Is it his voice or the robot voice?

Price Pfister?!

Wasn’t that the plot of Osmosis Jones? I think it was. Has anyone here seen Osmosis Jones?

That was the last Whill-enium.

I don’t think you can use the word enormity that way. Unless its in a 1980s “bad” means “good” kind of way.

Like the people who will respond to articles about some moderately famous person with, “Who?”

There’s always money in the banana costume litigation.

I guess the plaintiff was tired of pudding up with impostors.

Mellon is garbage. It’s just filler so BIG FRUIT SALAD doesn’t have to use as much pineapple and berries.

I am reminded of that episode of You’re the Worst where Gretchen accuses her psychiatrist of being “rape-culturey.”

You hit on another under-the-radar issue: its a pretty WASP-Y expectation that children don’t belong. If you ever eat at restaurants that aren’t catering to a majority white clientele, you see a lot of kids. That’s as much true here in America as it is in Argentina.

Well: everyone’s first reaction to the story is some form of “I’m really surprised the restaurant didn’t say anything, frankly.” In other words: a restaurant permitting such loud outbursts is atypical. Not impossible, obviously, but atypical.  

It’s actually not a huge problem. I’m sure there are bad parents with loud kids out there, but most children are well-behaved enough for the category of restaurant.

Naw. I’m hyper-conscientious about my children (who are now a bit older). But, if you haven’t noticed: it’s typically only morons and maniacs that write questions to this column. Why do you assume that this letter is any different?

Or... it could be that the letter writer is particularly sensitive, exaggerating, etc. and the waitstaff would have intervened if there was an actual problem. Seems like an equally likely scenario.

Ha! I would read your advice column every single day.

Really? That’s why?

I’m obsessed with toum (four ingredients: garlic, lemon juice, oil, and salt). WARNING: this is not a lazy recipe. But it is so worth it:

The rule should be to repay in-kind. When we are out: you buy me a shot of greygoose, I buy the next round.