Originally Posted by Vodstok (Post 512289)

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.

Originally Posted by Phalanx (Post 512295)

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.

Originally Posted by Phalanx (Post 512308)

My biggest beef is the ones that either
a: snub one out right before getting on a train, and sit near you...like seriously, I know smoking fucks with your sense of taste and smell, but throw back a mint ferchrists sake, you pay the ridiculous (financial and physical) price for the habit, what's a pack of gum on top of that?

Originally Posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X (Post 512311)

2nd hand smoke is overrated, the polluted air you're breathing every second of the day does more damage than a few minutes of breathing second hand smoke from a smoker 10-20 feet away. You're just talking about someone who was smoking then sits beside you? give me a break. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Phalanx (Post 512313)

I'd say the whole AIDS epidemic thing would be a contender for the top5 up in here...While nobody seems sure of the exact point of time in which it STARTED, it was (as I recall) sometime in the 80's that the world became aware of how truly big it was. The panic, the confusion, the association...definately changed things.

Originally Posted by Despare (Post 512314)

I quit smoking about 3 years ago and I love the smell of second hand smoke. I agree that banning it inside places is ok but outside you should be able to smoke like a chimney.

Originally Posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X (Post 512311)

wow, what a whiner.

2nd hand smoke is overrated, the polluted air you're breathing every second of the day does more damage than a few minutes of breathing second hand smoke from a smoker 10-20 feet away. You're just talking about someone who was smoking then sits beside you? give me a break. :rolleyes: