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The proverbial "we" decided to invade a local chain one lunch. As chains go,
it wasn't bad and provided a haven of "safe" foods for everyone to munch
upon while we all socialized.

Then the female equivalent of Badluck Schleprock that can-and-does find
everything wrong with Real Life® rose with a great flourish and protest, "I
cannot believe what I'm hearing. This is a 'chain' and not a very good one.
My food was barely edible and my coke watered down to a bare fizzle. You
should have chosen better. I was forced to come here."

Now, don't get me wrong, I wasn't impressed with the place either but I
don't remember a gun or other such instrument being held to her back as she
was brought in.

As providence would have it, the person that suggested the restaurant
pointed this out to her. She then asked Schleprock to wait out in the car
like an errant child so there wouldn't be any further incidents.

Why would anyone go out to lunch to a restaurant they hated simply to make a
scene like that? If I don't wish to go to a chosen restaurant, I beg off.
It's that simple.

"We're headed out to Applebee's. Wanna join us?"
"No thank you. Not this time."

It boggles me that someone would do what she did. (Although, I did thank
her; she provided more material to write about.)

The Ranger

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The Ranger wrote:
> The proverbial "we" decided to invade a local chain one lunch. As chains go,
> it wasn't bad and provided a haven of "safe" foods for everyone to munch
> upon while we all socialized.
>
> Then the female equivalent of Badluck Schleprock that can-and-does find
> everything wrong with Real Life® rose with a great flourish and protest, "I
> cannot believe what I'm hearing. This is a 'chain' and not a very good one.
> My food was barely edible and my coke watered down to a bare fizzle. You
> should have chosen better. I was forced to come here."
>

>
> It boggles me that someone would do what she did. (Although, I did thank
> her; she provided more material to write about.)
>
> The Ranger


What a bee-atch.

If she had some place better to go or something better to do
she should have begged off. Any meal I don't have to cook
or clean up after is a delight, no matter where it is.

I hope this isn't one of the Regular Women in Your
Household. If it is she should be relegated to eating at
McD's or one of the omnipresent California 'berto's* for a
month.

*For those who haven't been there, southern California has a
plethora of taco stands named: Alberto's, Aliberto's,
Roberto's, Umberto's, Norberto's, etc. etc. etc.

gloria p

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On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:58:05 -0600, Puester >
wrote:

>If she had some place better to go or

That would beg the question...."where would YOU suggest we dine?".

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Puester > wrote in message
...
> The Ranger wrote:
[snip the female equivalent of Badluck Schleprock incident]

>> It boggles me that someone would do what she did.
>> (Although, I did thank her; she provided more material
>> to write about.)
>>
> What a bee-atch.

I was very polite after but the other women present were quite annoyed with
her and sniped throughout the meal... She might've come in with Kelvar body
armor but left with little more than rags by the end of the meal.

> If she had some place better to go or something better to do she should
> have begged off.

That's what **I** do but being a guy I tend not to think communally. I don't
need to socialize during my my breaks nor do I wish for my six closest buds
to tag along as I head off to the bathroom.

> I hope this isn't one of the Regular Women in Your Household. If it is
> she should be relegated to eating at McD's or one of the omnipresent
> California 'berto's* for a month.

Gahds NO! Eating out is all about the social and not about the food. The two
teenangsters can nosh on a plate of nachos and never get past the first
chip. It's amazing to watch...

The Ranger

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Mr. Bill > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:58:05 -0600, Puester >
> wrote:
>
>>If she had some place better to go or
>
> That would beg the question...."where would YOU suggest we dine?".

She didn't offer a suggestion when polled. "I need a ride" was the only
response.

The Ranger

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The Ranger wrote:
> The proverbial "we" decided to invade a local chain one lunch. As chains go,

Drama Queen.


That's what those are called. Doesn't matter what restaurant or how
much she liked it, she's just got to be the center of everyone's attention.

-J

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phaeton > wrote:

> The Ranger wrote:
>> The proverbial "we" decided to invade a local chain one lunch. As chains go,
>
> Drama Queen.

Ranger is the Drama Queen here. He stays up all night thinking this
stuff up just so he'll have something to post about.

