwiches there. Although it's plenty expensive, it's mostly because the people who raise the food, transport the food, prepare the food, and serve the food are getting paid a decent wage. I don't know if the same can be said of the Selfridges chain-of-provenance.
Jesse - Apr 11, 2006 9:22:28 am PDT #243 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Even so, hella margin. Must be.
Oh, totally.
With the $10K martini, you do get to keep the ice. [link]
Sean K - Apr 11, 2006 9:23:17 am PDT #244 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I mean, I wish I liked broccoli, as it is one of those mega-good-for-you veggies, but it literally makes me gag.
t divides the "Liver is teh NAST" corner into "Likes Broccoli" and "Doesn't Like Broccoli" sections
t sits in the "Likes Broccoli" section
Jessica - Apr 11, 2006 9:23:38 am PDT #245 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Do you get to keep the cup and straw with the julep? I figured yes.
I'm pretty sure you don't, which makes paying extra to eat out of a gold-plated bowl seem pretty frivolous. Not that I wouldn't do it if someone else paid, but I could probably buy my own gold-plated bowl and put my own sundae in it for much less than Serendipity's charging.
I agree with ita that the sandwich is not all that overpriced, considering what goes into it, and how much.