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Default Poor New Jerseyites

Anny Middon wrote:
> According to The Sopranos, anyway.
>
> First off the Soprano family eats those pathetic and unappetizing Lincoln
> Logs.
>
> Then they go to a diner which has what Tony calls the best onion rings in
> the state. And the onion rings look pathetic and unappetizing.


That's Jersey for ya, pathetic and unappetizing. No one goes there for
the food anyhow.



> For one,
> they were far too small to be real homemade onion rings. Then they were
> clearly breaded instead of battered (there's a Sopranos joke in there
> somewhere).


Yeah, they was greased either way.



> I thought they looked like frozen OR's, and maybe even those pretend kind
> that are made from chopped onions. These are the best Joisey has to offer?
> Jerseyites must pretty much live on those sandwiches from Satriales.
>
> (BTW apparently the diner in that last scene doesn't even have onion rings
> on the menu.)


Is this the best *you* have to offer?