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AlleyGater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 1076
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 4:33 pm: |     |
Dave I want my commission already.
http://maplewoodonline.com/restaurant/
not to mention:
http://www.caribbeancuisine.net/ |
User58
Citizen
Username: User58
Post Number: 393
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 11:03 am: | |
Joe I have a question. If it said eat dinner in your bathing suit. Would you have been offended? This could be their flyer for the summer hours for pool delivery. You have an issue with the word underwear? |
Joe
Citizen
Username: Gonets
Post Number: 1132
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 12:27 pm: | |
Good question. There's something sleazy about the imagery of eating dinner in your underwear. Mario really should have put more thought into his word choice. Granted, he can't very well go with "Eat dinner in your bathing suit," given the season.
An alternative that I wouldn't have batted a lash at could be, "Eat dinner in your unmentionables." It conveys the same idea while conforming to a sense of propriety. Caribbean Cuisine has to decide whether they want to be a decent, family restaurant or some seedy, greasy-spoon. While they go through the process of "finding themselves" I'll take advantage of the fact that they now deliver. I have no desire to expose myself and my family to the sort of shady people they're trying to appeal to. |
aquaman
Supporter
Username: Aquaman
Post Number: 679
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 12:54 pm: | |
Aquaman's top 10 Lewd Ads for Local Business:
10) Jersey Animal Coalition: Got Pussy?
9) Caribbean Cuisine: You stay in your hammock, we'll bring the banana.
8) Bill & Harry's: Not that there's anything wong with that.
7) Burnet Barbecue: Grills love our meat.
6) Beacon Jewelers: surprise your lady a pearl necklace.
5) Pen & Jen: Tea-bagging since 2003.
4) Here's to the Arts: Come see Art play that rusty trombone.
3) Gleason's Cleaners: No stain too big - from felches to Welch's.
2) Samurai Sushi (nah... too easy)
1) My Hands Your Hair. |
susan1014
Supporter
Username: Susan1014
Post Number: 1290
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 1:30 pm: | |
Joe, I disagree. Calling underwear "unmentionables" implies that they are, well, unmentionable. In reality, underwear is simply a category of clothing that most of us wear every day (and if you don't, please don't mention it!)
Sounds like you should have your family hermetically sealed for protection from the world! Do you have enough plastic and duct tape? |
Amateur Night
Citizen
Username: Deborahg
Post Number: 1738
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 1:32 pm: | |
HAHAHA!!! |
growler
Citizen
Username: Growler
Post Number: 884
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 1:53 pm: | |
aquaman - thank you for the laugh. I almost spit my pb&j lunch all over my monitor. |
Morrisa da Silva
Citizen
Username: Mod
Post Number: 332
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 2:24 pm: | |
Aquaman - That was priceless. Can you come up with a few more? |
amandacat
Citizen
Username: Amandacat
Post Number: 979
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 2:24 pm: | |
My God, Aquaman, that was spit-take worthy!!!! Bravo!!! |
User58
Citizen
Username: User58
Post Number: 394
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 3:25 pm: | |
I got news for you Joe the word underwear is not the issue. But for some reason you have a issue with underwear. It is a garment worn by most people and if you have no issue with bathing suit then I really do not get it. Most types of underwear cover more than the average bathing suit. Ever go to the pool and see a man in a speedo? I happen to love the advertisement I think it is very creative! If it said eat dinner in your birthday suit would you have issue with that? |
User58
Citizen
Username: User58
Post Number: 395
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 3:33 pm: | |
personally I think the problem is Joes underwear is too tight. Joe needs to loosen up the underwear. And saying eating while wearing underwear is unsanitary is completely wrong. After a day of wearing your clothing and eating while wearing the same shirt, pants, skirt, socks is unsanitary. The amount of crap that ends up on your clothing from a full days wear is worse than your underwear. If you work in the city just think of the amount of junk that ends up on your shoes or clothing. UGG I am only eating in my underwear from now on! perhaps we could convince this restaurant to have underwear night? |
Joe
Citizen
Username: Gonets
Post Number: 1136
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 3:57 pm: | |
The thing is underwear is by its nature is dirty-protecting our outer garments from being soiled. Bathing suits aren’t as dirty because they’re immersed in water that’s treated with chlorine or in the case of the ocean contains salt water which helps to sanitize the suit. Of course lake swimming doesn’t offer those sanitary benefits, but at least in that case sunlight helps to disinfect the suit. So, I don’t think it’s particularly nasty to eat dinner in your bathing suit. (Although just to be on the safe side, I’d never do it.)
Now, let me turn the tables on you. If Mario was to delivering your dinner in his underwear would you be comfortable eating it? I bet not. And this is not a swipe at Mario’s hygiene or that of the staff of Caribbean Cuisine. All the times I’ve eaten there I’ve found the restaurant to be perfectly clean. Believe me I wouldn’t eat there if I didn’t.
You bring up a good point about eating dinner in your birthday suit though. That doesn’t sound nearly as bad, but of course it’s far worse. I have no explanation for my perception of that phrase. That matter will require further analysis.
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User58
Citizen
Username: User58
Post Number: 396
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 4:17 pm: | |
When you sit on the beach in the islands and the waiter brings lunch to your beach lounge chair wearing nothing but a bathing suit you have an issue with that?
I would have no issue if they bring my meal to my home while only wearing underwear...that way I could judge just how clean things are. |
Amateur Night
Citizen
Username: Deborahg
Post Number: 1739
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 7:44 pm: | |
Hmmm...I think Mario would look kind of cute in his underwear.... |
Joe
Citizen
Username: Gonets
Post Number: 1138
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 8:54 pm: | |
Shame on you Amerateur Night! Objectifying Mario like that. He's a talented cook and a savvy businessman, not some piece of meat. |
Jonathan Ben-Asher
Citizen
Username: Jonathanba
Post Number: 111
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 20, 2006 - 11:12 pm: | |
}I was disturbed to read that the Trinidadians and the Jews have now formed an alliance. From now on, all take-out deliveries will be done by thong-wearing Hasidim. I shudder at what this means for our little township.
I am calling my Town Committee person as I write. |
monster
Supporter
Username: Monster
Post Number: 1902
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 20, 2006 - 11:18 pm: | |
I vote to ban Joe for a month, as my daughter said after I told her about this thread, "what an uptight D*ck". And this from the mouth of an 11 year old.... |
Joe
Citizen
Username: Gonets
Post Number: 1141
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 5:11 pm: | |
Jon,
Don't let the possibility of a Trinidadian/Hasidic alliance scare you. There's a lot of potential for the synergy of these two cultures as this young artist makes clear. The thong-wearing Hasidim stuff is probably the product of fear mongers. I doubt it's something we need to be concerned with. All in all I think Hasidic delivery of Caribbean Cuisine can be a win-win for both groups.
Monster,
I'm as appalled as you by your little monster's course language. However, I don't think blaming the object of the language is the way to solve the problem. And believe me course language can lead to other, more significant, deficiencies in language skill such as a complete obliviousness to nuance as well as the inability to discern irony. These are skills well rounded adults draw upon every day. |
susan1014
Supporter
Username: Susan1014
Post Number: 1303
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 12:41 pm: | |
Some are more successful at irony than others.  |
Joe
Citizen
Username: Gonets
Post Number: 1142
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 9:47 pm: | |
I'm not going to argue with you on that one susan. |
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