OT, but given the conversation a week or three ago, for those of us in NYC who don't know what Vietnamese subs are, this looks like a useful resource.
FYI - For those wondering, I pulled the post below this. It was a bit premature to put up -- things were less decided than we originally thought.
I'll bet you could grow one hell of a mustache if you tried, Ogged.
Aren't the virgins for martyrs of the faith, those killed fighting for, etc.? Or have I got them mixed up with Valkyries?
Once way back when, S. and I went to Italy over college spring break, and we planned our trip such that when we flew back home into Houston, we had to drive immediately to Austin to start classes. We planned it this way, because we are idiots. So I was driving the car home when it started to absolutely pour, and I was so exhausted, but we were determined to make it and I think maybe we had to for some crucial reason. I don't know if I was drifting or hydroplaning, but we were doing bad, I was doing bad, and S. must have recognized this, because she did something that shocks me still—she asked me to explain the history of the X-Men. We arrived home just after Dark Phoenix Saga/Days of Future Past.
he asked me if I would mind getting out short of my place and walking so that he could take a shortcut back to the expressway
Serious violation of the Taxi Calling, dude.
Here's an epilogue to the South Carolina beauty contestant thread.
Do Iranians do the moustache thing? In my imagination at least, any Arab man must have a moustache. I don't assume the same about Iranians for some reason, though I don't know why. Maybe the Shah was clean-shaven?
Best thing ever happened to her. Perhaps the youtube was actually being "viewed" by bots. viewbots.
re: 9
The Shah was clean-shaven, yes.
So are lots of Arabs and Mexicans.
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your pal s. should get over her irrational fear of death.
it's far preferable to listening to someone explain the history of the x-men.
I worked with an Iranian guy once who had been part of the mujahedin (I think) fighting against the Iranian government, and a government offensive against them drove them into Iraq, where he was arrested and spent several years in an Iraqi jail for being an Iranian spy. Much of that time in a cell that was too small to stand up straight, sit down, or lie down. Said he'd sleep crouched with his back against one wall and his knees against the opposite one.
Anyhow, the point of all this was that he had a big-ass mustache.
Isn't it that you wish you had a pencil-thin mustache?
a big-ass mustache
Which is not to be confused with a big ass-mustache.
re: 15
The pencil moustache is strongly correlated with the sauve.
A big ass-mustache is a flava-saver.
I had a cab driver try to do that to me yesterday in Brooklyn, too. He wanted to drop me off right at the off-ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge and have me walk 7 blocks to work with all of my luggage. Sometimes I'm a nice guy about that kind of stuff but not when I'm lugging bags and have been up since 4 AM. No, sir, you're going to drive my ass to my destination.
And I had phoned ahead to have a cab come pick me up at 5:30 AM to take me to the airport. 5:30 came and went - no taxi. I called the company and they said that the taxi had shown up early (at 4 AM!), called me twice, and left. I tried explaining that coming over an hour early and leaving did not in any way fulfill my reservation more than just not showing up at all but she didn't seem to agree. (Fortunately, there was another cab in the area that they were able to dispatch to me.)
Aren't the virgins for martyrs of the faith, those killed fighting for, etc.? Or have I got them mixed up with Valkyries?
You don't get Valkyries. Valkyries get you.
15: What ogged really wants is a two-tone Ricky Ricardo jacket.
Not what you do with them, to whom they appear.
And an autographed picture of Andy Devine.
24: IIRC, Valkyries don't care what you're fighting for, just that you're fighting.
1: Thanks, Mike. One of those places is near my office -- new food for lunch today!
she did something that shocks me still--she asked me to explain the history of the X-Men
Shit, I'd totally forgotten that my old, bad girlfriend used to ask me to talk to her in order to put her to sleep. I'm almost certain that she would say, "Talk to me about architecture," and be out within 2 minutes.
Bitch.
Based on not nearly enough data, I have the sense that Bay Area cabbies are generally a lot ornerier (word?) than New York cabbies.
For those visiting north Brooklyn, I've found Northside Car Service to be accomodating beyond my expectations.
