tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post112970236188247579..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Hey Kids! Find the Punchline! Win a $25 Savings Bond!James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1129828451178315072005-10-20T13:14:00.000-04:002005-10-20T13:14:00.000-04:00Really top places will do anything to make a guest...Really top places will do anything to make a guest happy. If that restaurant was for real, they would not only NOT have sniffed at the Yuengling, but they would have agreed to serve it and then sent someone for a six-pack and served it. The customer would never have known. I am not wealthy (by a wide margin), but my wife and I are foodies and also have champagne taste on our beer budgets. DBKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08182965443810437028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1129790128504591842005-10-20T02:35:00.000-04:002005-10-20T02:35:00.000-04:00I meant to look this up...I think AAA and the old ...I meant to look this up...I think AAA and the old Moble guides used five stars. Michelin's three in Europe but may be four here. The five-star thing was another clue to the cluelessness of it all. <BR/><BR/>The violet, if I remember correctly, is #EEF.James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1129788248030315682005-10-20T02:04:00.000-04:002005-10-20T02:04:00.000-04:00A 'five-star restaurant' according to what?I bet e...<I>A 'five-star restaurant' according to what?</I><BR/><BR/>I bet even Lucienne is tired of him sending her those two hundred and fifty dollar cooky recipes...<BR/><BR/>(The violet is nice, I agree. I may set it as my default background color. And the word thing seems to be back to normal, so I guess it was me. Or, anyway, at least this one doesn't have four "c"s in it.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1129778824071387032005-10-19T23:27:00.000-04:002005-10-19T23:27:00.000-04:00Wha? A 'five-star restaurant' according to what? Z...Wha? A 'five-star restaurant' according to what? Zagat's tops out at four stars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1129749241494804142005-10-19T15:14:00.000-04:002005-10-19T15:14:00.000-04:00Jonah Goldberg is too dumb to be a Star Wars fan. ...Jonah Goldberg is too dumb to be a Star Wars fan. Considering the likely location of his head, it's more likely he's a fan of It Came From Uranus.handdrummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12287658517906891463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1129744606065824682005-10-19T13:56:00.000-04:002005-10-19T13:56:00.000-04:00Thanks, Pepper. It was inspired by two days of sc...Thanks, Pepper. It was inspired by two days of scraping glare white caulk in direct sunlight. All the other color changes were inspired by my hunting and pecking through the code to find out where the background was.James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1129743324879347232005-10-19T13:35:00.000-04:002005-10-19T13:35:00.000-04:00If there's one thing I like less than a wine snob,...If there's one thing I like less than a wine snob, it's a beer snob.<BR/><BR/>And what was the point of that? Who was Goldberg trying to be? Lileks? <BR/><BR/>Hey, I gotta tell ya, this light violet background is easy on the eyes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1129737787471044772005-10-19T12:03:00.000-04:002005-10-19T12:03:00.000-04:00did you tell your word-verification software to be...<I>did you tell your word-verification software to be on the lookout for invading hordes or something?</I><BR/><BR/>Hey, it rejected one of my comments yesterday.James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1129706884897576152005-10-19T03:28:00.000-04:002005-10-19T03:28:00.000-04:00And that's why you're the blog-talkin'-guy. 'Cause...And that's why you're the blog-talkin'-guy. <BR/>'Cause I'd have just settled for a link and the word "Dumbass" plus speculation that Jonah forwards email alerts to people without bothering to check Snopes first.<BR/><BR/><BR/>My God, and totally off-topic, did you tell your word-verification software to be on the lookout for invading hordes or something? It's apparently building pictures of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com