I have completely lost faith in our countries high schoolers, save a few. Most of you, are stupid. (If you're reading this, and thinking to yourself, 'Hey, he's talking about me!', I apologize if I've offended you, but really, I'm laughing in my head at you right now)
If you work at any type of establishment that prepares and/or serves food to patrons, be sure to pay extra attention to the exact custom preperation instructions said patron may give you. When they say "Pickles", your response in turn should be to place pickles into their meal. When they say, "No not tomatoes, pickles", you should realize that your question of "Tomatoes?" was indeed incorrect at which point you should put the tomatoes down, and replace them with pickles. And when you repeat their statement of "Pickles?" to confirm that indeed they do want pickles and not tomatoes, you should not then again grab tomatoes to put in their meal. Upon the third "Pickles!" statement from your valued patron, you should admit to the patron your complete and utter lack of any knowledge or understanding of the English language and simply stare blankly at them.
Also, be sure to also casually reference your tip jar 401k plan when handing them the incorrect change.
YSBL says,
Maybe you should just not get pickles on your food? I avoid any and all forms or pickles or pickled food items to ensure that I never have this problem.
Posted @ June 7, 2005friend to pickles says,
What is amazing is that I didn't know that a pickel wasn't a real vegatable until this year.... and I am 28! I thought pickles grew on trees or bushes somewhere?!?!
Can you believe that? My parents never sat me down and said "Now Friend to Pickles, you know, Pickles aren't really a natural vegatable." All they ever said was, "Do you want pickles?"
How was I to know? What else is fake? Apples aren't really apples? Are they appled-pears? or Cotton candy isn't really made from cottom! Shheeesh.
Posted @ June 7, 2005Noah says,
YSBL - Good point. And in fact, I do NOT get pickles on my food. I can't even stand pickles. Gross gross gross. The order was for my wife. ;-) Ever since I've been married, I've had to put up with pickles. Small price to pay tho...
Posted @ June 7, 2005YSBL says,
Hey "friend to pickles" - tomatos are a fruit. Soak that little tidbit in for awhile...
Posted @ June 7, 2005In a pickle says,
I've always wondered why the pickled cucumber got the name pickle. We call a pickled peach a pickled peach, a pickled pig's foot a pickled pig's foot, etc. ad nauseum. Why then not call the pickled cucumber a pickled cucumber?
While on the subject of questions...does anyone know what the YKK on the zipper stands for? Of all the times I've zipped up and down, I've never taken the time to find the root of the acronym.
Posted @ June 7, 2005greenroom says,
YKK is actually the company that makes that part of the zipper. They seem to make many of the zippers in this world. It does not stand for anything. If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. But my zipper rarely falls down.
Posted @ June 7, 2005Noah says,
I too often thought of the origins of the YKK. Then I thought, maybe I should go button fly. Zipper or button? What's your preference?
Posted @ June 7, 2005ykk says,
Actually, your miss reading the zipper it actually says Y2K, alll zippers since 1995 have been labeled with the Y2K compliant mark. Few! Remember those old zippers. Yikes. All those people who weren't prepared and their zippers fell open at midnight of 2000. That was a scary night.
I could go either way as far as the button vs the zipper, but probably lean towards the button, after seeing there's something about Mary.
Posted @ June 7, 2005Pickle says,
It HAS to stand for something...the name of the company at least. Why out something that means nothing in such an intimate spot?!?!?
Posted @ June 7, 2005Noah says,
We may have an answer:
Here.
Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha.
Posted @ June 7, 2005An answer says,
I LOVE the people who hang out on the internet with nothing better to do than answer frivilous questions for all of us! What a world, what a resource.
Bring on the questions y'all...all those ones that have been haunting you since you were four, but not haunting you so much that you'd actually go out and find the answer for yourself, but would be thrilled if someone just handed you a link with the answer to life's nagging question...
Good Stuff.
Posted @ June 7, 2005