[2:30 PM] Ms. Rose:
Mr. Oleo just said those 4 little words every girl wants to hear:
"Red Lobster tonight, honey?" :]
[2:31 PM] Mr. Brown:
Mr. Money Bag
[2:31 PM] Mr. Silver:
Singular “bag”
"I'm going to get some cheesy biscuits. You can come."
[2:32 PM] Ms. Rose:
It's a small bag. That is plastic. And says "Discover" on the front. And is shaped like a card.
[2:32 PM] Mr. Brown:
Yes yes, I don't have the plastic
I has the money
Have to keeps the money
We may go to Red Lobster once a year
[2:32 PM] Ms. Rose:
Mr. Oleo has excellently-maintained credit. Me, on the other hand...
Yeah, we only go once a year too. It's been a long time. And it's the Endless Shrimp and we have coupons, so.
[2:33 PM] Mr. Brown:
They are so expensive for not-that-great food
The only good thing is the biscuits
They messed up fish and chips
[2:34 PM] Mr. Silver:
And the conversation goes full circle...
(Re - The “Change of the World” movie night for Y2K – Mr. Silver)
[2:34 PM] Ms. Rose:
Aside from Endless Shrimp, all I ever get is that huge "feast" thing that has everything on it. For like $27 or whatever. I've honestly never tried anything else there. But the biscuits are worth it by themselves.
[2:34 PM] Mr. Silver:
Because...
At the end of the world (Y2K) I'd noticed I'd never eaten lobster in any substantial amount.
So some of us went to have some...just in case.
Then we went home and watched "The Omega Man"
[2:35 PM] Ms. Rose:
Good idea!
Life without lobster is just not worth living. I'd love to be in a coastal place where it's so damned common that they throw it out like Hamburger Helper.
Where lobster rolls are $2 and Baconators are $17.
[3:00 PM] Mr. Silver:
There must be lobster and then lobster. Because on that Y2K occasion – and one other at Red Lobster -- and a plate of something Chinese with "lobster sauce", I've not found it very impressive.
[3:02 PM] Ms. Rose:
Lobster sauce is fish urine, I believe.
:P
[3:03 PM] Mr. Silver:
At least it woulda been tangier
[3:04 PM] Ms. Rose:
The lobster we get around here is nowhere near like good, fresh lobster. But I like it, nonetheless. Best lobster I ever had was in the "Chinatown" section of London. They took us to a fancy meal for our last day there and the college paid for everyone to get whatever they wanted. I think I ate $80 of food that night. But it's not like I have any student loans...
[3:04 PM] Mr. Silver:
Right
[3:05 PM] Mr. Brown:
The live ones taste better
Like when they take them out of the tank and cook them
But even that would not be the same as getting them right from the ocean and eating it
[3:06 PM] Mr. Blue:
I'm not a big lobster fan, but I had good lobster in Maine
[3:06 PM] Mr. Brown:
A lot of the restaurants there get it fresh that day
[3:06 PM] Mr. Blue:
We stayed at a hotel that literally pulled it out of the ocean in front of us
and put it in our breakfast omelets
[3:07 PM] Ms. Rose:
Now crab legs... Next best thing if you can't get lobster.
I'm glad that my parents managed to get good seafood every now and then, despite how poor we were.
[3:07 PM] Mr. Blue:
I think I prefer crab to lobster
[3:07 PM] Mr. Silver:
I didn't like crab until I helped prep live ones.
I like the giant snow crab legs too
[3:07 PM] Ms. Rose:
Lotta work, but totally worth it.
(says the girl who eats fake crab sticks almost every day)
My mom would always do a huge seafood thing for my dad's birthday or father's day. Blow like a whole paycheck on clams and crab legs and shrimp and...frozen cod for her, since she's not a shellfish person.
[3:09 PM] Mr. Brown:
Stone crab is good
They pull them out then pull off their claws and throw them back
[3:09 PM] Ms. Rose:
I don't think I've ever had a stone crab.
[3:10 PM] Mr. Blue:
Snow crab at Red Lobster used to be my go-to meal
[3:11 PM] Mr. Brown:
I've always been a fish and chips kinda guy, but Red Lobster screws it up like I said.
