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Assume v. Presume
- Thread starter Black Hole
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That was my point Phil
.antipodean
Active Member
EEPhil
Number 28
It was too subtle for me to understand!That was my point Phil
EEPhil
Number 28
Sounds like a wokerite at the BBC edited the intro. I heard no mention of the venue in either episode.
OP
Black Hole
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Out for dinner last night, the pub was a typographic disaster area 
My companion insisted the kitchen is run by somebody by the name of Special (but with a distinct lack of them).
Not only that, but the wipe-clean fancy printed table menus listed "Fish & Chip" (I guess it would have to be a very big chip), and there were no prices (only an integer number alongside each item).
The food was better than the typography, even if they did pile all the veg (including mash) on top of my steak pie (which I promptly removed to the plate!!!).
My companion insisted the kitchen is run by somebody by the name of Special (but with a distinct lack of them).
Not only that, but the wipe-clean fancy printed table menus listed "Fish & Chip" (I guess it would have to be a very big chip), and there were no prices (only an integer number alongside each item).
The food was better than the typography, even if they did pile all the veg (including mash) on top of my steak pie (which I promptly removed to the plate!!!).
EEPhil
Number 28
Have you redacted the menu? If not there wasn't much on offer - apart from rogue apostrophes. Those items listed in the corners look very expensive. (Long time since I ate, or drank, in a pub - so I've no idea whether it's reasonable.)
Think yourself lucky you never saw a colleague of mine eat at a pub near the University. Pie and mushy peas. Separate when delivered but all mashed up with every available bottled sauce including salad cream plus pepper. It looked pre-digested before he ate it.
OP
Black Hole
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There was nothing on the Specials board (like I said, a "distinct lack of them").
Perhaps I'll get to that stage when my teeth finally give out.
EEPhil
Number 28
Nothing wrong with his teeth, as far as I could tell. No-one ever got to the bottom of why he mashed up his pie and peas.
EEPhil
Number 28
No, no, no and no. Well, not when I knew him (some time between 1983 and 1991).
Some people are just born weird. I worked with a guy for 2 years who brought the same packed lunch every day of 2 sandwiches, they were always buttered white bread with nothing apart from lettuce and sugar.
EEPhil
Number 28
Close, but no cigar. It was so nearly me
but I had 2 sandwiches, white bread and ham (quite often crisps on). I'm sure that'll be what knackered my blood pressure.
OP
Black Hole
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I can understand that. Varying a packed lunch requires a lot of effort, which might be better applied to something else.
gomezz
Well-Known Member
Perhaps he misunderstood what was meant by having a mixed diet?
And what would you do with all the time that is saved by using ham instead of cheese or fish paste etc ?
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Ham is fair enough and you could easily have added a little variation with some mustard or pickle but only lettuce sprinkled with sugar is just strange.Close, but no cigar. It was so nearly me
OP
Black Hole
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But you have to organise the ham or the cheese or the fish paste. Then you have to think "what shall I have today?". It's so much easier just to have the same thing every day, and if you don't get bored with it, why not? Never judge other people by your own desires, their desires might be different (and no less normal than yours).
I am surprised you advanced from breast feeding. Variety is indeed the spice of life not to mention as far as food is concerned the only way to get a full spread of the vitamins and minerals needed to stay healthy. It is no less easy to vary your options and to live such a ground hog day existence suggests some form of mental issue such as depression.
EEPhil
Number 28
Lettuce and sugar is strange.
Reasons for not adding mustard or pickle? Could easily leak out of the sandwich or make the sandwich soggy. Alright if eaten fresh but if hanging about for several hours can be unpleasant. Although wrapped differently and prepared earlier, have you ever noticed how damp pre-packed supermarket bought sandwiches are?
I'm sure we never thought about that in the 1970s and 80s.
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