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On Mar 28, 12:24*pm, "The Ranger" > wrote:
> The proverbial "we" decided to invade a local chain one lunch. As chains go,
> it wasn't bad and provided a haven of "safe" foods for everyone to munch
> upon while we all socialized.
>
> Then the female equivalent of Badluck Schleprock that can-and-does find
> everything wrong with Real Life® rose with a great flourish and protest, "I
> cannot believe what I'm hearing. This is a 'chain' and not a very good one.
> My food was barely edible and my coke watered down to a bare fizzle. You
> should have chosen better. I was forced to come here."
>
> Now, don't get me wrong, I wasn't impressed with the place either but I
> don't remember a gun or other such instrument being held to her back as she
> was brought in.
>
> As providence would have it, the person that suggested the restaurant
> pointed this out to her. She then asked Schleprock to wait out in the car
> like an errant child so there wouldn't be any further incidents.
>
> Why would anyone go out to lunch to a restaurant they hated simply to make a
> scene like that? If I don't wish to go to a chosen restaurant, I beg off.
> It's that simple.
>
> "We're headed out to Applebee's. Wanna join us?"
> "No thank you. Not this time."
>
> It boggles me that someone would do what she did. (Although, I did thank
> her; she provided more material to write about.)
>
> The Ranger

So, next time, the bunch of you just sneak out without her. She'll
get the message sooner or later.

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On Mar 28, 11:58*am, Puester > wrote:
> The Ranger wrote:
> > The proverbial "we" decided to invade a local chain one lunch. As chains go,
> > it wasn't bad and provided a haven of "safe" foods for everyone to munch
> > upon while we all socialized.
>
> > Then the female equivalent of Badluck Schleprock that can-and-does find
> > everything wrong with Real Life® rose with a great flourish and protest, "I
> > cannot believe what I'm hearing. This is a 'chain' and not a very good one.
> > My food was barely edible and my coke watered down to a bare fizzle. You
> > should have chosen better. I was forced to come here."
>
> > It boggles me that someone would do what she did. (Although, I did thank
> > her; she provided more material to write about.)
>
> > The Ranger
>
> What a bee-atch.
>
> If she had some place better to go or something better to do
> she should have begged off. *Any meal I don't have to cook
> or clean up after is a delight, no matter where it is.

Rally's/Checkers? Arby's? Subway? A trough full of pig slop? Where
DO you draw the line?
>
> I hope this isn't one of the Regular Women in Your
> Household. *If it is she should be relegated to eating at
> McD's or one of the omnipresent California 'berto's* for a
> month.
>
> *For those who haven't been there, southern California has a
> plethora of taco stands named: *Alberto's, Aliberto's,
> Roberto's, Umberto's, Norberto's, etc. etc. etc.

I would happily eat at a taco truck every day, rather than some crappy
chain (O' Charley's *, Applebees, Fridays, etc.) where you pay for
service, and the food is pricier and not as good as the taco stand.
>
> gloria p

* O'Charley's may be the crappiest of the crappy of that type of
chain. Once was way more than enough.

--Bryan

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On Mar 28, 10:24*am, "The Ranger" > wrote:
> The proverbial "we" decided to invade a local chain one lunch. As chains go,
> it wasn't bad and provided a haven of "safe" foods for everyone to munch
> upon while we all socialized.
>
> Then the female equivalent of Badluck Schleprock that can-and-does find
> everything wrong with Real Life® rose with a great flourish and protest, "I
> cannot believe what I'm hearing. This is a 'chain' and not a very good one.
> My food was barely edible and my coke watered down to a bare fizzle. You
> should have chosen better. I was forced to come here."
>
> Now, don't get me wrong, I wasn't impressed with the place either but I
> don't remember a gun or other such instrument being held to her back as she
> was brought in.
>
> As providence would have it, the person that suggested the restaurant
> pointed this out to her. She then asked Schleprock to wait out in the car
> like an errant child so there wouldn't be any further incidents.
>
> Why would anyone go out to lunch to a restaurant they hated simply to make a
> scene like that? If I don't wish to go to a chosen restaurant, I beg off.
> It's that simple.
>
> "We're headed out to Applebee's. Wanna join us?"
> "No thank you. Not this time."
>
> It boggles me that someone would do what she did. (Although, I did thank
> her; she provided more material to write about.)
>
> The Ranger

