Going to Olive Garden for Lunch Today!!!

[RetroLounge]

Not my choice; it's a work lunch for a friend who left the company and today is his last day.

But in keeping with the best DU Lounge traditions, I will be sure to breastfeed my Pit Bull in the smoking section while discussing Fat Actress and trying to ignore the screaming kids who will be running about the place.

Keep me in your prayers...

:9

RL

[matcom]

1. bring some garlic

lord knows there isn't any there :D

[jus_the_facts]

6. The two x's I've eaten there...what I ordered was good...

....a chicken/artichoke alfredo the first time and the portobella mushroom ravioli...both were tasty...and both were *work luncheons*! :P

NOBODY can make eggplant parmesan better'n ME! :9 :9

[Radio_Lady]

30. Jeebus, where were you guys in June???????

Feeling much better, thank you. Despite my illness, I think I'm addicted to this place.

Still lurking and trying to catch up on housework (how do two people use so many socks in just a week?)

Have a good lunch, RetroLounge! Please respond only if you get food poisoning.... which I'm sure you won't.

Radio_Lady

[deadparrot]

2. Are you going to order the cornflake chicken? nt

[fizzgig]

3. godspeed sir

and don't forget to be on your cell the whole time

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

4. He should always make sure he has a really annoying ring tone and that he talks very loudly into it.

[RetroLounge]

10. Oooh, good idea...

You my friend have an evil streak that I admire...

:hi:

RL

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

28. Why thank you...

I like to use it only for good. God help those who piss me off, though.

[cwydro]

5. Don't forget your cell phone!

Put some irritating ringtone on it!

[WhollyHeretic]

7. Make sure you spank those kids if they scream too loud

[Zomby Woof]

35. I say he should taser them

Ask for their I.D.! :grr:

[PVnRT]

8. Geez

You can't eat at one of the many, many authentic family-run Italian restaurants there? I'm sure there are hundreds in town. :sarcasm:

[RetroLounge]

11. ...

:rofl:

RL

[LynneSin]

9. And that Pit Bull breastfeeding - man, that'll toughen up the nipples!

:shrug:

[tigereye]

18. that's a truly scary image, Lynne

[madinmaryland]

12. Also, talk really loudly on your cell phone!

[peekaloo]

13. Be sure and order

the neverending pasta big bowl of wrong.

:evilgrin:

sorry i keep making that same stupid joke, but it pleases me.

[flvegan]

14. Order the veal. Give any leftovers to the outside cats (unless they're full of songbirds)

Well done!

[LynneSin]

20. And Foie Gras

:D

[wildhorses]

15. be sure and order the kudzu

that will really drive them crazy:P

[raccoon]

16. What is it with Olive Garden in here?

Why are people always posting about Olive Garden here?

[tigereye]

19. long story

[conscious evolution]

32. for explaination go to kudzu thread

[Kali]

40. oh now I have to clean the key board

[Radio_Lady]

36. Raccoon, where you been, buddy? I recommended the Olive Garden

in Manhattan's Times Square to DUer Hissyspit one pleasant June day in 2006, and all HELL broke loose!

You know what a FOOD FIGHT is? This was a huge RESTAURANT FIGHT! And it wasn't nice at all...

Please let this one go, for the Democratic Underground's sake...

In peace,

Radio_Lady

PS. If you absolutely, positively, enthusiastically have to know, go to:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5842899

[Reciprocity]

42. Here you go.

Going to Metropol..., er, New York City next weekend. Where should I eat?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5279955

We also had a Cracker Barrel flamewar.

[billyskank]

17. You should bring along two or three screaming kids of your own

it will add to the ambiènce

[texanwitch]

27. When I was a kid I was taught to behave in public,

My mother would have taken me outside and gave me something to yell and cry about.:spank:

[RetroLounge]

21. I SURVIVED!

There were some loud kids, but no breastfeeding I could see... :D

Yay!

RL

[Radio_Lady]

31. Have a good night, RL. I'll keep you in my thoughts...

especially because we share the same initials.

RL

[texanwitch]

22. I have been to Olive Garden once, what I had to eat was OK.

The prices seem to high for me, the bread sticks were good.

[youthere]

25. I went once when they opened in Cedar Rapids..

everyone made a big deal and oohed and ahhhed over how "fabulous" it was.:eyes: We went, the service was the worst and the quality of the food made the service look good. Never EVER again.:puke:

[KitchenWitch]

23. Godspeed Retro, Godspeed!

:rofl:

Be sure to order the cornflake encrusted chicken, I hear it is da BOMB!

[youthere]

24. as long as you avoid the cornflake fried chicken..

you'll be fine.

[jobycom]

26. I think I'll take my kids there tonight

No, I'm not kidding.

[KamaAina]

29. You're gonna make your pitch for Ralph Nader, too, right?

:evilgrin:

[LSK]

33. did you take your SUV there?

:popcorn:

[Kali]

41. stop at walmart on the way home too

[Left Is Write]

34. Your Olive Garden has a smoking section?

[IntravenousDemilo]

37. Say hi to all the fake Italians for me while you're there. Oh, and something to avoid if possible...

...the food.

I hope you're not too sad your friend's moving on, and that you'll try to keep in touch.

[Radio_Lady]

38. When I eat at McDonald's, I don't think I'm Scottish!

Furthermore, when I go to an English or an Irish pub, nobody foists their heritage on me!

At Cafe Allegro, our local Italian restaurant in Tigard, Oregon, they have a multiracial staff -- Asian, black, white and mixed races. Nobody thinks they're Italian per se -- only if they say they are!

[IntravenousDemilo]

39. No, all I was saying is that Olive Garden is kinda fake Italian...

...as others in this thread have implied.

We have lots of Olive Gardens to avoid here in Toronto, but we also have another faux Italian chain called East Side Mario's that does goombah-style ads ("Hey Budda Boom, Budda Bing") with tarantella music. But neither the food nor the clientele tastes particularly Italian, only slightly so.

And I think it would be fun if McDonald's served haggis. I like haggis. But aside from the name, they've never really marketed the chain as being Scottish. Too bad, really. I might eat there otherwise.

BTW:

"Knock knock"
"Who's there?"
"Radio Lady"
"Radio Lady who?"
"Ah, you sound Swiss..."

[Radio_Lady]

44. Cute knock-knock joke! Thanks for your comments... much appreciated.

[LaurenG]

43. Didn't you forget something?

Really, RL the corn flake fried eggplant/chicken. Oh and you should be smoking and drinking while breast feeding, Sheeeeeeesh!

[Reciprocity]

45. I guess you were to afraid to admit this was an Olive Garden in Texas huh?