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Ligeti Man Meat
Citizen
Username: Ligeti
Post Number: 747
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 7:18 pm: | 
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I would patronize a restaurant twice as often if they offered half portions of their entrees.
Your reaction. |
John Caffrey
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Username: Jerseyjack
Post Number: 407
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 7:21 pm: |
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Agreed. I try to solve the problem by bagging approx. half the stuff and making two meals out of it. This especially works for my lunch stop. Either that or brown baggin lunch also helps.
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Mayor McCheese
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Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 1989
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 7:28 pm: |
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Ligeti, perhaps you could just bring a friend and split the meal. |
combustion
Citizen
Username: Spontaneous
Post Number: 297
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 7:29 pm: |
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From your wording, this may be a joke (twice/half), but I would definitely like that. A lot of restaurants offer HUGE portions. What happens. You leave it there and feel like you're wasting it. You take it home and either forget it in the car, or leave it in the fridge for a week and THEN throw it out. Or you eat it all and feel like a pig for doing so.
Why not have all meals available in two sizes? Not all people are one size, why should meals be that way too? Lets say you went out to dinner with a 6'2" football player and my tiny Italian grandmother. They both want the pasta and meatballs. Do you really think they'd both want the same portion size? How come the kids menu is the only place you can get a different size? A lot of restaurants won't even let adults order off the (usually crappy) kids menu anyway. |
Joan
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Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 7865
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 7:29 pm: |
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Many restaurants serve portions that are two to three times larger than most people are apt to serve themselves at home. This is because the food costs tend to be lower than the labor costs and overhead so some restaurants justify their prices by giving you a lot of food. It is not only permissible but advisable to bring half or more of your meal home for an additional meal(s) at home.
Think of it as one or more additional meals where you don't have to cook. |
SO Ref
Citizen
Username: So_refugee
Post Number: 2015
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 8:13 pm: |
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Quote:Ligeti, perhaps you could just bring a friend and split the meal.
Here is where we hit a snag for LMM.
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Lydia
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Username: Lydial
Post Number: 2094
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 8:14 pm: |
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I almost always take home a doggie bag when I eat out - protein portions I eat, and soggy veggies go in the dog bowl.
I love leftovers, so much the better if I didn't have to turn on the stove in this hot weather.
The only thing I don't take home are french fries - not even good for the compost pile. |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 1990
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 8:18 pm: |
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SO Ref, that was not a very nice things to say. |
SO Ref
Citizen
Username: So_refugee
Post Number: 2016
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 8:29 pm: |
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Forgive me Jesus. I'm sorry. |
Nashira
Citizen
Username: Nashira
Post Number: 42
Registered: 7-2006
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 8:42 pm: |
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Applebee's offers their salads in full portion or half portion size. The half portion size is still quite large, but the full portion size is enormous. |
Lizziecat
Citizen
Username: Lizziecat
Post Number: 1348
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 8:46 pm: |
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Ref;
I was going to say the same thing. |
SO Ref
Citizen
Username: So_refugee
Post Number: 2017
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 8:47 pm: |
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Which thing - that LMM has no friends or it was a bad thing to say? |
Mr. Big Poppa
Citizen
Username: Big_poppa
Post Number: 811
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 9:00 pm: |
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I agree with SO Ref. Although Tom Reingold is always sticking up for Ligeti.
I love how Ligeti thinks that his portion-size would be the right size for all. If you serve more than the average size portion, you are essentially meeting the needs of most of your customers.
If you don't need to eat all of the portion, don't do it. When will people be accountable for their own actions?!?!?? If you eat like a pig and become overweight...guess what??!??! IT'S YOUR OWN FAULT!!!! |
Lou
Citizen
Username: Flf
Post Number: 213
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 9:13 pm: |
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I do wish more restaurants would offer the 1/2 sizes.
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Ligeti Man Meat
Citizen
Username: Ligeti
Post Number: 748
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 9:46 pm: |
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"Average" size American portions far exceed global standards. That's why we are so fat with big butts compared to the rest of the world. Our food is delivered to us in troughs.
Reject America's obsession with slathering cheese all over everything and horse-portions of pasta. |
Mr. Big Poppa
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Username: Big_poppa
Post Number: 814
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 9:52 pm: |
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That's why we are so fat with big butts compared to the rest of the world.
Speak for yourself Ligeti.
Also, how do you support the statement that Average size portions "far exceed" global standards? You can't. |
Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 3667
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 10:55 pm: |
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People are not fat because they are given large portions. People are fat because they eat too much for the amount of exercise they do. They eat too much because they either do not know they are eating too much, or they don't care. Anyone who simply eats all they are fed without thinking about what and how much is a glutton.
