Full Version: The surrealism of everyday life
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Of course not. But she might be miserable too, and he might be the cause. You never know.
Either way, it is Too Much Information.
| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Mar 14 2006, 03:24 PM) |
| Remember, his is only one side of the story. |
His side is pretty sad, no matter what the other side is. My point is--who expected to find this in the middle of a discussion about detailing the finish on your classic Mercedes Benz? It is surreal, no?
I don't think it's surreal. I think it's an inappropriately personal post to a message board about cars, with way too much personal information.
Oh yes. And all too real as well.
| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Mar 14 2006, 03:55 PM) |
| I don't think it's surreal. I think it's an inappropriately personal post to a message board about cars, with way too much personal information. |
Sure it's an all to real cry from someone in pain in a place that it doesn't belong. But that's what makes it surreal.
he needs some tylenol with heroin.
i hope i'll be capable of adultery after 31 years of marriage.
i hope i'll be capable of adultery after 31 years of marriage.
Saw a surreal business name on the way back from the bank:
Creative Ceilings
Creative Ceilings
| QUOTE (Scorched Palate @ Mar 14 2006, 04:27 PM) |
| Saw a surreal business name on the way back from the bank: Creative Ceilings |
Beige.
I think I'll paint the ceiling beige.
I always thought Broadway Farms was a surreal name for a store on 84th and Broadway. As is Carnegie Farms for one on 57th Street.
I just heard an unsubstantiated rumor from a completely unreliable source that 2nd Avenue Deli is going to be replaced by a Hooters.
| QUOTE (Tamar G @ Mar 14 2006, 10:18 PM) |
| I just heard an unsubstantiated rumor from a completely unreliable source that 2nd Avenue Deli is going to be replaced by a Hooters. |
It will be kashruth strictly. Club Lubavabadabing.
| QUOTE (Tamar G @ Mar 14 2006, 10:18 PM) |
| I just heard an unsubstantiated rumor from a completely unreliable source that 2nd Avenue Deli is going to be replaced by a Hooters. |
leaving the house for work this morning, I pick up my dog's leash and leave my briefcase. I get down to the street, look at what I am holding in my hand, and wonder "what the fuck?"
| QUOTE (Ron Johnson @ Mar 16 2006, 09:13 AM) |
| leaving the house for work this morning, I pick up my dog's leash and leave my briefcase. I get down to the street, look at what I am holding in my hand, and wonder "what the fuck?" |
WTF indeed.
for some reason i found myself on egullet last night, and then in the old fat duck thread in the u.k forum. god, a lot of those/you fuckers were/are funny. and vicious.
I love being in a math department. I got my hair cut drastically shorter two days ago, and I keep getting startled looks from people but nobody has said a word about it. Meantime as soon as I leave the department I get lots and lots of (positive) comments -- but at that point I've forgotten I'd gotten it cut at all so it takes me a minute to figure out what they're talking about.
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| Italy lovers take dangerous joyride ROME, Italy (Reuters) -- The zig-zagging car gave them away. When Italian police pulled over the vehicle, they found a completely naked 70-year-old woman who had been trying to have sex with the driver -- 11 years her junior. After demanding the joyriding couple get dressed, the police tested the semi-nude male motorist for drunk driving. "He was three times over the legal (blood-alcohol) limit," said police commander Angelo D'Anardo in the city of Cologno al Serio, northeast of Milan. "We assume they must have been drinking at lunch and then things got out of control." Asked if the couple were married, D'Anardo said he wasn't sure -- but somehow doubted it. "Married people wouldn't probably do anything like this." |
| QUOTE (Melonious Thunk @ Mar 16 2006, 09:32 AM) | ||
WTF indeed. |
Better than standing around on a street corner waiting for your briefcase to take a pee.
this reminds me of a not very hilarious "not the nine o' clock news" sketch.
| QUOTE (Wilfrid @ Mar 16 2006, 12:30 PM) | ||||
Better than standing around on a street corner waiting for your briefcase to take a pee. |
So, that's how it's done in New York! You guys are different.
| QUOTE (Melonious Thunk @ Mar 15 2006, 06:24 AM) | ||
It will be kashruth strictly. Club Lubavabadabing. |
Glad this one came back.
Yeah, nothing like a little religious judaism mockery, huh.
Jonah, the "rather dreamy trapeze instructor" mentioned in the NYT 36 Hours in Lower Manhattan article, is a friend of mine. Dreamy. Heh heh.
| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Mar 17 2006, 07:02 AM) |
| a little religious judaism |
there are other kinds?
Are you thinking maybe the moderators are bored and looking for something to do?
merely pointing out the redundancy in your construction. i know how you are a stickler for correct language usage.
Uh huh.