Yeah, having a cabbie ask me to get out before my destination for his convenience would leave me staring at him in stunned enwhitlement. I might do it, but I'd be surprised as anything by the request.
new food for lunch today!
We expect a full report. None of those places is close to my office, but a couple are on my walk home...
How did you know he was jihad-ready?
Feel free to violate the sanctity of off-blog jihad.
Angry swarthy foreigner=jihad-ready. I expect better from you, Nedidiah.
But you speak earlier of an Iraqi cabbie who is not described as jihad-ready.
What's the difference? The moustaches?
For Bahn Mi you either want Nicky's on 2nd St. btw. A & B, or or Bahn Mi Saigon Bakery on Mott St. which is clearly better but less convenient for me. I don't need no steekin' article.
The Iraqi wasn't angry; he was a personable family man.
For banh mi, I want a place I can walk to from my office. But if this works out, I'll try the Mott St. place on the weekend.
The part that most concerns me is Ogged's use of "bro."
Shit, now I want banh mi. That's a long-ass lunch to get there and back. Damnit. Fucking suburbs.
Don't banh mi. I like commenting.
I think I'd be fairly happy if a cabbie asked me to get out short of my destination. Assuming he didn't want to get paid.
Remember the cabbie in Rat Race? I love that movie.
The part that most concerns me is Ogged's use of "bro."
Better than "big guy".
Heebie, children should be seen and not heard, and not seen either!!!
Emerson, I don't even have children!
Are you really suggesting that Jammies is an adult?
I had a fabulous banh mi in Philadelphia. I've never had it here. Thanks for the map!
Are you really suggesting that Jammies is an adult?
Let's just say he's old enough to be seen and heard.
Why not? Are you a lesbian?
That's no excuse anyway: turkey basters!
A normal girl should have one or more husbands and three kids by your age.
Heebie's not normal?
My heart is broken. I've lost my last illusion. I was living in the confidence that there was at least one normal girl , down there in Texa,s adding up columns of figures and dividing things by other things and combing the hairy ball. Dman.
I didn't say I wasn't. I just am hungry for approval, and was verifying the matter.
A normal girl should have one or more husbands and three kids by your age.
my gf never doesn't want to birth kids. Never did. She is great with mine, but had no desire for any to go down that birth canal. She bristles at the statement that you are abnormal if you dont want kids.
She says, "I'm the sane one!"
I thought they called them "Vietnamese hoagies" in Philadelphia.
Anyway, I can now tell you that Bao Noodles on 2nd Ave between 23rd and 22nd makes a tasty grilled shrimp banh mi for $6. It's not really a takeout place; next time I'm going to call ahead and pick up to avoid waiting around in the restaurant while they grill the shrimp, etc. My coworker reports that the pork is also good.
We men sincerely admire normal girls because they're subservient and busty.
If you're not sure what I mean, anime and heavy metal record jackets will give you the idea. Normality!
anime and heavy metal record jackets will give you the idea.
So that is what BitchPhd and frowner look like.
It's a real problem, finding glasses that will flatter my enormous eyes. And the metal bustiers, *so* hard to fit properly.
Titanium bustiers have memory, so once you get them right they stay that way.
My mental image is that bitchphd wears rhinestone cat eye glasses. Now that I think about it, in my mind, all unfogged women wear them. Except soccer math girl. She wears Moses Malone goggles.
they're subservient and busty
You forgot "nicely bouncy".
Much of that time in a cell that was too small to stand up straight, sit down, or lie down.
Standard interrogation technique in the 17th century. There was a special cell like that in the Tower of London, called "Little Ease".
Ain't progress great?
re: 67
I've been in Gavrilo Princip's cell, where he was incarcerated and eventually died [several years] after killing Franz Ferdinand. It was surprisingly big but incredibly cold, damp and dark. I couldn't imagine spending more than a few hours there, never mind in one of those tiny 'Little Ease' type cells.
I'm told that there are people in DC who ask cabbies to let them out before their destination. DC cabs aren't metered, so the rates are based on zones. If you know your zones well, you can save money by getting the cab driver to stop before he crosses into a new one.