I am about 10-15 pounds overweight. I know why. I eat too much garbage, and don't exercise enough. But I always know when I'm crossing the line between eating a bit too much, and stuffing my face for the sake of clearing my plate. |
yabbadabbadoo
Citizen
Username: Yabbadabbadoo
Post Number: 369
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 10:59 pm: |
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I like big butts
FF |
Lizziecat
Citizen
Username: Lizziecat
Post Number: 1349
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 12:10 am: |
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Ref;
Both. |
Glock 17
Citizen
Username: Glock17
Post Number: 1618
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 12:45 am: |
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Report: This thread is pointless. |
combustion
Citizen
Username: Spontaneous
Post Number: 312
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 12:46 am: |
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Yeah, so what? |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 1992
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 1:32 am: |
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Perhaps Ligeti is just showing spirit for his overweight country by adding to it through the use of laziness. Maybe he is just too lazy to eat a full portion. |
SO Ref
Citizen
Username: So_refugee
Post Number: 2018
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 1:39 am: |
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Reject full portions!!! |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 1993
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 1:42 am: |
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Reject half portions! |
Buttercup
Citizen
Username: Buttercup
Post Number: 77
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 2:11 am: |
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I agree with this:
"Average" size American portions far exceed global standards. That's why we are so fat with big butts compared to the rest of the world. Our food is delivered to us in troughs."
But not with this:
"Reject America's obsession with slathering cheese all over everything and horse-portions of pasta."
I am proud that I can eat more than most men!
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LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 2170
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 7:45 am: |
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I'm overweight, but not because someone is forcing me to eat large portions of food. Blaming restaurants for making us fat is just shirking responsibility for yourself. I'm very clear that no one is to blame on this one but me and it's all within my control. (Now, if I could only get some of that "control" thing, I'd be fine  )
That said, I would love a 1/2 portion option both to resist the temptation of eating more as well as not wasting food when I don't eat it all. Sometimes I doggie bag it, but not always - either because I'm in the city and don't want to lug it home on the train or I'm eating locally and won't be going directly home after. |
Glock 17
Citizen
Username: Glock17
Post Number: 1619
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 12:13 pm: |
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I hate when people say "that is why we are so fat with big butts" and stupid stuff like that. If you are fat, speak for yourself but leave me out of it. Because I'm American...and I'm not fat. |
SO Ref
Citizen
Username: So_refugee
Post Number: 2022
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 12:16 pm: |
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I hate when people call me "fat-•••" because it's really a misnomer. You can be fat and have absolutely no ••• at all.
Check it out the next time you see me around town. |
John Caffrey
Citizen
Username: Jerseyjack
Post Number: 410
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 1:14 pm: |
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A prime example of this is Parkwood Diner. Now, I like Parkwood and patronize it at least two times per week. Complaint is:
Soup, Large and super large. No "cups" of soup.
Hamburger: The only size is 1/2 pound.
Now who needs a 1/2 pound hamburger? Scully and I will sometimes split the hamburger but who needs it in the first place? |
ken (the other one)
Citizen
Username: Ken
Post Number: 427
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 1:16 pm: |
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They probably offer only larger sizes so they can charge more... |
SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 3465
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 1:37 pm: |
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Ken - that argument doesn't fly. Jocelyn's was one of my favorite places... european sized portions so that one could eat an appetizer, salad, main course and dessert without feeling at all "stuffed" and needing to roll out of the place. It was a pricey meal, but top quality and a treat for the tastebuds all around.
American's are the originators of the "Super-Size" = better thinking. True, one doesn't have to eat the whole thing, but I'm not a big fan of leftovers, so I tend to leave what I don't eat at the restaurant... seems wasteful.
My 90 year old mother would love to order from the children's menu - appropriate portions for a person her age, some places will let her, others won't so she just orders an appetizer. |
Soparents
Supporter
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 2503
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 1:49 pm: |
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I still can't handle "American" portions. I asked in a diner once why they put so much food on the plate and the answer was so that people feel they are getting value/a lot for their money, or they will go elsewhere. I watched a fair few people finish it all, others leave some and more take the remaining food home in a box. I'm not a fan of leftovers, so I always leave the equivalent (to me) of a second serving on my plate!
I would also love to be able to order a half portion but no-one seems to offer this. (Trattoria do kids size pastas.)
This is the diner type place i'm talking about, the fine restaurants seem to have it pretty much right. |
ReallyTrying
Citizen
Username: Reallytrying
Post Number: 746
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 2:07 pm: |
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I always say I want the child's portion or a half-portion. In a very nice way, I expect to get the size portion I want. And it's failed only once. I guess I've reached a point where I won't be limited by the menu. Forget what they"offer" - ask for what you want.
I do make exceptions, thugh, at really good restaurants (Ryland Inn, Verjus, e.g.) where I know the chef really cares and plans and tries to innovate, and I'm not going to mess with that. |
Glock 17
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Username: Glock17
Post Number: 1624
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 2:11 pm: |
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SoOrLady, if you have a problem with not eating it all...that's not the restaurants problem...thats yours. |
anon
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Username: Anon
Post Number: 2899
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 4:16 pm: |
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"Eat everything on your plate. There are children starving in..."
