its good if you slice the banana really thin .. otherwise you look like a dog eating a peanut butter sandwich .. 'ack, ack, ack

lmao I just cut 4 big pieces and put them in.

keep the phone close with 911 already dialed :)

When I was a kid my mother took me to a fancy restaraunt and I ordered a peanut butter and banana sandwich- which thoroughly embarressed my mother. Hey- it was on the menu!

During Mardi Gras in 2000, my freinds and I were in a restaurant on Bourbon Street, and i ordered a cheeseburger. I wanted a damn cheeseburger, i had been eating cultural food for 4 days straight just wanted some beef.

my freinds got all embarrased, but the waiter was cool about it. he stood there and smiled. my friends said "He's kidding..." The waiter said "I know, Im waiting for his real order."

i caved and had fried catfish. it was good, almost worth the $19 i paid for it... (the fucking cheeseburger was $5....)


then my friends proceed to bitch about the quality of their meals (crawfish for one, something with hushpuppies for the other), and dropped $7 a pint for guinness. i spent significantly less on corona.

they were going to stiff the waiter a decen ttip because the food was sub-standard fro the most part and the drinks way over priced, but i told them if i was cornered into spending 4 times what i was going to for a meal, they were sure as hell goingto leave hima good tip, he was great waiter.

in the end, i think the meal came to $90 and we left him a $35 tip.

Just thought of one...the fondue craze...that pretty much blew right up HUGELY, then just blew on out.
I know there's atill places that do it though...god knows, it's easy enough and (now) cheap enough to simply buy your own setup.

While still on food...
The widespread acceptance of "sushi", of all styles. I have always loved it myself, but I remember a time where the stores were few and far between here, where every second person would say "ew, raw fish" if you so much as mentioned it. I guess word of mouth eventually worked for this one.

The cell/mobile phone revolution, now they're almost considered "neccessity" by (I'd say) 90%+ of people. Still don't like 'em much myself.

One that's underway at the moment, that I personally consider pretty "big", is the gradual phasing out/banning of public smoking. It's a smart move...IMO a lot of smokers simply aren't respectful enough about it, I accept that they're spoiling their health, cool...but they don't tend to look outside and see the damage it does others, or don't acknowledge it anyhow. But yeah, I think this is one of those "big changes" I'll live to see.

kids tying shoes ...

its all velcro now ... they dont have to go through that onerous rite of passage anymore until they are old enough to have more dexterous fingers.

i stopped to think how much of a negative imact this might have and couldnt think of one ... unless your kid was planning on becoming a professional present wrapper or a shoe salesman.

Fondu... The Melting Pot... mmmmmmmmm.

I HATE people who stand 2 feet from an entrance and smoke. Fucking inconsiderate as hell. I smoked for the better part of 10 years and was very concious of others when i was smoking. I wasted entire cigarrettes making sure i wasnt smoking around little kids and babies.

By the same token, I hate the pseudo-hippie "truth.com" anti-smoking adds. For one thing, they are all staged.... The "Fake-reality" thing is REALLY old now. And really, are they sharing any NEW information? "Cigarrettes are bad for you! The tobacco companies lied!"


"AND?"

Ew- raw fish!

I finally got a cell phone this year because it was required when I made a supervisor at work. I tend to view the damn things they way Bradbury did in his extremely prophetic story "The Murderer."

You may be right about the public smoking thing!