Comments on: Highbrow Reviews Of Ordinary Things - Part 2: Food And Drink http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/ Scattered values and the chance of philosophy. May contain funny. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:29:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21377 Wed, 23 May 2007 22:02:15 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21377 KAty, I'll bring lots of twoels. KAty, I’ll bring lots of twoels.

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21263 Wed, 23 May 2007 07:10:38 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21263 Guest rooms are still free but towels are not provided. I can't stress that strongly enough. Very noble of you Ed. Guest rooms are still free but towels are not provided. I can’t stress that strongly enough.

Very noble of you Ed.

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21236 Wed, 23 May 2007 02:01:43 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21236 Ok, so I'm Gold Plus. Don't want a promotion I don't deserve;) I'll have to pay for the guest rooms then won't I? Ok, so I’m Gold Plus. Don’t want a promotion I don’t deserve;)

I’ll have to pay for the guest rooms then won’t I?

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21103 Tue, 22 May 2007 07:46:16 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21103 See, what's happened is that Ed and Katy commented while I was writing my comment. Ed, you were right, you were Gold Plus. Or at least you were. I was looking at the wrong list and mistook you for Ted. Then your comment came in and I realised I got it wrong. But I'll let it stand. Katy - Bronze 2nd Dan for the Cale stuff. See, what’s happened is that Ed and Katy commented while I was writing my comment. Ed, you were right, you were Gold Plus. Or at least you were. I was looking at the wrong list and mistook you for Ted. Then your comment came in and I realised I got it wrong. But I’ll let it stand.

Katy - Bronze 2nd Dan for the Cale stuff.

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21075 Tue, 22 May 2007 02:01:18 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21075 Ooh, a promotion! Cool! Ooh, a promotion! Cool!

]]> by: Katy Newton http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21039 Mon, 21 May 2007 21:29:32 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21039 I've got a whole <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=qs49hJrYNIQ" rel="nofollow">heap</a> of JJ Cale right here. Oh yeah. (How many stages are there between Triple Eagle Platinum X-tra and Bronze Club? I'm thinking many.) I’ve got a whole heap of JJ Cale right here.

Oh yeah.

(How many stages are there between Triple Eagle Platinum X-tra and Bronze Club? I’m thinking many.)

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21036 Mon, 21 May 2007 21:03:12 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21036 Kathryn, it WAS wrong. FB - apparently Elizabethans sounded more deep south than plum in the mouth. Phonetic tone poetry suggested they pronouced maid like "mide". It's almost a cockney intonation, but you compare it to Alabama and suddenly you've got it "mide in the shide". Course we'll never know. And also - wow - including a link to another post on here in a comment. It's a This Is This first. Bronze Club membership for you. Flattery will get you everywhere. Katy, you're back to Bronze, OK? Thanks for the Randy Newman. Let's move on. We're better than this. Got any JJ Cale? Ed - Triple Eagle Platinum X-tra, people. Kathryn, it WAS wrong.

FB - apparently Elizabethans sounded more deep south than plum in the mouth. Phonetic tone poetry suggested they pronouced maid like “mide”. It’s almost a cockney intonation, but you compare it to Alabama and suddenly you’ve got it “mide in the shide”.

Course we’ll never know. And also - wow - including a link to another post on here in a comment. It’s a This Is This first. Bronze Club membership for you. Flattery will get you everywhere.

Katy, you’re back to Bronze, OK? Thanks for the Randy Newman. Let’s move on. We’re better than this. Got any JJ Cale?

Ed - Triple Eagle Platinum X-tra, people.

]]> by: Katy Newton http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21035 Mon, 21 May 2007 21:02:30 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21035 You've got Gold Plus? Waaah. Everyone hates me. You’ve got Gold Plus? Waaah. Everyone hates me.

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21034 Mon, 21 May 2007 21:01:25 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21034 IT's OK, Katy. Under my Gold Plus membership, I'm allowed a guest. You can join me. IT’s OK, Katy. Under my Gold Plus membership, I’m allowed a guest. You can join me.

]]> by: FB http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21022 Mon, 21 May 2007 19:30:06 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-21022 Have they managed to fix Pop Tarts so the jam (or whatever) doesn't scorch the inside of your mouth off when you try to eat them? Real reason for comment though, re: the us/them debate (for the sake of argument, us=British them=American) apparently Shakespeare and his cohorts would sound more American than British, if brought to us in a time machine. Once 'they' left they were more intent on preserving their language (official language of the USA was almost German, for a time), while we continued to adopt influences from all over the shop, regardless. That's why they still say things like "gotten". American = more archaic. (according to Bill Bryson, at least, in his really rather good book, if you like that sort of thing, Mother Tongue) (also ties in with your recent <a href="http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/11/my-theories-part-two-accents/" rel="nofollow">expat syndrome theory</a>) Have they managed to fix Pop Tarts so the jam (or whatever) doesn’t scorch the inside of your mouth off when you try to eat them?

Real reason for comment though, re: the us/them debate (for the sake of argument, us=British them=American) apparently Shakespeare and his cohorts would sound more American than British, if brought to us in a time machine. Once ‘they’ left they were more intent on preserving their language (official language of the USA was almost German, for a time), while we continued to adopt influences from all over the shop, regardless. That’s why they still say things like “gotten”. American = more archaic.