Took me a long time to overcome that hangup. |
Joan
Supporter
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 7881
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 5:00 pm: |
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Have you ever noticed the size of the plates most restaurants use? We have an otherwise favorite restaurant (the food and service are really good) that serves its food in dishes so large, they literally don't fit on the table when two persons are seated at a table for two and order separate meals.
A good way to cut down on how much you eat (at home or in a restaurant) is to serve or plate the food on a smaller dish. |
Bob K
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 12269
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 5:19 pm: |
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The answer is to go to a buffet retaurant. That way you can pick the size you want. 
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Joanne G
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Username: Joanne
Post Number: 420
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 5:35 pm: |
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I have several friends who have just returned from visiting your country and they all complain about the size of the over-large 'regular' portions served. I was at an Italian wedding last weekend where everything was generous and over-the-top and was told that was small compared with what you get as 'regular' portions.
Here, you can't ask for take-home parcels of your dine-in food - food safety regulations have worked against reheating the food especially as the proprietors don't know how you will store or transport the food before reheating it. Yet they're still liable if you get sick or die from their food. So now you can't do it - it's chucked out instead, wasted into garbage bins.
I'm finding many friends are expressing ethical concerns over the size of formal meals now: concerns because of world food shortages, water shortages in our own coutnry, concerns over how we on one hand tell people how to maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle then on the other hand shove unhealthy non-balanced 'choices' at them for self-indulgence while charging the earth for the privilege.
If customers don't speak up, proprietors won't change what they do... |
sac
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Username: Sac
Post Number: 3627
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 6:31 pm: |
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In our family of four, we rarely order more than three meals and sometimes just two. Even so, we often bring home leftovers.
I do appreciate when smaller portions are available, as at Applebees, and I sometimes take advantage of it. However, due to the same dynamics that lead to the large portions in the first place, you don't save that much money on the half portion (nowhere near half the cost) because the labor is still the same. |
Mr. Big Poppa
Citizen
Username: Big_poppa
Post Number: 816
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 7:29 pm: |
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Why is there so much oxygen in the air? I don't need this much oxygen, but I just can't help breathing it in!!!!
When I go to Disney, I tell them, "Look, don't you just have the 'half-fun' package? I don't NEED to have all your AMERICAN SIZED fun, but I just can't using up all the fun you have to offer!"
I can't go to any business happy hour because I end up getting trashed and puking on my boss. Don't they understand that they are trying to make me drink 10 pints per hour!??!?!?
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! |
Glock 17
Citizen
Username: Glock17
Post Number: 1626
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 8:20 pm: |
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I agree with Mr. Big Poppa |
Strings
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Username: Blue_eyes
Post Number: 899
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 9:13 pm: |
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There's a really good restaurant in Summit called Il Pastaria that offers 2-3 different sizes of almost all of their entrees and salads, each priced accordingly. More restaurants should follow this trend... let the people who want more have more and those who don't need as much don't feel wasteful. |
combustion
Citizen
Username: Spontaneous
Post Number: 321
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 11:38 pm: |
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I don't expect a half portion to be half price. I understand that the same amount of labor went into making it. I just want to option of buying less so I don't have to waste food.
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Joshua Pines
Citizen
Username: Deiscane
Post Number: 4
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 6:23 am: |
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Apropos, the Cheesecake Factory just announced that it will be adding a half-portion option as well as a low/no trans fat menu. So where's the closest TCF to Maplewood?! |
SO Ref
Citizen
Username: So_refugee
Post Number: 2023
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 8:17 am: |
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Willowbrook Mall |
Bob K
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 12272
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 8:29 am: |
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The Cheesecake Factory overdoes it on portion size. I have been there twice and both times I was unable to complete the meal, which for me never, ever happens. |
Glock 17
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Username: Glock17
Post Number: 1632
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 11:52 am: |
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Fast food places offer "value menus" with smaller, more cost effective options. So anyone complaining about the size of the portions obviously hasnt been to a fast food place. |
combustion
Citizen
Username: Spontaneous
Post Number: 325
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 3:45 pm: |
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I'm going to go to a fast food joint when I want to eat healthy? Yeah, right. Besides, I'm not a teenager. Do you really think I'm going to take hubby out for fast food for a romantic evening? "Put on your good suit, sweetie! We're going to Taco Bell!" |
Ligeti Man Meat
Citizen
Username: Ligeti
Post Number: 753
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, July 31, 2006 - 9:32 am: |
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In case you haven't figured it out, Glock is a teen. At that age, fine cuisine = junk food.
I am glad he got rid of the silly gun moniker.
Probably a good kid, though. I'm lookin' out for him. |
Glock 17
Citizen
Username: Glock17
Post Number: 1642
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 31, 2006 - 12:10 pm: |
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Since when did I say fine cuisine=junk food?
Your assumptions sicken me. |
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