Lola at the Coffee House

@ossobuco,

blechhh

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@farmerman,

Very clever Wink

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@ossobuco,

mmmmmm walnuts and fresh mozza with gorgonzola
one of my favourite combos

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grind

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@farmerman,

fresh peppercorns?

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@ehBeth,

as in "bump and..."

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@Lola,

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I heard a report on NPR the other day about how "imitation" fried calamari is actually (get ready for this) pig rectum. I haven't eaten calamari since.........and I may never again.

I would stop listening to NPR if you're a bit squeamish Lola.

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@farmerman,

ahhhhhh so you want to dance ... awesome

BillW was good but I bet you've got some funky moves of your own

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@ehBeth,

I do a mean chicken dance and have been called "mui salsedo", My wife and I go Salsa dancing evcery month or so

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@firefly,

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But that appears to be an urban legend, Lola.

Oh yeah!! There are millions of pigs slaughtered every year. You don't seriously think that the millions of rectums, or recti, will go to waste. Scarce resources were needed to grow them.

Nothing is wasted off a pig. It's well known.

On the $600 million lottery you should know that there is £220 million tax. And the odds of winning are about 200 million to one. So if tickets are $2 the bet is poor value. At $5 a rip off.

I presume that if you did win and announced that you were going to pay off the mortgages of your dearest friends you would have more friends than you ever dreamed of.

I don't do the lottery for fear of winning. I think I might become unstable.

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@farmerman,

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I do a mean chicken dance ...

Oh, I don't know...I think the chicken does it better.

http://www.livingwatermusic.com/twinportsidol/images/chicken-raw.gif

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@firefly,

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But that appears to be an urban legend, Lola.

Well that's a relief. I love fried calamari. Bernie can't stand the sight or smell of it. So I only get to eat it when he's not with me, which lately, he's not.

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@firefly,

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But that appears to be an urban legend, Lola.

Of course Wassau can get cronuts, as a matter of fact, Wassau invented them first. But he's letting that other bakery get all the credit. But, I'll tell you a secret. Wassau's are better. yum
Cronut anyone?

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@spendius,

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I presume that if you did win and announced that you were going to pay off the mortgages of your dearest friends you would have more friends than you ever dreamed of.

I don't play the lottery. But I do try to win the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes. It costs nothing and I like to think about all those people who turned out not to be my friend after all..........how disappointed they will be when they learn that I noticed. It's a great day dream.

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May I have a brie and bacon panini, please Wassau? Virtual bacon, of course, but oh ... the smell is sooo tempting to a (semi)vegetarian! Embarrassed

With tea, if I may. Nice and peaceful in here lately ... such a pleasure to drop in when it's like this. Laughing

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@spendius,

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On the $600 million lottery you should know that there is £220 million tax. And the odds of winning are about 200 million to one. So if tickets are $2 the bet is poor value. At $5 a rip off.

My odds of having identical quadruplets are better than my odds of winning the Powerball jackback. Laughing

But I disagree that the $2 bet is poor value. My $2 (or $4, since I bought 2 tickets) carries entertainment value, in terms of fantasizing about winning, thinking about what one could do with that much money (about $375 million after taxes), and just feeling part of the general excitement about the drawing, for several days. That's a better payoff than I could get from going to a disappointing movie, and the movie ticket would cost more. So, I feel I'm getting my money's worth. And, if I win anything beyond $4, I'll be ahead of the game financially.

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I don't do the lottery for fear of winning. I think I might become unstable.

I'm already unstable, so I don't have to worry about that. Laughing

Beside, I'll be able to afford great care. And, with $375 million, I'd simply be "eccentric". I want the chance to prove that great wealth wouldn't corrupt me--it's an ethical challenge. Smile

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@firefly,

Very good ff. That was an excellent effort.

I once considered entering on the basis that if I won I could make a movie of Salammbo, saving a couple of million for necessities.

It's a raffle at best. At the worst rifling the pockets of the hopeful poor.

Anyway--tell us what you think you would actually do if you won.

How would you prevent your "great care" becoming the carers keeping you going through a long, lingering, debilitating and painful illness in order to keep their fees coming? And knocking you off when the dough runs out.

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@Lola,

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Bernie can't stand the sight or smell of it. So I only get to eat it when he's not with me, which lately, he's not.

I don't approve of fussy eaters. It it's food, eat it and shut up. Somebody has obtained it and prepared it. Eat it and shut up. Gratefully, mind.

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@McTag,

raised on haggis, were ye?

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@spendius,

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Anyway--tell us what you think you would actually do if you won.

Probably faint. Laughing

http://www.njfaint.com/Images/faintIllustration.jpg

I have no debts to pay off, so I'd take care of my friends and relatives who do. And then I'd probably do the usual--new house(s), new car(s), a private plane, a household staff, maybe a yacht, etc. and I'd establish a charitable/philanthropic foundation and devote myself to that.

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