| [I] Cravings [message #276001] |
Fr, 02 Juni 2006 00:36 |
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Just finished chatting with my wife on Messenger and she was lamenting
how the fast food joints in Bartlesville Ok, that promise to prepare
your pizza as you want it wouldn't do her a pepperoni pizza with pickles
and olives, she even explained that she is 4 months pregnant and said
she would be willing to pay extra just so that they would walk to the
salad bar and throw some pickles on for her - the answer she got from
all the places she phoned in an hour was "We don't do that."
Now I know when she was pregnant with Rosemary there were the odd times
when her taste went to the strange end of food combinations - don't ask
about the fish - but it got me to thinking what other combinations a
Pizza company wouldn't do despite having all the ingredients to hand?
I know the pickles on a pizza reminds me of a scene from a book or film
where the woman cheerfully spends her time phoning around pizza joints
to ask for a certain set of toppings that includes one that no-one will
do just so's she can have a yell at them - think it might be a Douglas
Adams book maybe LDTToTS but I can't recall and all my books are packed
ready for shipping.
Steve
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| Re: [I] Cravings [message #276006 ] |
Fr, 02 Juni 2006 00:53 |
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The time: 01 Jun 2006. The place: alt.fan.pratchett. The
speaker: "Steve Rogers" <steve [at] soapietrekkers.demon.co.uk>
> I know the pickles on a pizza reminds me of a scene from a
> book or film where the woman cheerfully spends her time
> phoning around pizza joints to ask for a certain set of
> toppings that includes one that no-one will do just so's
> she can have a yell at them - think it might be a Douglas
> Adams book maybe LDTToTS but I can't recall and all my
> books are packed ready for shipping.
Kinda; in Long Dark Teatime, one of the characters is an
American in London in the 1980s. She firmly believes that the
whole point of pizza is that it gets taken to your door, and
is deeply frustrated that the UK disagrees. So she regularly
phones up pizza parlours and orders "pizza with extra pizza,
essentially", and then, just as they're about to ask when
she'll be collecting it, asks them to deliver. When they tell
her they don't do that, she goes into a rant, as you say.
These days, British pizzarias *do* deliver. Whether this is
thanks to Kate's influence is unknown.
--
Dave
Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
Suggs against sexism. It's Madness gone
politically correct.
Jon Holmes, The Now Show 26/5/06
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| Re: [I] Cravings [message #276044 ] |
Fr, 02 Juni 2006 02:00 |
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"Daibhid Ceanaideach" <daibhidchenedelh [at] aol.com> wrote in message
news:Xns97D5F30EA5424daibhid [at] 130.133.1.4...
> The time: 01 Jun 2006. The place: alt.fan.pratchett. The
> speaker: "Steve Rogers" <steve [at] soapietrekkers.demon.co.uk>
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>> I know the pickles on a pizza reminds me of a scene from a
>> book or film where the woman cheerfully spends her time
>> phoning around pizza joints to ask for a certain set of
>> toppings that includes one that no-one will do just so's
>> she can have a yell at them - think it might be a Douglas
>> Adams book maybe LDTToTS but I can't recall and all my
>> books are packed ready for shipping.
>
> Kinda; in Long Dark Teatime, one of the characters is an
> American in London in the 1980s. She firmly believes that the
> whole point of pizza is that it gets taken to your door, and
> is deeply frustrated that the UK disagrees. So she regularly
> phones up pizza parlours and orders "pizza with extra pizza,
> essentially", and then, just as they're about to ask when
> she'll be collecting it, asks them to deliver. When they tell
> her they don't do that, she goes into a rant, as you say.
>
> These days, British pizzarias *do* deliver. Whether this is
> thanks to Kate's influence is unknown.
>
That's the one :-) Cheers Dave
Steve
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| Re: [I] Cravings [message #277080 ] |
Sa, 03 Juni 2006 02:14 |
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"Steve Rogers" <steve [at] soapietrekkers.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Now I know when she was pregnant with Rosemary there were the odd times
> when her taste went to the strange end of food combinations - don't ask
> about the fish - but it got me to thinking what other combinations a
> Pizza company wouldn't do despite having all the ingredients to hand?
