Can you get home fries when you dine out?

A ponderable with the humor in the vein of George Carlin, Steven Wright and Demetri Martin.

In response to last week’s question, “Can you get home fries when you dine out?”, my dad’s beach buddy Bob observed, “Of course...They are a cut above the rest!” My friend Richard countered, “Not sure if they technically could be called “home fries,” but I have had “home fries” in restaurants that made me wish I had eaten at home instead. Is “home” another word for rubber?”

My neighbor Dick added, “Yes, you get home fries from the same place you get your house salad.”

My sailing friend John explained, “Well … bein’ from south, I don’t ever “dine out” … I only “eat out”. Where’d ya come with that high-falutin’ “dine out” cockamamie? As it turns out, I can ONLY get home fries when I eat out … cause my wife don’t know how to make ‘em! BTW: did you know there over 8,310,000 pages listed when you Google “home fries”? Betcha didn’t know they were such a topic of interest!”

My friend Stuart shared, “I can if I dine out at a friend’s home – but not at mine where fried foods are forbidden. Come to think of it, the only “friend” who serves me fried food is my cardiologist (while showing me pictures of his new yacht – hmmm.)”

My birthday bud Jon, who is not known for being dyxlexic, wrote, “I often keep the home fries burning.”

My friend Royce concluded, “Yep, you can on your patio or deck.” My sailing friend Kurt noted, “Is this like getting French Fries without going to France? Or are they just fried potato sticks?”

My comedic friend Bruce recalled, “Even when I'm all dined out, I still get home fries.”

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     If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how

     would we ever know? And with texting, does anyone care?

      from my Parrothead friend Jan

Live well...laugh often and heartily…. have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

Hal

Happy birthday (Tue) to my bride.

Why is verb a noun (and not a verb)

A ponderable with the humor in the vein of George Carlin, Steven Wright and Demetri Martin. 

In response to last week’s question, “Why is verb a noun (and not a verb)?”, my witty friend Bruce complacently said, “Because my coworkers tell me so.” One of his co-workers, Pat, added, “As my middle school grammar teacher would scold me, “a noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.” “Verb” is a category of grammar; therefore, it’s considered a noun. It would be funny to hear someone try to use “verb” as an action word, as is done with so much of today’s business lingo. Then that begs the question if “verb” were a verb, would it be transitive or intransitive?”

My friend Royce agreed, “because it’s an action object” to which my friend Vivian then pondered, “but your question is a great one for those who are grammatically challenged!”

My dad’s beach buddy Bob’s investigation from “looking in my World Book Dictionary, I could not find the answer to that one. It made me reverberate.”

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Can you get home fries when you dine out? from my friend ted

Live well...laugh often and heartily…. have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

Can you have cold hot wings?

A ponderable with the humor in the vein of George Carlin, Steven Wright and Demetri Martin.

In response to last week’s question, “Can you have cold hot wings?”, my videographer friend, Ivan, who I’ve not seen for too long recalled, “I once ordered Chernobyl Hot chicken wings. They served me medium hot wings that were burned on the outside and still frozen on the inside. They were Burnt Cold Medium Hot wings. Go figure.”

My neighbor Al explained, “Definitely! It's just like when you'd meet a hot babe at a bar and she'd give you the cold shoulder.” My dad’s beach buddy concurred, “They are the ultimate clue to rejection.”

My friend and former colleague Andrew clarified, “Yes. ‘Cold’ refers to temperature, ‘hot’ refers to spiciness. My wife is from India, and she often has "cold hot" things, such as cold mung bean salad with lots of chili spice in it. Kind of weird to have a dish that while cold, makes you sweat!”

My friend Tracey shared, “Absolutely... and sometimes they are tastier that way, especially for breakfast.” And my sailing friend Kurt said, “Yes, they only burn at one end.”

And then my sailing and writing friend Rich shared his restaurant industry experience, “there is a category whose growth has recently exploded. It is of course the "Breastaurant", Tilted Kilt, Twin Peaks, Bone Daddy's and of course the "Eve" of them all, Hooters. The point of these places are to get you to trade your hard earned cash for mass quantities of cold beer and warm hot wings. The problem is that for some reason there is a loss of focus for the patron and by the time he gets to his order he has warm beer and cold hot wings. Amazingly, this seems not to be a problem.”

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          Why is verb a noun (and not a verb)?

Live well...laugh often and heartily…. have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

What’s the opposite of rehab?

A ponderable with the humor in the vein of George Carlin, Steven Wright and Demetri Martin, in response to last week’s question, “What’s the opposite of rehab?”, my birthday bud Jon and analytics friend Swany both agreed, “Charlie Sheen.”

My sailing friend Kurt believes is it “rum” while my friend Royce said it’s “having too much fun.” To this, my flying friend Ted added, “I'd have to harken back to my college days. Oh yes, it's one Kick Butt Party!!”  My college roomie and sailing friend John clarified, “It’s living life too much!”

My dad’s beach buddy Bob responded, “Cremation, but much depends on what you are being rehabilitated from.....excessive drinking or...love making.”

My dog rescue friend Kate, and my friend Kevin though it to be “Hab, or possibly first hab.” 

My friend Richard countered, it is “Prehabilitate. Better yet, predehabilitate!”

And my often comedic friend Bruce thoughtfully replied, “The opposite of rehab is the fear of trying something new.”

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      Can you have cold hot wings? (from my sailing friend Leslie)

Live well...laugh often and heartily…. have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

Hal

We are very fortunate to have the freedom in the US for humor and the time to enjoy it. I hope you do something to protect our freedom, starting with voting.