tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post2862270024425393138..comments2024-03-28T13:46:08.524-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Hello DollyNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90946363680623574892020-07-10T11:09:54.692-05:002020-07-10T11:09:54.692-05:00Just to clarify... Uh, I was simply ribbing you, ...Just to clarify... Uh, I was simply ribbing you, there, Grizz. And while I don't remember much from 55 years ago, a comment I made in the hallowed cyberspace of EGD in January would be as indelible in my mind as my first kiss. (That's also a joke, lest there be any doubt.) : ) Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-32540622113734621492020-07-09T20:20:47.796-05:002020-07-09T20:20:47.796-05:00Just to clarify, we're talking the autumn of 1...Just to clarify, we're talking the autumn of 1965 here. I came, I ate, I got sick. Once...twice...does it really matter all that much, in the grand scheme of things, how many times I ate and pooped? I don't know how old you are, but do you remember exactly how many times you went somewhere 55 years ago? I didn't think so.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47055331951164962232020-07-09T15:09:00.918-05:002020-07-09T15:09:00.918-05:00My wife mixes ketchup, mayo, and pickle relish to ...My wife mixes ketchup, mayo, and pickle relish to make a reasonable facsimile of Thousand Island salad dressing. The "orange sauce" was almost the same color, but not as thick. Maybe they used less mayo? And no pickle relish? Didn't taste quite the same, either. I used to ask them to leave off that stuff. They hardly ever did so. Then I just scraped it off myself. Yuck!<br /><br />Finally I woke up, and wondered: "WTH? Why am I eating this Whopper crap at all?'" Haven't had one for at least forty years. I guess people still buy them, though, in big numbers. Orange sauce and all.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79392055904946176232020-07-09T14:31:01.615-05:002020-07-09T14:31:01.615-05:00Indeed, which is why I said "managed to inspi...Indeed, which is why I said "managed to inspire." I didn't imagine that Sandy would be so gauche as to ask. : )Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79915138377555322972020-07-09T14:21:53.810-05:002020-07-09T14:21:53.810-05:00Fake news, Grizz! Less than 6 months ago (comment...Fake news, Grizz! Less than 6 months ago (commenting on the linked Big Boy post) you plainly stated: "I also had a 'terrible experience' after my one and only trip there." <br /><br />Yet today you expect us to believe that you "Went there a couple of times -- and got sick afterward both times?" <br /><br />Holy moly, you're as bad as our lying Maximum Leader. "There's a tweet for everything," as they say. Until I hear Kayleigh McEnany dutifully and smarmily clarify your waffling about this weighty issue, I won't be quite sure what to think. ; ) Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52191755133076597382020-07-09T14:13:11.815-05:002020-07-09T14:13:11.815-05:00Sandy is a close observer of my oeuvre and, to her...Sandy is a close observer of my oeuvre and, to her credit, didn't ASK me to write something, merely alerted me to the news. That helps.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-84551696538815464272020-07-09T14:02:28.515-05:002020-07-09T14:02:28.515-05:00That “orange-colored sauce” on Burger King Whopper...That “orange-colored sauce” on Burger King Whoppers: could it be ketchup mixed with mayonnaise? I happen to like that combination on my burgers and always assumed that was what Burger King used.SandyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070366627628604352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-37217113247931806242020-07-09T14:00:10.573-05:002020-07-09T14:00:10.573-05:00As our esteemed host is well-known to us EGD minio...As our esteemed host is well-known to us EGD minions for not taking requests -- or being a short-order essayist, in the spirit of today's topic -- I'm impressed that you managed to inspire this post through your discovery of these Big Boy shenanigans, Sandy. : ) Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-5183825533898875962020-07-09T12:42:34.600-05:002020-07-09T12:42:34.600-05:00My college town was so small, sleepy, and rustic t...My college town was so small, sleepy, and rustic there wasn't even a Mickey D's ...it was the mid-Sixties and they weren't as ubiquitous as they are now. But that southern Michigan town of 8,000 had a Big Boy out on the highway, and it wasn't too far from my dorm. Went there a couple of times--and got sick afterward both times (from the white sauce?). I've never gone back to a Big Boy. <br /><br />Even Burger King was better than Big Boy. Can't believe I actually used to choke down all those Whoppers, until I wised up. (That orange-colored sauce...ugh). Gave up on Burger King decades ago. But I'm still a Mickey D's guy through and through. Nuggets, Quarter Pounders, fish sandwiches, McRibs, and the breakfast items. Yum. They never disappoint me.<br /><br />I think eating preferences start very early. The second-oldest McDonald's franchise in the Midwest opened on Dempster Street when I was eight, not far from where I grew up. It's still operating in the same location, after 65 years. I received birthday postcards from them, redeemable for free burgers. Also redeemed the ones for Lucy, my kid sister. Lucy was actually Lucky, our dog.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-33416163280481249122020-07-09T12:21:19.603-05:002020-07-09T12:21:19.603-05:00I had to share this breaking news! :)I had to share this breaking news! :)SandyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070366627628604352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-56667426299300408752020-07-09T12:05:00.289-05:002020-07-09T12:05:00.289-05:00I meant to thank you for alerting me to this, Sand...I meant to thank you for alerting me to this, Sandy. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-5120687620749858912020-07-09T12:00:32.940-05:002020-07-09T12:00:32.940-05:00The world is rife with tales of outraged, delusion...The world is rife with tales of outraged, delusional supporters of Hair Furor. What we need more of in the EGD sector of the economy is more inane nonsense like this! (I say that in only the most positive, appreciative way!) (Uh-oh, 2 exclamation points already -- I'm a third of the way to the minimum number usually deployed in a Clark St. comment.)<br /><br />I've eaten at a number of Big Boys and don't disdain them quite the way you do, but then I haven't been to one in decades. Everything is relative, though. There are plenty of mom-and-pop diners in the hinterlands that are just as disturbing. That chubby BB mascot was a winner, though, regardless of what he was shilling for. <br /><br />"...well, it's too perfect, right?" Indeed, you've nailed how this character substitution embodies the zeitgeist.<br /><br />"Denny's with quality control issues" ... "funky hydrocephalic household god" ... "No Reaganesque coif." It's all gold, Jerry!Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87407495213944189242020-07-09T11:20:44.631-05:002020-07-09T11:20:44.631-05:00We bought a Big Boy mascot statuette two years ago...We bought a Big Boy mascot statuette two years ago after stopping into one of the Frisch's in Ohio, thinking it might be a valuable collectors' item someday. And it was so cute. He still sits on a cabinet shelf in my kitchen. <br />Dolly just doesn't enthuse me. I think the change was a mistake, but dining there was a bigger mistake. Poor service, and the food disappointing. (The workers were quite cheery and polite, however.)SandyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070366627628604352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-18709570884650247172020-07-09T09:06:31.778-05:002020-07-09T09:06:31.778-05:00Shame to hear about your Big Boy collection. I thi...Shame to hear about your Big Boy collection. I think kitsch is something we really should not outgrow. <br /><br />But speaking of outgrowing, every time I see a fast food commercial that either blatantly appeals to sexual overtones of burgers or the manly qualities of more, more and more, I know it's Hardee's. Glad that stuff's past me by.heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.com