lillbet: (*facepalm*)
lillbet ([personal profile] lillbet) wrote2009-04-27 01:49 pm

KFC and the Birthday Meme.

Note to self- changing the status of the entry and deleting it. Not the same thing.

Comedian Patton Oswalt, who appeared in Dollhouse Ep. 6, finally tasted the KFC Famous Bowl he rips on in his act.

Best quote: “I’m sure I’m in serious need of some moral spankitude, but guess who’s not qualified to be my rabbi?"

Birthday meme. Apparently Oct. 12 is just the day to DO THINGS. Also, lotsa death and destruction. Edited down for cool stuff only:

[identity profile] susanbones111.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I was replying when it disappeared. *lol*

I would have to be starving, desperatly starving, to eat that bowl of salt and fat. But I did read the book, The Artist's Way, so I can relate to the comment, "I'm going to be boring and forgetful in my own potato-y way!".
It was a very cute review.

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry about that. *blush*

Yeah, I've never been that excited about that thing- too much starch and carbs (I'd fall asleep clutching my heart and wailing about my arteries. WAILING.). Oswalt is hilarious. He did a bit about the Famous Bowl when we saw him and his style just makes me cry with laughter and the knowledge that I will never be as good. Unless I start drinking regularly. ♥

Did the birthday meme. I don't understand why Columbus Day is "observed" on the 10th, when it is THE 12TH. STUPID... HOLIDAY DECIDING PEOPLE.

[identity profile] susanbones111.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
You put this meme up after I posted. You have some interesting events here. I like the one about Margaret Thatcher's bathroom. *lol*

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I was poking around and realized that there was a meme going about, went back a few entries and SHAZAAM! So thanks for that. *lol*

I do too! Josh said something funny about it (scroll down or up for his comment about Thatcher doodling in the WC). XD

[identity profile] andacus.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Umm, there was a post and then there wasn't. I don't get it.

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Neither do I!

LJ. WHAT THE FUCK?!


All fixed. *iz confuzzled*
Edited 2009-04-27 18:09 (UTC)

[identity profile] thehefner.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I love this, but the line that always gets me--the one I still find myself quoting to this day--is:

Everything inside the store—including the employees and customers—looked like it had been rubbed with sad ham.

A failure pile in a sadness bowl.

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
There is just so much good there: KFC calls it their version of the shepherd's pie. Shepherds in Kentucky must be full of rage and slathered in confusion. They must hang their fat, skin, and muscles from bones carved with runes of surrender.

I just. No words. If the man wants a mistress I cheerfully volunteer.

[identity profile] roh-wyn.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
See? The thing with Patton Oswalt is...his eloquence is actually going to make more people run out and try the darn thing. ;)

[identity profile] thehefner.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
If it helps, my brother and I are gonna do one better: we're gonna make our own out of fresh, gourmet ingredients like Cornish game hen. See how an upscale version would taste.

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I WANT AN INVITE TO THAT PARTY!

[identity profile] thehefner.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Next time he's in DC (and assuming I am too), that's SO what we'll do, rest assured!

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent! I will bring homebrewed rootbeer and creme fraiche ice cream for upscale root beer floats. Or maybe whoopie pies made with Ghiradelli cocoa and a filling made with some kind of hoity-toity Irish butter. ♥

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh definitely! I want the one with the biscuit. I plan to eat it and then run my car into a tree because if anything that will explain the whole thing. "Well, clearly it was the Famous Bowl that made her do it!"

I think his mistake was letting it congeal. He should have eaten it right away, because obviously those sorts of things are much better when fresh from under the heat lamps..

[identity profile] roh-wyn.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh heh.

I'm actually surprised by the congealed cheese, because it's my experience that processed cheese has nothing in it that can actually congeal. It's basically cardboard, with a few dairy enzymes and some food coloring.

(And yes, I said "my experience". I'm a food adventurer, don'tchaknow?)

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
It's basically cardboard, with a few dairy enzymes and some food coloring.

Mmmmm. Wet, stringy cardboard, ftw! You are an adventurer!

