This person lives in a competely different world than I do.
They live in a completely different world than I do, and I'm only like 5 miles away!
You like ships. You don't seem to be looking at the destinations. What you care about is the ships, and mine's the nicest.
Kaylee ,'Serenity'
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.
Jesse - Apr 11, 2006 9:26:39 am PDT #254 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Apr 11, 2006 9:27:23 am PDT #255 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Margin is basicly the per-item profit (not counting overhead).
I didn't convey that accurately? It's what I meant to say, anyway.
eta:
They live in a completely different world than I do, and I'm only like 5 miles away!
I think they live in my world, and I'm just cheap.
Jessica - Apr 11, 2006 9:27:38 am PDT #256 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
With the $10K martini, you do get to keep the ice.
Heh. There's a place on the UES that serves espresso martinis with espresso beans in the bottom of the glass (I'm sure they're not the only ones, but they're the ones in this story). The waitress must have told me at least 3 times to be extra-careful drinking it, lest I choke on a bean.
[Point being, I suppose, that I've had practice not swallowing things at the bottom of martinis, so someone should buy me the $10k one. As a present.]
tommyrot - Apr 11, 2006 9:28:35 am PDT #257 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.
Seriously. I dislike paying more than $50 for jeans.
I go to a Levis factory outlet store - I can buy slightly irregular jeans for up to half off (average about $25-$30).
Spidra Webster - Apr 11, 2006 9:29:11 am PDT #258 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
That's not margin.
Sorry I was unclear in putting those two sentences in proximity. I have not seen the wholesale costs of the ingredients of that sandwich but I'd be willing to be there's a healthy margin there.
On an unrelated tack, the point of the sandwich is clearly to pick ingredients by their high cost, thus selecting Japanese beef, which is expensive to produce.
Betsy HP - Apr 11, 2006 9:29:20 am PDT #259 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Why the fuck would anybody buy a Kobe beef burger?
esse - Apr 11, 2006 9:31:02 am PDT #260 of 10002
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Yay for last 40 days, SA-- Get to work, and then come play in SF.
Sadly looking less and less likely.
What's the best way to pack dishes for a car trip? I've got a cardboard box and a bunch of newspaper. Will that work okay?
Jessica - Apr 11, 2006 9:31:20 am PDT #261 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
On an unrelated tack, the point of the sandwich is clearly to pick ingredients by their high cost
No, it's to pick the best ingredients irrespective of cost. There's a difference.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 11, 2006 9:33:03 am PDT #262 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Why the fuck would anybody buy a Kobe beef burger?
The same reason I've seen (ahem, well, actually eaten) Kobe beef meatballs, I'm sure.
On a purely technical level, the fat in Kobe beef would be ideal for both, since ultra-lean beef in burgers=dry, un-juicy burgers.
Jessica - Apr 11, 2006 9:33:19 am PDT #263 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Why the fuck would anybody buy a Kobe beef burger?
My mom had one of those in Vegas. (Client's expense account + pushy waiter = Kobe beef burger!) She said it was disappointing, but the bite she had of her co-worker's Kobe steak was phenomenal.
(American Waygu, not real Kobe, obviously.)