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On Dec 21, 4:02 pm, Phil Kane <Phil.K...@nov.shmovz.ka.pop> wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:51:41 +0100 (CET), George Orwell
>
> <nob...@mixmaster.it> wrote:
> >Anybody else see the Honeybaked Ham commercials?  Hams are selling for what
> >they cost 7 years ago.  BUT you need to specifically ask for the special
> >price.  If the special price isn't mentioned, the consumer is charged the
> >regular price.  This would seem to be in violation of the above law
> >mentioned.
>
> I don't know when that law went into effect, but about 50 years ago,
> Norm's Restaurant in L.A. had some overnight spots on KFAC, the
> classical music station, that advertised a New York Steak dinner for
> $1.49 at a time when their regular price was over $2 (remember that
> this was 50 years ago).  The spots ran twice, and you specifically had
> to ask for the special.  
>
> Being a grad student at UCLA at the time, the offer was too good to
> pass up.  When I got there, the waiting line was out the door and down
> the block.  They didn't ask what you wanted - they just brought the
> steak dinner.
>
> A good time was had by all.

Boy, I don't remember having a good time at Norm's ever.
The food was cheap but the slop they served was
repulsive.  One time a waitress approaching my table
to take an order raised her skirt high enough to
scratch her arse as she walked up and then sniffed
her finger.  I told her what I wanted anyway and after
she left, the guy sitting at the next table facing in the
same direction turned around and asked me if I'd seen
what he thought he had just seen.  I left abruptly
and never returned.

If anyone isn't too grossed to continue reading, that
was the location on Pico in West L.A.

I remember people speculating that Norm's was
related to Donald Nixon's restaurant.  I don't
think there was any connection.