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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (132571)	1/19/2007 12:03:10 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 225578

That reminds me of the scene with Jack Nicholson in "Five Easy Pieces" From Wikipedia: The movie's most famous scene takes place in a roadside diner, where Bobby tries to get a waitress (Lorna Thayer) to bring him toast with his breakfast, which is not on the menu. Despite appeals to logic and common sense, the waitress adamantly sticks to the rules of the restaurant, so Bobby comes up with a plan of his own: Bobby: I'd like a plain omelet. No potatoes, tomatoes instead. A cup of coffee and wheat toast. Waitress: No substitutions. Bobby: What do you mean? You don't have any tomatoes? Waitress: Only what's on the menu. You can have a number two - a plain omelet. It comes with cottage, fries, and rolls. Bobby: Yea, I know what it comes with, but it's not what I want. Waitress: I'll come back when you make up your mind. Bobby: Wait a minute, I have made up my mind. I'd like a plain omelet, no potatoes on the plate. A cup of coffee and a side order of wheat toast. Waitress: I'm sorry, we don't have any side orders of toast. I'll give you a English muffin or a coffee roll. Bobby: What do you mean "you don't make side orders of toast"? You make sandwiches, don't you? Waitress: Would you like to talk to the manager? Bobby: You've got bread. And a toaster of some kind? Waitress: I don't make the rules. Bobby: OK, I'll make it as easy for you as I can. I'd like an omelet, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce. And a cup of coffee. Waitress: A number two, chicken sal san. Hold the butter, the lettuce, the mayonnaise, and a cup of coffee. Anything else? Bobby: Yeah, now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules. Waitress: You want me to hold the chicken, huh? Bobby: I want you to hold it between your knees. The waitress then indignantly orders them to leave, to which Nicholson knocks the drinks off the table with a sweep of his arm. Back in the car:

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (132571)	1/19/2007 1:13:16 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

During the cold months the Waynesville VFW serves breakfast. $5 with coffee included. You just order breakfast and you get whatever they're cooking that day. The day I went I was handed 3 eggs, 8 oz. sausage patty, slab of ham, pile of fried taters and 4 pieces of toast. I had 2 more meals out of what I brought home.