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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: walkonby on February 25, 2010, 12:57:44 pm

Title: lobsters are red
Post by: walkonby on February 25, 2010, 12:57:44 pm
so my folks are old timey in an old timey kinda way.  they like the simple things like eating out all the time and watching any incarnation of csi or law n order.  so the other night we all decide to go for dinner and they want to try red lobster, which i just kept my mental mind shut and said, "hey, whatever you guys want."  for some reason i have always avoided that place, thinking it was nothing more than an "upscale" version of long john silver.  well . . . we get there and the first thing i notice, is the 30 minute wait on a tues.  then the next thing i notice is that they have a zagat sticker on the door proclaiming "#1 in seafood."  then i notice the menu prices.  they were up there, way up there, almost as if i was in a dc place dressed nice for a wonderful meal.  then i noticed the food.  boring and over flavoured, very fat heart attack inducing and not presented in the way the menu makes it looks.  all in all, i almost fell on the floor at the total cost for the whole evening.  so, who in the fuck are you red lobster . . . and why do so many people think you are great?
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: Mobius on February 25, 2010, 01:16:42 pm
and why do so many many people think you are great?


You might want to redo the math on that one!


 
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: walkonby on February 25, 2010, 01:21:14 pm
and why do so many many people think you are great?


You might want to redo the math on that one!


 

redone.  thank you, kind person.
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: vansmack on February 25, 2010, 03:08:18 pm
The Red Lobster in Orange County is the place to go for Cougars....
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: Mobius on February 25, 2010, 03:26:53 pm
and why do so many many people think you are great?


You might want to redo the math on that one!


 


redone.  thank you, kind person.


i mean the math on the number of people who think red lobster is great.

wait . . .do people think red lobster is great?? 

Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: walkonby on February 25, 2010, 03:31:12 pm
well out here in the country where i live, there are three within a fifty mile radius of one another.  i live close to one and my parents live close to another.  they say "theirs" is packed every night of the week with a 10-45 minute wait everytime, and when i drive past the one closest to me, you can't even get into the parking lot, day or night.  maybe it is a redneck thing.  they do tend to eat things most other humans won't.
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: James Ford on February 25, 2010, 03:31:48 pm
The Red Lobster in Orange County is the place to go for Cougars....

Sure, maybe in 1995 when you were young enough to pretend a cougar wanted you.

But what about in 2010?  ;)
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: godsshoeshine on February 25, 2010, 03:35:50 pm
red lobster has given me the runs 2 out of the last 3 times i ate there. and i never get sick from food
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: Jaguar on February 25, 2010, 03:47:36 pm
When I was in Art school, we were constantly taught that the general populace knows nothing about art. Apparently, they know nothing about good food either.

Walky, I've noticed the same things about those dives. Suspect that it's the hypnotic trance of their tv commercials which make them appear good, if you like seafood (which I love). Then when you get there, you end up paying a premium for poorly prepared frozen flavorless blahness. I'd say, 'I don't get it either' except that I do, though I hate the place. The masses have been suckered in by 'power of suggestion'. That's the only thing that makes any real sense.

If that's wrong, than my art teachers were right. They really don't know anything about the finer things in life.
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: ggw on February 25, 2010, 03:57:43 pm
When I was in Art school, we were constantly taught that the general populace knows nothing about art.

That's just crap they tell untalented artists to help boost their self esteem.

Kind of like telling an ugly person that "real beauty is on the inside."
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: Jaguar on February 25, 2010, 04:14:15 pm
When I was in Art school, we were constantly taught that the general populace knows nothing about art.

That's just crap they tell untalented artists to help boost their self esteem.

Kind of like telling an ugly person that "real beauty is on the inside."

No. It's based on the premise that one must understand the basics of art to understand Modern art. It does make sense but too difficult to explain within a simple post. For anyone who wants any further understanding, go take a few good art classes. It's totally true with some Modern art; and then there is some that still looks like shit.
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: evilizac on February 25, 2010, 04:35:28 pm
maybe it is a redneck thing.  they do tend to eat things most other humans won't.

?Let white trash have lobster!? Bill Darden, Red Lobster founder 1968.

Opening line of the wonderful blog post

http://www.whatsucksblog.com/2007/01/what-sucksred-lobster.html
... and there are quite a few Red Lifers (as I'll cal them) in the comments section
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: vansmack on February 25, 2010, 04:48:12 pm
But what about in 2010?  ;)

Electra Complex.
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: sweetcell on February 25, 2010, 04:57:29 pm
lobsters are red
walkonby is blue
he hates over-priced seafood
why don't you?
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: Jaguar on February 25, 2010, 05:05:54 pm
lobsters are red
walkonby is blue
he hates over-priced seafood
why don't you?

 ;D ;D ;D

Lobsters are red
Walkonby is blue
He was misled
By the boob tube
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: vansmack on February 25, 2010, 05:07:03 pm
Lobsters are red
Walkonby is blue
He was misled
By the boob lube

Small correction.
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: Jaguar on February 25, 2010, 05:08:56 pm
^  ;D ;D ;D

This thread has potential!
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: walkonby on February 25, 2010, 07:33:51 pm
but i don't have television . . . and what flavour boob lube?  cherry, strawberry,  or trail mix?
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: Jaguar on February 25, 2010, 07:36:57 pm
but i don't have television . . . and what flavour boob lube?  cherry, strawberry,  or trail mix?

But you have Blu Ray.

For you, Walky, Trail Mix. It's full of all kinds of fruit and nuts goodiness.
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface on February 25, 2010, 09:54:28 pm
No offense to walkie's parents, but who THE hell goes to Red Lobster. I mean, Jesus Christ, whatever happened to personal responsibility??
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: sweetcell on February 25, 2010, 10:03:12 pm
but i don't have television . . . and what flavour boob lube?  cherry, strawberry,  or trail mix?

bacon

No offense to walkie's parents, but who THE hell goes to Red Lobster. I mean, Jesus Christ, whatever happened to personal responsibility??

LOL.  second-best post today.
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: kosmo vinyl on February 25, 2010, 10:48:03 pm
No offense to walkie's parents, but who THE hell goes to Red Lobster. I mean, Jesus Christ, whatever happened to personal responsibility??

The same people who stop at cracker barrel to borrow audiobooks?
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: smakawhat on February 25, 2010, 11:42:03 pm
let me... uh... put it succinctly as possible ..

there are no Red Lobster... franchises..

In Maine..

none

zero

zip

na da fuck ah.

If you eat there you are a fucking retard. 

This concludes your educational enlightenment for the day...
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: walkonby on February 26, 2010, 09:47:46 am
there are no poisonous snakes in maine either.  how odd.
Title: Re: lobsters are red
Post by: Relaxer on February 26, 2010, 11:05:48 am
let me... uh... put it succinctly as possible ..

there are no Red Lobster... franchises..

In Maine..

none

zero

zip


Dude, you can't even jack off in Maine without hitting some lobster slut in the eye. They're crawling all over Maine, so why would anyone need to go a Red Lobster? "Oh hey, let's go to Antarctica and buy some ice!" "Great idea etc etc" "Don't touch me"

However, there are far fewer feral lobsters roaming the mean streets of, say, Wisconsin, hence the market for the afore-mentioned seafood-oriented chain eating establishment.