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Politics : The Donkey's Inn -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mephisto who wrote (10050)	12/22/2004 6:49:13 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

BON APPETITE Last week we took some friends to a popular restaurant and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It didn't seem at all strange until I noticed that the busboy who poured our water also had a spoon in his shirt pocket. Looking around at the rest of the staff, I saw that every one of them had a spoon in their pocket. When the waiter returned with our salad, I asked, "Why the spoon in your pocket?" "Well," he explained, "the restaurant owners hired a consulting firm to streamline our processes. After a few months of analysis, they concluded that the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. It represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour. If our personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number of trips back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift." As luck would have it, I eventually dropped my spoon and the waiter was able to replace it with his spare. "I'll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now," he stated. I was impressed. I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the waiter's fly. Looking around, I saw that all the waiters had a string hanging from their fly. Naturally curious again, I sort of pointed and asked our waiter, "Can you tell me why you have that string right there?" "Certainly, sir." Then he lowered his voice. "Not everyone is so observant. That consulting firm I mentioned also found out that we can save time in the restroom. By tying this string onto you know what, we can pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to wash our hands, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.3 percent." Speaking softly, I asked, "I can see the advantage, but after you get it out, how do you put it back?" "Well," he whispered, "I don't know about the others, but I use the spoon."

To: Mephisto who wrote (10050)	12/22/2004 6:49:32 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

You need to get out more often! CC

To: Mephisto who wrote (10050)	12/22/2004 6:52:17 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

Mephisto, Re: Are you ready for Christmas? Oh, no. Was I supposed to do something to get ready? Now I'm panicked. Oh, my goodness. What should I be doing? ;') *** Re: I've never tasted cavier! I have enjoyed beluga and osetra caviars a couple of times. They are quite wonderful, as well as being outrageously ostentatious. :) When I lived in Alaska, I'd occasionally pull up a coho salmon with ripening eggs. I always found that they were delicious served in the manner of a good caviar, or in a more pedestrian dish such as in scrambled eggs. The salmon "caviar" was exquisite when fresh. I could never understand why the American public never seemed to appreciate this delicacy, basically, as I understand it, either selling the salmon eggs off to the Japanese or else in the case of sport fishermen, simply discarding the eggs or using them as bait. To me, they were the best, most delicately delicious part of the catch. Does that help explain why I have so much disdain for the average Bush voter? ;')