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- From: figmo@netcom.com (Lynn Gold)
- Subject: Re: Culinary Peculiarity (was Re: Dan'l hits Australia)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.005606.21214@netcom.com>
- Organization: The Burn the Candle at Both Ends Club
- References: <1jo34fINNhve@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au> <1993Jan21.153705.4194@e2big.mko.dec.com> <1993Jan23.040629.19775@ttinews.tti.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:56:06 GMT
- Lines: 71
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- In article <1993Jan23.040629.19775@ttinews.tti.com> hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath) writes:
- >"The only way I like avocado is hanging on a tree, preferably in someone
- >else's garden. Avocado is one of the few evil fruits (coconut is the only
- >other one I can think of) that contain unhealthful amounts of fat.
- >
- >"Unfortunately, here on the left coast they insist on putting it in or on
- >just about everything. Blech."
-
- "Yeah, I've noticed.
-
- "When I first came out here, I worked at a place where the restaurant
- in the industrial park had a very "Californian" menu that read
- approximately like this (I don't remember the prices off-hand; I avoid
- salads like the bubonic plague):
-
- Salads
- ------
-
- Avocado stuffed with tuna salad
-
- Tuna salad with avocado
-
- Avocado stuffed with crab salad
-
- Crab salad with avocado
-
- Avocado stuffed with potato salad
-
- Potato salad with avocado
-
- Avocado stuffed with macaroni salad
-
- Macaroni salad with avocado
-
- Avocado stuffed with egg salad
-
- Egg salad with avocado
-
- Avocado stuffed with ham salad
-
- Ham salad with avocado
-
- Avocado stuffed with turkey salad
-
- Turkey salad with avocado
-
- Avocado stuffed with chicken salad
-
- Chicken salad with avocado
-
- Avocado stuffed with pasta salad
-
- Pasta salad with avocado
-
- Avocado stuffed with fruit salad
-
- Fruit salad*
-
- *Avocado $.50 extra
-
-
- "No, I'm not making this up!"
-
- --Lynn
- --
- Lynn Gold figmo@netcom.com
-
- Worst pickup line of the decade:
- "You're so cute, so pretty. I've got the beer if you've got the
- time, you know. I've been all around the world. Would you like to
- see some human remains and intestines I have in the back of my van?"
-