I cannot stand people who complain about stupid shit like that. It was free, dude!

Show me how the piggies eat!

omg there are photos whyyy

I lived in Ireland for a while and splitting checks individually was assumed at many restaurants. A lot had also adopted a pretty slick system for paying. After the meal you'd go up front and pay on your way out. They'd have a computerized system tracking the bills for each table. They'd call up that table's check and…

I used to teach ESL and my students were primarily Swiss German 20-somethings here for a few weeks on holiday. And we'd occasionally all go out to eat somewhere.

You are a delight. I will continue to have fun and live my life in the way that is fun for me. YAY FUN.

I love how the bear gives ZERO SHITS about the crow after he pulls it out. All munchin' on an apple like, "What?"

I used to teach ESL, so pronunciation was something that I worked with a lot and my ear is still very trained to pick up on mistakes. Which is actually pretty annoying when I'm just trying to get through the day and I hear someone say "heigth" and I start screaming internally.

There was a radio spot for a while that was meant to play all over the country but to "personalize" it for each region they changed some of the city names. It was something like, "the best price in hotels from XXX to XXX!" The California Bay Area has a lot of cities with Spanish names, and lo and behold they…

There was a storyteller on The Moth some time ago who talked about how he loved his food rare, and his wife came from a family that ate everything as well done as possible, and she trained her children the same way. It was heartbreaking.

I wish I could find this delightful short story (maybe David Sedaris?) about how a family went to Italy and the father, who prided himself on his knowledge and love of Italian food, insisted that the waiter bring him out spaghetti with one sausage and two meatballs, exactly how he always ordered it at the Olive Garden.

But I love those, especially with a side of fuh-JAI-tuz!

Yup. My fella says both "bruschetta" in what is the correct (yet less commonly used) pronunciation and "risotto" with a hint of an Italian accent. He is not Italian.

Are we doing phrasing again?

WHAAAAAAAT.

I was just telling a friend about that show yesterday and how we absolutely had to have a marathon some evening.

omg, Pepsi and ham on plastic Disney dishes.

I lived in an illegal sublet with my boyfriend once for a few months; the original renter had to go out of state to be with her mother who may or may not have been really sick and also she made money in pharmaceuticals in Mexico somehow?? So anyways. I had asked going in if I could hang pictures. She said, sure no…

One time at the college cafeteria I went to get some milk and said, "Hey, don't touch my cake!" because it's just what you say, I didn't think my friends would actually eat it. I came back and they had cut it all up into tiny crumbly cubes and were giggling because it was SO FUNNY that they had ruined my cake but…

That is a real wtf. Who does that.