What are your thoughts on sushi, by the by?

[identity profile] roh-wyn.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Um, that it's very limiting when you're a vegetarian?

I did eat at the Zen Box (http://www.zen-box.com/) today though. I had tempura. ;)

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Um, that it's very limiting when you're a vegetarian?

Oh thank G*d. You have a flaw after all. ;)

I love vegetable tempura, especially pumpkin. So, SO good. Much tastier than fries and you don't really need to dip them in anything.

That site is great, but the green is atrocious. Not very "Zen" to be clawing your eyes out!

[identity profile] roh-wyn.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
LMAO. I have no idea why their online menu is that shade of green...because the restaurant itself has no green anywhere. Not even plants. (Because it's Minneapolis, and we don't do fake greenery, yo!)

I'm a fan of tempura, but also, I love Japanese-style noodles. One of our favorite local places is the Tanpopo Noodle Shop (http://tanpoporestaurant.com/). Comfort food, with soba noodles and agedashi tofu. :)

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I like the look of Tanpopo. Color me shocked- who knew MN had such cool places to eat? ;)

[identity profile] roh-wyn.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
We're the epitome of cool out here. Sometimes quite literally! ;)

(Jokes aside, Minneapolis is actually known for being cool...)

ETA: I guess Tanpopo doesn't technically count, since it's in St. Paul, but we'll take it anyway!
Edited 2009-04-28 13:36 (UTC)

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I have a rather stunted view, you see. Having had classmates from MN in college and listening to "A Prairie Home Companion" really did NOT prepare me for the coolness.

[identity profile] roh-wyn.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha ha ha! But Prairie Home Companion is cool, in its own quirky (and very Minnesota) way, IMO.

Plus, you know, Prince is from here. And this dude named F Scott Fitzgerald. He wrote a book about cool people, dontchaknow? ;)

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, I've actually heard of this Fitzgerald guy! Guess where he's buried. GUESS! (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=344&page=gr)

(Or just, you know, cheat and click. It's not like I'll ever know, right?)

[identity profile] roh-wyn.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Ok, I totally cheated and clicked! And I'm that honest, because I'm from Minnesota, where our coolness is completely unsullied by irony. :D

I had no idea there was so much graveyard chic in Baltimore. Poe AND Fitzgerald? Goodness...second only to Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner!

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
IKR? Which is mildly hysterical considering that REM told its listeners not to go back to Rockville, and Baltimore is the subject of most of John Waters' work. Not to mention a tacky morass of nastiness. And pie. Good pie.

When I was on the crew team in college I rowed with another girl my height (abt. 5'4") and two gals from Minnesota who we called "The Minnesota Twins"- short with short brown hair and always running together. Monica was sweet enough, but Cindy was honest. Blunt like an hammer honest. And I ♥ her for it. :)

I credit them for my love of Sauconys and my "don't mess with me" walk. *lol*
Edited 2009-04-28 15:14 (UTC)
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[identity profile] lupislune.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
The company that I work for, designs most of the KFC, A&W, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut eateries on the west coast.

It is good that Baroness Thatcher didn't doodle too long in the water closet.

1582 that is quite amusing, not only because it is related to my surname, lol.

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
That's so SO iconworthy. "1984: It is good that Baroness Thatcher didn't doodle too long in the water closet." *rofl*

The company that I work for, designs most of the KFC, A&W, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut eateries on the west coast.

There, there. Can't win all the time. *hugs*

[identity profile] andacus.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you miss the part of the meme where it was only supposed to be 10 things to list? Or are you just that into yourself? :p

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yes I did. What, you're the only one allowed to be totally narcissistic and obnoxious? Xp

[identity profile] andacus.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
Pfft. OBVIOUSLY I AM.

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
WELL STEP ASIDE, MISSY, 'CUZ THERE'S A NEW SUPEREGO IN TOWN.

[identity profile] andacus.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I will do no such thing. I will however, let you sit over here next to me.

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Only if you promise to share next time you have booze.