I am in great admiration of the woman who sent Ms. Schleprock to "wait
in the car". I bet she has wonderfully behaved children!. Take the
driver out to lunch next time!
Lynn in Fargo

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On Mar 28, 12:24*pm, "The Ranger" > wrote:
> The proverbial "we" decided to invade a local chain one lunch. As chains go,
> it wasn't bad and provided a haven of "safe" foods for everyone to munch
> upon while we all socialized.
>
> Then the female equivalent of Badluck Schleprock that can-and-does find
> everything wrong with Real Life® rose with a great flourish and protest, "I
> cannot believe what I'm hearing. This is a 'chain' and not a very good one.
> My food was barely edible and my coke watered down to a bare fizzle. You
> should have chosen better. I was forced to come here."
>
> Now, don't get me wrong, I wasn't impressed with the place either but I
> don't remember a gun or other such instrument being held to her back as she
> was brought in.
>
> As providence would have it, the person that suggested the restaurant
> pointed this out to her. She then asked Schleprock to wait out in the car
> like an errant child so there wouldn't be any further incidents.
>
> Why would anyone go out to lunch to a restaurant they hated simply to make a
> scene like that? If I don't wish to go to a chosen restaurant, I beg off.
> It's that simple.
>
> "We're headed out to Applebee's. Wanna join us?"
> "No thank you. Not this time."
>
> It boggles me that someone would do what she did. (Although, I did thank
> her; she provided more material to write about.)
>
> The Ranger

Sounds like she'd better oragnize the next one or she's going to be
left out from now on.

People like that need to learn manners some way.

Kris

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On Mar 28, 3:29*pm, Kris > wrote:
> On Mar 28, 12:24*pm, "The Ranger" > wrote:
>
>
>
> > The proverbial "we" decided to invade a local chain one lunch. As chains go,
> > it wasn't bad and provided a haven of "safe" foods for everyone to munch
> > upon while we all socialized.
>
> > Then the female equivalent of Badluck Schleprock that can-and-does find
> > everything wrong with Real Life® rose with a great flourish and protest, "I
> > cannot believe what I'm hearing. This is a 'chain' and not a very good one.
> > My food was barely edible and my coke watered down to a bare fizzle. You
> > should have chosen better. I was forced to come here."
>
> > Now, don't get me wrong, I wasn't impressed with the place either but I
> > don't remember a gun or other such instrument being held to her back as she
> > was brought in.
>
> > As providence would have it, the person that suggested the restaurant
> > pointed this out to her. She then asked Schleprock to wait out in the car
> > like an errant child so there wouldn't be any further incidents.
>
> > Why would anyone go out to lunch to a restaurant they hated simply to make a
> > scene like that? If I don't wish to go to a chosen restaurant, I beg off.
> > It's that simple.
>
> > "We're headed out to Applebee's. Wanna join us?"
> > "No thank you. Not this time."
>
> > It boggles me that someone would do what she did. (Although, I did thank
> > her; she provided more material to write about.)
>
> > The Ranger
>
> Sounds like she'd better oragnize the next one or she's going to be
> left out from now on.

Just like I'm "stuck" making way more than my share of the holiday
meals. It's the only way to ensure that the food is up to standard,
i.e. doesn't include jarred gravy.
>
> People like that need to learn manners some way.

