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Post by tropicallutefisk on Sept 11, 2019 9:32:51 GMT -5
I'm looking for similar stories, doesn't have to be about laundry, one of those that are funny and weird, and true.... I am am a carpenter. My company hired a guy who graduated high school last year. I will call him Austin, because that is his name. The first day my foreman told him to use the forklift and load up seven 2x4s,(they are 14ft. long), and bring them over to the work area. About 5 minutes later he walks up to us and says, “ Are those the square-ended ones or the other ones?”. There was a stack of 4x4s next to the stack of 2x4s. He is now in community college, ha! I now refer to him as Snowflake. OMG that is hilarious. He's also probably the type that is expecting a six figure salary just for showing up to work |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 0:34:55 GMT -5
Never put a bong in the dishwasher! Now that's the best advice I've seen in about 50 years. Far out man! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 1:12:56 GMT -5
APPROVED QUESTING DEVICES. Unicorns may be taken with:
Serious Intent
Iambic Pentameter
General levity
Sweet talkOMG, that is the first time I've heard the term Iambic Pentameter since Father Murray's English class (just after Latin class and before Physics) with sprinklings of Chaucer, etc. Back In those days there were no girls in our high school. We had to go up the hill to Holy Names High School for that type of learning. They started letting girls attend my high school in the 80's. That's when the football team went to HEdoubleL. It also went from one of the two best academic high schools in the state (the other one is the school Bill Gates attended) into a downhill slide. The rhythm of IP was nice: da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM
  
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 4:17:28 GMT -5
Speaking of Cram Chowder, we have the very best right her in Seattle (aka homelessville). Ivar's Acres of Clams, fish bars and restaurants were started here in 1938, where he opened Seattle's first aquarium along with a fish and chips counter on Pier 54. Ivar Haglund was a Swedish immigrant, folk singer and restaurateur/entrepreneur and a great local man famous for his very dry humor. Today, there are 24 Seattle area Ivar's fast casual Seafood Bars, three Fish Bars, and three full-service restaurants: Ivar's Acres of Clams, Ivar's Salmon House and Ivar's Mukilteo Landing. His best clam chowder is white, loaded with clams, very creamy and with zero sand! His fish and chips are to die for. I've been eating at Ivar's since I was 5 years old. Ivar's uses True Cod, aka Pacific Cod which is the very best for fish and chips, so tender, flaky and marvelously light flavored. He offers Halibut and Pollock, no thank you and haddock is for feeding the sled dogs! His tarter sauce and cocktail sauce are both scrumptious and refrigerated with zero preservatives. Ivar's recently opened a new store very close to us. Noriko was ecstatic as she loves Ivar's and their delicious fish menu. In fact the new Ivar's in our neighborhood has become so popular they have the crams delivered by dump truck (see photo). Dump truck on the right full of fresh clams.  BTW, if you ever come to Seattle it is pronounced EyeVurs (rhymes with I-Purrs) not Eye Vars. Say I-Vaaarrrsss and you will immediately be exposed as a foreigner! So as Ivar always said (his motto) Keep Clam!    BTW: Ivar's does not serve Lutefisk! Attachments:
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Post by DavidR on Sept 16, 2019 9:22:08 GMT -5
I've got a west coast clam for you |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 10:11:39 GMT -5
I've got a west coast clam for you We used to call that a horse clam for obvious reasons. (My ex-girlfriend had one and the AAA batteries kept running low.) However, the correct name is geoduck. It is pronounced "gooey duck." They are all over the Seattle and Western Worshington salt waters. I caught/dug one on the tide flats in Bremerton once when I was about 8. My 4 year older brother and his friend were there. They had me lay on my stomach and hold on to the neck while they dug (slowly) around the geoduck. It took about 30 minutes before we finally got it free from the mud. Guess who was covered in mud from head to toe? I think I got the raw end of the deal. They are considered a delicacy in Asia and only now are becoming popular to eat in America. They are difficult to hold with chopsticks. My brother took photo of me riding that big clam.  |
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