Uncategorized admin on 31 Oct 2002 02:00 pm
Would you like fries, fries, and fries with that?
(aka: The Potato Post)
A couple of weeks ago at work, round about lunch time, I mentioned that was I headed out to pick up some fast food. One of the Tims, there are several, asked if I wouldn’t mind picking up some fries. No problem.
Then one of the other Tims wanted in on the action as well, so: more fries.
Since I had already planned on getting a combo and potato cakes on the side my order was now: Big Montana w/fries, fries, fries, and potato cakes.
I decided to go the extra mile and find yet another person who wanted fries. Success!
“Yes, I’ll have a combo with fries, an extra order of fries, potato cakes, and two more orders of fries, thank you.”
I am easily amused, as you may well know.
Further amusement: I was at The Great Steak and Potato Company ordering a Great Potato when the cashier asked me if I wanted to make it a combo. I said sure.
In other words: “Would you like fries with your baked potato?”
Sure, why the hell not?
My father is also easily amused. I said I had found some “store bought” mashed potatoes that were really good because they still had a few lumps in them. He laughed and made some comment about how mankind had been trying to get the lumps out of mashed potatoes for thousands of years and now people are putting them back in on purpose.
No one likes a smart ass.