I don't go out to lunch with my boss because he insists on going
through the drive thru, and taking it back to work, instead of eating
in. When the food gets back to work, it is no longer right. Example,
McDonald's French fries. However you feel about them to begin with,
they certainly aren't very good six or ten minutes old. I like my
boss. He's a good guy, but his standard for food freshness means that
I don't go get lunch with him. I don't go to certain places because
of bad food. There's a nice YMCA resort in this area. Nice, except
that meals are included in the exorbitant price, and the food is less
than Rally's quality. Precooked burgers sitting in God knows what
that liquid is, burger broth? *Shudder*. Half hour old "fries"
sitting in a chafing dish. It created some tension with my extended
family when I spoke to the manager and told him that the food was
worse than a grade school lunchroom. I really insulted the
operation. I left after one day, when I'd expected to stay three.
They ended up comping me the one day that I did stay, which mollified
me. Notice that I called it "otherwise nice."
>
> Kris

--Bryan

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On Mar 28, 2:29*pm, The Enema Within > wrote:
> phaeton > wrote:
> > The Ranger wrote:
> >> The proverbial "we" decided to invade a local chain one lunch. As chains go,
>
> > Drama Queen.
>
> Ranger is the Drama Queen here. *He stays up all night thinking this
> stuff up just so he'll have something to post about.

At least what he writes is interesting/funny, unlike some folks we
shall not mention...

maxine in ri

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On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:20:15 -0700 (PDT), Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>
> Just like I'm "stuck" making way more than my share of the holiday
> meals. It's the only way to ensure that the food is up to standard,
> i.e. doesn't include jarred gravy.

the weight of the world is truly on your shoulders, bobo.

blake

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On Mar 28, 5:20*pm, Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:incidents.



> Just like I'm "stuck" making way more than my share of the holiday
> meals. *It's the only way to ensure that the food is up to standard,
> i.e. doesn't include jarred gravy.

Well, you're not 'stuck' if you have made the choice.

Maybe one day of jarred gravy won't kill you and you can avoid
feeling put upon.


>
> > People like that need to learn manners some way.
>
> I don't go out to lunch with my boss because he insists on going
> through the drive thru, and taking it back to work, instead of eating
> in. *When the food gets back to work, it is no longer right. *Example,
> McDonald's French fries. *However you feel about them to begin with,
> they certainly aren't very good six or ten minutes old. *I like my
> boss. *He's a good guy, but his standard for food freshness means that
> I don't go get lunch with him. *I don't go to certain places because
> of bad food. *There's a nice YMCA resort in this area. *Nice, except
> that meals are included in the exorbitant price, and the food is less
> than Rally's quality. *Precooked burgers sitting in God knows what
> that liquid is, burger broth? **Shudder*. *Half hour old "fries"
> sitting in a chafing dish. *It created some tension with my extended
> family when I spoke to the manager and told him that the food was
> worse than a grade school lunchroom. *I really insulted the
> operation. *I left after one day, when I'd expected to stay three.
> They ended up comping me the one day that I did stay, which mollified
> me. *Notice that I called it "otherwise nice."
>
>
>
> > Kris
>
> --Bryan

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On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:58:05 -0600, Puester >
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

>If it is she should be relegated to eating at
>McD's or one of the omnipresent California 'berto's* for a
>month.
>
>*For those who haven't been there, southern California has a
>plethora of taco stands named: Alberto's, Aliberto's,
>Roberto's, Umberto's, Norberto's, etc. etc. etc.

And that goes ditto for the taco trucks.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

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On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:19:26 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

>On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:58:05 -0600, Puester >
>fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:
>
>>If it is she should be relegated to eating at
>>McD's or one of the omnipresent California 'berto's* for a
>>month.
>>
>>*For those who haven't been there, southern California has a
>>plethora of taco stands named: Alberto's, Aliberto's,
>>Roberto's, Umberto's, Norberto's, etc. etc. etc.
>
>And that goes ditto for the taco trucks.
>
Is that supposed to be a bad thing?

;)



--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

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In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:19:26 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> > wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:58:05 -0600, Puester >
> >fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:
> >
> >>If it is she should be relegated to eating at
> >>McD's or one of the omnipresent California 'berto's* for a
> >>month.
> >>
> >>*For those who haven't been there, southern California has a
> >>plethora of taco stands named: Alberto's, Aliberto's,
> >>Roberto's, Umberto's, Norberto's, etc. etc. etc.
> >
> >And that goes ditto for the taco trucks.
> >
> Is that supposed to be a bad thing?
>
> ;)

<laughs>

The Taco Stand at the end of my street is called "M&M"s.
They are decent, but Los Gallos in New Braunfels is better.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.