More batter than fish
Comes out looking like a monster of a fish filet, turns out to be all batter
[3:12 PM] Mr. Blue:
The Elephant & Castle place near the outlets does a good fish & chips
Or they did... I'm not sure if it's even still there
[3:12 PM] Mr. Brown:
It is
[3:14 PM] Ms. Rose:
£4 for fish and chips served in newspaper with LOTS of vinegar in London. And I LOVE Elephant and Castle.
[3:14 PM] Mr. Blue:
Yeah, the vinegar is key, especially on the chips
[3:14 PM] Mr. Brown:
Malt vinegar
[3:15 PM] Ms. Rose:
I used to escape to Elephant & Castle when the Mormon in-laws forced me to go Christmas shopping with them. "I'll just be over here, getting toasted and eating reubens." (Their reubens are awesome, too.)
It's still there. We drove past on the way to that dinner theater thing in X.
[3:15 PM] Mr. Silver:
I love a good fish & chips
[3:16 PM] Mr. Blue:
I never had fish & chips until I went to the UK, and then I had it like 3-4 times in a week.
Irish travelers bought it for us when we broke down.
If you don't know the story.. we got a flat tire on a dirt road in the Cairngorm Mountains in Scotland and it was dark out and these people in a caravan with a thick accent stopped to help. Then they left because we had already called the tow truck and there was no spare tire. Then they came back saying they had gotten us into a hotel a town away, then they left again, and came back again with fish & chips and drinks
And they kept saying "I just wish there was more we could do."
The wife was unintelligible, but the husband spoke clearly.
[3:16 PM] Ms. Rose:
That is a wonderful story!
[3:17 PM] Mr. Blue:
I assume they were Irish Travelers
[3:19 PM] Mr. Silver:
Nice
[3:19 PM] Mr. Blue:
Actually, they left in one direction, came back - "no rooms available there". Went the other way and came back - "they have a vacancy, they'll be waiting for ya". Then left and came back again with the food just after the tow truck arrived.
[3:19 PM] Mr. Silver:
"Man, back home in America we'd have just rolled you."
"Gasp!"
"I'm kidding! … We woulda killed you and taken the caravan."
[3:19 PM] Ms. Rose:
I went to London before 9/11 when everyone in the world loved and adored Americans. I bought this little book of a "walking tour of the Beatles" and it took you to all these cool places that were significant in UK music history, not just the Beatles. A lot of it involved riding the tube. I ran out of money or my ticket was expired or something...I forget. And a bobby let me ride for free because I made a joke about a "ticket to ride" in my goofy 'merican language. It was heartwarming.
The gents over there just loooooove to introduce what would be under drinking age girls here to warm pints of beer, too. Not sure I paid for a drink the whole time I was there. I was 19.
[3:25 PM] Mr. Brown:
Did your rescuers sound Romainian, Mr. Blue? [3:26 PM] Mr. Blue:
They weren't Roma, if that's what you are getting at.
[3:28 PM] Mr. Brown:
cogny
cogney
I think I'm spelling that wrong
If she was a cogney the English cannot understand them.
[3:30 PM] Mr. Blue:
The husband didn't sound Scottish... the wife was speaking gibberish
Like all the words were crammed together
[3:30 PM] Mr. Brown:
She was prob a cogney. lol
[3:30 PM] Mr. Blue:
“Cockney”. No
[3:30 PM] Mr. Brown:
Thats it!
[3:31 PM] Mr. Blue:
Michael Caine is cockney. That's just a London accent.
[3:31 PM] Mr. Brown:
I can tell you that some Scots run fast when they talk
Its hard to catch what they are saying
I've heard it a lot in films and when my sister in law's sister comes to visit. She is good most of the time then she gets going, and you're like WHAT?
[3:38 PM] Mr. Silver:
"That's English they're speaking? The beasts understand each other?"
[3:39 PM] Mr. Blue:
One of the best moments in Scotland was when this little kid in kilt get-up was playing the bagpipes on a street corner in Edinburgh, and we were like "aww that's cool" and watched for a bit.
And then a bunch of other kids of similar age came up and started ragging on him for it
[3:39 PM] Ms. Rose:
Awww. :(
[3:41 PM] Mr. Blue:
They were pushing him around and making jokes while he tried to ignore them and continue playing
[3:41 PM] Mr. Brown:
Ya got a fancy kilt ther doncha
[3:42 PM] Mr. Silver:
Bagpipes – The accordion of Scotland
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