There's a guideline against pleonasm now?
| QUOTE (g.johnson @ Mar 17 2006, 05:24 PM) |
| There's a guideline against pleonasm now? |
two of them
| QUOTE (Orik @ Mar 17 2006, 04:27 PM) | ||
two of them |
Check out these cakes! They are incredible. For their 2nd anniversary this site was giving away some techware device and they picked the person who made them the best bithday cake and sent them pictures. People are crazy. And talented.
| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Mar 17 2006, 02:23 PM) |
| Uh huh. |
oh, get over yourself.
right- check out the cakes!
(attempting to avoid certain disaster)
(attempting to avoid certain disaster)
Hey, Rose, you bored? Not me.... got plenty to do. How 'bout you Scorched, need some things to keep you busy?
Well then, hope all will remain quiet. Thanking everyone in advance.
Well then, hope all will remain quiet. Thanking everyone in advance.
| QUOTE (Daisy @ Mar 17 2006, 02:27 PM) | ||||
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It's okay to talk of a pair of pears; if you have two, you have to?
| QUOTE (Tamar G @ Mar 17 2006, 04:32 PM) |
| Check out these cakes! They are incredible. For their 2nd anniversary this site was giving away some techware device and they picked the person who made them the best bithday cake and sent them pictures. People are crazy. And talented. |
I watched the video--how did they integrate the cake with the working computer technology?
| QUOTE (Steve R. @ Mar 17 2006, 01:38 PM) |
| How 'bout you Scorched, need some things to keep you busy? |
Nope, I'm too busy checking out the video of the Treo cake that actually works.
~A
(certified Treo geek)
| QUOTE (StephanieL @ Mar 17 2006, 02:11 PM) |
| I watched the video--how did they integrate the cake with the working computer technology? |
http://squid.name2host.com/treo/index.html
Edited to add: One of their links is broken... here's the right page:
http://squid.name2host.com/treo/ground.html
Someone who can afford to stay at a four star hotel in Toronto - or has a good enough job to be put there on expenses - drinks a bottle of beer from the mini-bar, then carefully refills it with water, re-caps it, and replaces it in order to avoid the moderate expense...
...as I discovered when I tried to drink it.
...as I discovered when I tried to drink it.
| QUOTE (Tamar G @ Mar 17 2006, 09:32 PM) |
| Check out these cakes! They are incredible. For their 2nd anniversary this site was giving away some techware device and they picked the person who made them the best bithday cake and sent them pictures. People are crazy. And talented. |
"Indian Wok: Indo-Chinese cuisine (Halal)" on Lexington.
(I know, or think I know, that Indian/Chinese food is recognized genre. It was the halal bit that got me.)
(I know, or think I know, that Indian/Chinese food is recognized genre. It was the halal bit that got me.)
there's glatt kosher chinese in los angeles (pizza as well)
i wonder if this chinese restaurant on lexington serves any chinese islamic dishes. there are a few restaurants that specialize in chinese islamic cuisine in the san gabriel valley--all halal as well.
i wonder if this chinese restaurant on lexington serves any chinese islamic dishes. there are a few restaurants that specialize in chinese islamic cuisine in the san gabriel valley--all halal as well.
On the same block there are a number of kosher Indian vegetarian restaurants. That no longer surprises me.
How would I recognize a Chinese Islamic dish? (I'm sure there's a joke here but I'd be certain to offend millions.)
| QUOTE (g.johnson @ Mar 22 2006, 11:52 AM) |
| How would I recognize a Chinese Islamic dish? (I'm sure there's a joke here but I'd be certain to offend millions.) |
well, as per my limited experience it would look and taste very unlike any other chinese food you've eaten. lots of lamb. lots of breads.
see descriptions of china islamic and tung lai shun here
| QUOTE (g.johnson @ Mar 22 2006, 10:52 AM) |
| How would I recognize a Chinese Islamic dish? (I'm sure there's a joke here but I'd be certain to offend millions.) |
Gayot's capsule on China Islamic.
| QUOTE (mongo_jones @ Mar 22 2006, 03:01 PM) | ||
well, as per my limited experience it would look and taste very unlike any other chinese food you've eaten. lots of lamb. lots of breads. see descriptions of china islamic and tung lai shun here |
There's one of them in Brooklyn (Cafe Kashkar?). I think Indian Wok is Halal for commercial/religious reasons, not ones to do with their style of cooking.
The Tangra Masala place, which I posted about, was thronged with Muslim families when we were there - probably halal, although I didn't notice at the time.
| QUOTE (mongo_jones @ Mar 22 2006, 01:49 PM) |
| there's glatt kosher chinese in los angeles (pizza as well) i wonder if this chinese restaurant on lexington serves any chinese islamic dishes. there are a few restaurants that specialize in chinese islamic cuisine in the san gabriel valley--all halal as well. |
And many, many throughout Brooklyn. Within 5 blocks of DiFara's there are at least 6 Glatt Kosher Chinese restaurants and another half dozen Glatt Kosher Pizza places. But, in these cases, as with Orik's take on Indian Wok, the reason is to bring in local business (the neighborhood is overwhelmingly Orthodox and Kosher) and the cooking itself doesnt (intentionally) bring any different cultural bent to the cuisine.
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