(according to Bill Bryson, at least, in his really rather good book, if you like that sort of thing, Mother Tongue)

(also ties in with your recent expat syndrome theory)

]]> by: Kathryn http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20993 Mon, 21 May 2007 16:08:37 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20993 Oh, pop tarts. I can't eat those things. I tried to eat one last week in the office and I had to ditch it. Evil and unnatural-type pastry. Felt wrong. Now toaster strudels...well, that's a whole other ballgame. Oh, pop tarts. I can’t eat those things. I tried to eat one last week in the office and I had to ditch it. Evil and unnatural-type pastry. Felt wrong.

Now toaster strudels…well, that’s a whole other ballgame.

]]> by: Katy Newton http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20991 Mon, 21 May 2007 15:52:32 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20991 No more Bronze Club! Boooooo. We do indeed have Pop Tarts. The idea of having them as, like, a <i>meal</i>... well, it would be amusing if it wasn't so terrifying. "On your way out the door and no time to eat breakfast? Why not help yourself to seventeen spoonfuls of refined sugar?" On the YouTube front, I offer Randy Newman AND the Old Grey Whistle Test. It is <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=1Vb0Mu0mhlw" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Complete with annoying talking at the start, for which I apologise. Even though I did not record or upload it. That's the sort of person I am. No more Bronze Club! Boooooo.

We do indeed have Pop Tarts. The idea of having them as, like, a meal… well, it would be amusing if it wasn’t so terrifying. “On your way out the door and no time to eat breakfast? Why not help yourself to seventeen spoonfuls of refined sugar?”

On the YouTube front, I offer Randy Newman AND the Old Grey Whistle Test. It is here. Complete with annoying talking at the start, for which I apologise. Even though I did not record or upload it. That’s the sort of person I am.

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20989 Mon, 21 May 2007 15:42:48 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20989 Right. No more Bronze Club for Katy. Katy must now think about what she has done here today. Seriously though, do we? Also - youtube links please. Right. No more Bronze Club for Katy. Katy must now think about what she has done here today.

Seriously though, do we?

Also - youtube links please.

]]> by: Katy Newton http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20984 Mon, 21 May 2007 15:05:16 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20984 PS Cliff lies! Oh that is so bad. We <i>totally</i> have PopTarts. PS Cliff lies! Oh that is so bad. We totally have PopTarts.

]]> by: Katy Newton http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20983 Mon, 21 May 2007 15:04:52 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20983 Nor am I, Ed. I'm just going to post YouTube videos until I think of something worth saying. Nor am I, Ed. I’m just going to post YouTube videos until I think of something worth saying.

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20982 Mon, 21 May 2007 14:58:43 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20982 YOu can change your normal by switching grocery stores, Tom. Everything's in a differetn place, there's different brands, and it's all different. I have three major grocery stores near me, plus two not-so-major one, one of which carries a great deal of products imported from Mexico. Normlayy this is a really cool deal, especially when looking for banana leaves for puerco pibil or achiote seed. It does somewhat bother me, though, to see that they are selling soap that has not been approved for use in the US. YOu can change your normal by switching grocery stores, Tom. Everything’s in a differetn place, there’s different brands, and it’s all different. I have three major grocery stores near me, plus two not-so-major one, one of which carries a great deal of products imported from Mexico. Normlayy this is a really cool deal, especially when looking for banana leaves for puerco pibil or achiote seed. It does somewhat bother me, though, to see that they are selling soap that has not been approved for use in the US.

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20980 Mon, 21 May 2007 14:44:40 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20980 Way ahead of you Tom. We don't have Pop Tarts over here. <i>We</i> talk funny? You guys changed the accent! Funny THIS. Also, if California is normal, then we're all in trouble. Way ahead of you Tom. We don’t have Pop Tarts over here. We talk funny? You guys changed the accent! Funny THIS. Also, if California is normal, then we’re all in trouble.

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20978 Mon, 21 May 2007 14:29:02 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20978 WEll maybe someday. I'm not feeling too creative lately. WEll maybe someday. I’m not feeling too creative lately.

]]> by: Tom http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20977 Mon, 21 May 2007 14:26:34 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20977 We have nothing like Findus Crispy Pancakes in California. And now, this morning, I so want one. You guys are so lucky, living on an island far, far away. Everything is so exotic. The food is weird; the people talk funny. You're, like, 5,000 miles from normal. So, I don't understand why you call it a review of "ordinary things." Haven't they told you? Everything should be written from an American reference; otherwise, we get confused out here. We have nothing like Findus Crispy Pancakes in California. And now, this morning, I so want one. You guys are so lucky, living on an island far, far away. Everything is so exotic. The food is weird; the people talk funny. You’re, like, 5,000 miles from normal. So, I don’t understand why you call it a review of “ordinary things.” Haven’t they told you? Everything should be written from an American reference; otherwise, we get confused out here.

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20946 Mon, 21 May 2007 11:32:07 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/21/highbrow-reviews-of-ordinary-things-part-2-food-and-drink/#comment-20946 Listen, Sarah <i>Clyde</i>, right. Her mum wouldn't know a goulash from a nasi goring. Now hand me the zester. Ed - you should so have a blog. That celebration of the art stuff? That's incredibly nice. Listen, Sarah Clyde, right. Her mum wouldn’t know a goulash from a nasi goring. Now hand me the zester.

Ed - you should so have a blog. That celebration of the art stuff? That’s incredibly nice.

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