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I’ve stopped going out to eat with my family, because variations of the following will always happen: Brother: To our waiter. “I want [only spicy thing on the menu], but I want it not spicy.” Waiter: “Sir, the flavor of that dish only comes from the spices. It won’t taste good as a non-spicy version.
Earlier this week, I went to the hypermarket (superstore) to buy groceries and decided to browse the meat aisle for anything good marked down due to being about to expire, and found a 1.3kg box of chicken wings with a big, bold “6.46” on the price tag’s right-hand side, this one box marked down 30%. I didn’t notice the tag didn’t say the usual “pkt” (“package”) nor “kg ...
Scientific American: Cutting a Parent Out of Your Life Isn’t Always the Right Solution
Cutting a Parent Out of Your Life Isn’t Always the Right Solution
Guest: “Well, how was I supposed to know that!?” That’s right. She’s never seen an omelette MADE. She thought because there were empty eggshells on the other table, that omelettes came packed and cooked up inside an eggshell, and that when you crack one open… it folds down onto the plate, I suppose? After I explained this:
(My primary job is delivering pizzas, but I’m also the lead vocalist in a metal band that’s popular in the local area. We’re not well known much further than that. We recently played a show where we also sold a small amount of merchandise.) Me: handing pizzas to customer “That’ll be $35.” (The customer hands me the money. I notice that he’s wearing a hoodie with our band’s ...