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Tue Jul-08-08 01:08 PM
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Am I the only one who doesn't have a problem with the G8 Leaders lunch/dinner menu? |
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:10 PM
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1. How many brazillion dollars did that meal cost? |
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:10 PM
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2. As long as I'm invited, I don't have a problem with it either. |
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:rofl: someone else put it well the other day - "such a shame that people are starving to death, boo, hoo, please pass the truffle sauce."
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:10 PM
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:24 PM
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12. Gold Leaf Wrapped Chocolate Truffle Figurines of Jefferson, The Magna Carta and Bill of Rights |
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Served with Confetti of Constitution.
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:11 PM
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4. I don't really have a problem with it, either. |
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Just because some areas of the world are in a food crisis doesn't mean that everyone has to suffer, as well. I do think that it's a bit funny, the juxtaposition, but it doesn't exactly outrage me.
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:11 PM
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5. G-8 Fantasy Dessert? That calls for some speculation. |
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:13 PM
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6. Lotta SEAFOOD on that menu |
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:14 PM
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:14 PM
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7. I sincerely think this is obscene. nt |
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:15 PM
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9. I've never heard of "Almond Oil Foam"...and you can keep the jellied clam soup |
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Tue Jul-08-08 02:24 PM
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27. It's all fancy language. That is just oil that has had some air beaten into it. |
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But "fluffy fat" just doesn't sound the same.
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:23 PM
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11. Membership has its priviledges. n/t |
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Tue Jul-08-08 02:26 PM
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28. and we are NOT members of that club either |
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Edited on Tue Jul-08-08 02:26 PM by alyce douglas
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:26 PM
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I thought I knew what most foods of the world were by now, but I'm stumped. It sounds like a cheap knockoff of Armor All. :puke:
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:36 PM
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17. you're such a Hot Onion Tart. |
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:42 PM
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21. Waiter! There's a hairy crab in my bisque soup! |
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:30 PM
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15. Life is too short to cook this or eat it. |
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:49 PM
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:33 PM
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16. c'mon, EVERYTHING needs more KELP FLAVOR! |
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Edited on Tue Jul-08-08 01:34 PM by FarceOfNature
I've got a fever and the only prescription is MORE KELP FLAVOR! :headbang:
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:36 PM
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18. Typical Daily Mail - read the menu, turn it into 18 course meal |
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Edited on Tue Jul-08-08 01:36 PM by anigbrowl
By that measure I had a 43-course dinner the last time I went to the restaurant down the street. They have 43 items on the menu, so logically I must have had all of them, right? I'm convinced that that newspaper hires people based on their ability to secrete bile.
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:46 PM
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22. to be fair to the Daily Mail |
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I got this from the Huffington Post.
It's their banner headline right now.
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Tue Jul-08-08 02:48 PM
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33. They should know better |
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To be honest, I think it's too trivial of a distraction anyway.
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:39 PM
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19. get your stuffed thighs down on all petit fours, your hairy crab bisque cries out for pink conger |
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:rofl: I think I know what was served with the brandy and cigars afterwards...
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Tue Jul-08-08 01:40 PM
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Worrying about this is asilly as saying Al Gore can't be an environmentalist because he has X kind of house or travels Y miles a year by plane or other contrived "contradictions" between personal behavior and political will. Edwards' house means he can't care about poverty. This menu means they can;t care about food shortages. The two arguments are identical, with if anything the latter having less credibility since John Edwards chose his own house personally, while we can assume that every attendee did not have go/no go authority to create this menu.
These arguments of course are baseless and frankly silly. Let;s say the attendees ate NOTHING. What would that entire menu do to solve world hunger? Nothing. It may feed a family or two for a few days at best (size of portions is not mentioned for a start). Instead what can the decisions that these attendees make do to help world hunger? A great deal, if the decisions are right and followed through. If these folks can hammer out an agreement on water purification or biofuels or ag. technology sharing they could eat like this every minute of their lives and still not counteract a fraction of a shred of a single percentage point of the effect they could (not necessarily will of course) have.
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Tue Jul-08-08 02:20 PM
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24. It is what I would expect... |
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It might be a bit complicated for Dubya but it looks like it caters for the hard to please French, the Italian's etc.. I think these occasions are seen as opportunities for top chefs to show their best stuff... In the UK we have a televised competition for top chefs to win the chance to cook at big banquets.
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Tue Jul-08-08 02:23 PM
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25. hmm...there is quick a wine list there. |
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Edited on Tue Jul-08-08 02:24 PM by alyce douglas
I am sure * will get his fair share of it.
george will probably ask for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, stupid man.
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Tue Jul-08-08 02:24 PM
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26. smoked sea urchin? bleah. |
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Tue Jul-08-08 02:38 PM
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31. I think it is mean't to be top class Japanese seafood... |
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and to show the best of Japanese produce and to show they can do other cuisines too. I am sure Dubya would before a hotdog and beans, like he offered Sarkozy.
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Tue Jul-08-08 02:26 PM
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Too fancy for my working-class tastes. How about a grilled ribeye and loaded mashed potato?
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Tue Jul-08-08 02:28 PM
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30. As for the plebs, "Let them eat cake." |
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Sooner or later the plebs are going to come to their senses about the bigshots.
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