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Colonel Edmund J. Burke[_13_]

On 2/4/2016 9:10 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
> In article >,
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>> On 2/3/2016 11:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
>>> late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
>>> and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
>>> Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
>>> not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
>>>
>>> M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
>>> go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
>>> try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
>>> similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
>>> was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
>>> entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
>>>
>>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
>>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
>>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
>>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
>>> after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
>>> me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
>>> he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.
>>>
>>>
>> When I wuz in Nam, them gooks ate any kinda shit that moved. Fuskin'
>> spiders and shit like that.
>> Gooks!
>
> They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
> sandwich".
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Those be forest rats. They aren't like the filthy sewer rats over here.
They taste like chicken.