Use a carabiner for keys.

lax & permissive are synonyms. Parental consent is a very low bar when there is a concern that parents are forcing the marriage in the first place.

Lucky for them, though.

Daily pedantry:

Yes, and it is amazing how many ways there are to achieve wet Styrofoam.

I know; this whole piece is about how there is a market for paneer, even while things that are not paneer exist.

It really is. I mean she probably didn’t have the option to just let it go, and she might not have had the option of seeing that the next kid in line was doing the opposite and average our meals as 2 properly rationed lunches.  She did, however, have a choice between calmly informing me of the ration policy and loudly…

I think a part of them ‘knows’ they are being shitty, another part is proud to have tricked their dining companion, and still another part of their reptilian brain thinks that what happened is perfectly ‘fair’ since everyone ‘just pays the same’ and it’s ‘easier for the waiter’

I don’t have a very refined palate when it comes to wet sponges.

That word is reserved for the sugary, yet flavorless coating of wedding cakes.

Yes, I would describe paneer as the thing that gets you the taste of tofu with all the effects and moral implications of dairy. 

relevant:

I was ‘traumatized’ in hs when I attempted to take 2 fruit cups and 0 starch&veg, and the lunch lady accused me of stealing, even though I had 1 less item. I just started packing lunch afterward.

If the fake is local, someone on the bar staff would likely have a real one from the same place, same year to spot differences.  If it is not local, that should raise a red flag, and a responsible bar would do some research. 

I think the worst part of the ‘just split the check’ assholes is that they won’t even register the subsidy as something you’ve done for them.  I’d rather just pay for their $40 whatever and have it count than be annoyed that I paid $25 for a sandwich.

All 4 characters from these scenes are awful in their own way.

All of those points are correct, though:
One feels drunk faster and longer on liquor or strong enough beer; wine gets you nothing, nothing, blackout.
The price range of beer is lower than the price range of wine; there are no $.50 wines or crazy million dollar auctions for beer.
All ciders may not be more delicious than…

Public school lunches have some type of rationing going on where children can take one fruit, one vegetable, one starch.  They don’t have the option of just taking 2 starches, so they take a fruit, hoping to trade.  The other kids at the table had the same idea, so everyone throws away their flavorless, mealy apple,…

Riots are just protests one doens’t support.

It’s harder to eat, for one.