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Article #19294Re: On Grace Jones, Tobasco sauce, and jumper cables
From: Dave Ruckman
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 12:21
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 12:21
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Rich Phyllisman (anon) wrote:
: Grace was wearing all black--big black turtleneck, big black baggy
: pants, big black sunglasses, and a big black scarf around her head.
: Holding it all together was what appeared to be real jumper cables (you
: know, the things you charge a car battery with) clipped to her pants like
: suspenders. Accompanying her, were two very large black male "companions"
: who were also dressed entirely in black and who were of a size that made
: Arnold Swarzenegger look like a girly-man.
: table. Not wanting to pester my server needlessly, I turned, tapped Grace
: on the shoulder, and asked, "Excuse me. May I borrow your Tobasco sauce?
: The experience left me to ponder many things about dining etiquette. Is
: it tacky to ask a neighboring table for Tobasco sauce even if it weren't a
: ploy to chat up Grace Jones? Should I have chewed out the server for
: forgetting to put it on the table during set up? Are jumper cables
: appropriate attire for D.C. dining? As always, I await the contributions
It would have been a more interesting experience for all concerned if you'd
asked to borrow the jumper cables.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10fa94,8a09ad49f34f720e,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10fa94,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-08-24 06:34:55 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!news1.digex.net!dgs.dgsys.com!dgs.dgsys.com!not-for-mail From: ruckman@dgs.dgsys.com (Dave Ruckman) Newsgroups: dc.dining Subject: Re: On Grace Jones, Tobasco sauce, and jumper cables Date: 24 Aug 1994 08:21:57 -0400 Organization: Digital Gateway Systems Lines: 26 Message-ID: <33fe15$jhv@DGS.dgsys.com> References: <anon-2308941016120001@slama.pbs.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: dgs.dgsys.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]