My pizza guy won't do a pizza spinaci if there isn't any fresh spinach
to be had. Frozen spinach on his pizzas? Heresy! I like that.
Richard
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| Re: [I] Cravings [message #277220 ] |
Sa, 03 Juni 2006 12:12 |
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On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 23:36:46 +0100, "Steve Rogers"
<steve [at] soapietrekkers.demon.co.uk> jotted down:
>Just finished chatting with my wife on Messenger and she was lamenting
>how the fast food joints in Bartlesville Ok, that promise to prepare
>your pizza as you want it wouldn't do her a pepperoni pizza with pickles
>and olives, she even explained that she is 4 months pregnant and said
>she would be willing to pay extra just so that they would walk to the
>salad bar and throw some pickles on for her - the answer she got from
>all the places she phoned in an hour was "We don't do that."
Weird, it doesn't even sound that bad. I mean, this is the
pizza definition of peperoni, right? Spicy sausage? Meat
with pickles is common, and spicy sausage with olives too...
--
Elin
The Tale of Westala and Villtin
http://tale.cunobaros.com/
The Oswalds DW casting award - Vote Now!
http://www.student.lu.se/~his02ero/Oswald/index.html
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| Re: [I] Cravings [message #277579 ] |
So, 04 Juni 2006 01:46 |
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Steve Rogers wrote:
> Just finished chatting with my wife on Messenger and she was lamenting
> how the fast food joints in Bartlesville Ok, that promise to prepare
> your pizza as you want it wouldn't do her a pepperoni pizza with pickles
> and olives, she even explained that she is 4 months pregnant and said
> she would be willing to pay extra just so that they would walk to the
> salad bar and throw some pickles on for her - the answer she got from
> all the places she phoned in an hour was "We don't do that."
>
> Now I know when she was pregnant with Rosemary there were the odd times
> when her taste went to the strange end of food combinations - don't ask
> about the fish - but it got me to thinking what other combinations a
> Pizza company wouldn't do despite having all the ingredients to hand?
>
> I know the pickles on a pizza reminds me of a scene from a book or film
> where the woman cheerfully spends her time phoning around pizza joints
> to ask for a certain set of toppings that includes one that no-one will
> do just so's she can have a yell at them - think it might be a Douglas
> Adams book maybe LDTToTS but I can't recall and all my books are packed
> ready for shipping.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma? That's dangerously close to Tulsa and me.
-Rocky
--
O'Toole's Corollary: Murphy was an optimist.
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| Re: [I] Cravings [message #277605 ] |
So, 04 Juni 2006 03:09 |
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"Rocky Frisco" <rocknatural [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:qbpgg.206218$5Z.180285 [at] dukeread02...
> Steve Rogers wrote:
>
>> Just finished chatting with my wife on Messenger and she was
>> lamenting how the fast food joints in Bartlesville Ok, that promise
>> to prepare your pizza as you want it wouldn't do her a pepperoni
>> pizza with pickles and olives, she even explained that she is 4
>> months pregnant and said she would be willing to pay extra just so
>> that they would walk to the salad bar and throw some pickles on for
>> her - the answer she got from all the places she phoned in an hour
>> was "We don't do that."
>>
>> Now I know when she was pregnant with Rosemary there were the odd
>> times when her taste went to the strange end of food combinations -
>> don't ask about the fish - but it got me to thinking what other
>> combinations a Pizza company wouldn't do despite having all the
>> ingredients to hand?
>>
>> I know the pickles on a pizza reminds me of a scene from a book or
>> film where the woman cheerfully spends her time phoning around pizza
>> joints to ask for a certain set of toppings that includes one that
>> no-one will do just so's she can have a yell at them - think it might
>> be a Douglas Adams book maybe LDTToTS but I can't recall and all my
>> books are packed ready for shipping.
>
> Bartlesville, Oklahoma? That's dangerously close to Tulsa and me.
>
Yup 45 miles I think lol
Steve
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