Thread: Weekend Get-Together

I sure hope he did. He probably said "bollocks to that" and went back to a can of Spam, though. Someday when his body is fully ready, he needs to make a pilgrimage out to Five Guys to see how a real MAN eats meat.

W-wait...that doesn't sound the way i wanted it to.

And the big ass bag of fries. Someone needs to lock him in place and not allow him to do anything else until he finishes every last fry. That way, he can call himself a true partisan and not a spam pleb. When he has the stomach ache to end all stomach aches, he can revel in it and go "Errrr, it hurts so good!". It'd be like the end of a long work out.

Are you implying that the stomach isn't the most important muscle of all?

If you were here, maybe you'd have to settle for TGI Friday's. Or how about an upgrade with some British food? Not the poor man's American imitations.

Real men eat these...



Not fries. They're for children at McDonald's.

Yeah, steak fries. Pretty sure those were invented by Ben Franklin.

>That puny amount of fries



The pizza at Chucky Cheese is more manly than that.

It all started in Europe. It was only during the first World War and American soldiers were catered to very nicely by Europeans, that they liked the snack and coined the term "French fry". It is very likely that these potato slices were invented in Belgium in the 1600s. Thick slices were inevitable shortly after.

I suppose we've veered way off topic. Now I've settled that matter, let's return to the next get-together. I'm not sure when I'll be free. I'll keep you updated.

Ahem... I'll be here tomorrow (Saturday) night in my time, a bit later than I'd hoped but meh. I'd probably want to get started no later than midnight. Figure that out. There's also the other option. Pretty much the same as what was planned last weekend. When I hoped to get up: 7.30AM, but I'm all good with option A. It's really up to you guys. The more the merrier.

Let's do the earlier one this time (6pm Starwind's time, 7pm my time, Midnight Mantis'). My dog had surgery today and I'll be home tending to her all weekend. She'll likely just curl up next to my armchair while we watch and not bother me to go outside or anything due to her condition so the afternoon/evening is an option for me for once. The wife knows i'm tending to the dog this weekend so we don't have any plans to go out or do anything together, which = free for me.

Food talk and questions

Originally Posted by Mantis

It all started in Europe. It was only during the first World War and American soldiers were catered to very nicely by Europeans, that they liked the snack and coined the term "French fry". It is very likely that these potato slices were invented in Belgium in the 1600s. Thick slices were inevitable shortly after.

I suppose we've veered way off topic. Now I've settled that matter, let's return to the next get-together. I'm not sure when I'll be free. I'll keep you updated.

We know. We know. That's actually a pretty commonly taught bit of trivia in American schools (generally history or World Cultures classes). And don't worry, you can keep your eel pie all to yourself I'm happy with my imitations, if any of them are imitations of British food in the first place! Do you consider curry to be a British food? I know it's grown in India and was probably served there as a dish first, but if I'm not mistaken India was under British rule at that time & British sailors introduced the rest of the world to it. For example, in Japan many boxes of curry have British soldiers on the box, since curry was introduced to the Japanese by some of the first British folks who visited; landing in Chiba/Yokosuka. I've also heard from unreliable sources that chicken masala which i THOUGHT was considered purely Indian is now considered a Londoner food due to the huge Indian population in London? So many places around the world are vaguely British to this day, I wonder if the foods are entirely claimed by the natives or if the British can take some/all of the credit in certain cases. I think that would be fair for some dishes.

Regardless, you know what didn't start in Europe? The Colt 1911 AND THAT'S ALL I CARE ABOUT, BABY.

Well, I'm going to be out with my buddies for most of the day so I'll be out of commission. I don't know how late I'll be out but if I come back home early enough I could join you. Just be warned that I'm probably going to be quite drunk.