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No. of Recommendations: 11
A guy goes into a bar, there's a robot bartender. The robot says, "What will you have?"
The guy says, "Martini."
The robot brings back the best martini ever and says to the man, "What's your IQ?"
The guy says, "168."
The robot then proceeds to talk about physics, space exploration, and medical technology.
The guy leaves, but he is curious.
So he goes back into the bar.
The robot bartender says, "What will you have?"
The guy says, "Martini."
Again, the robot makes a great martini, gives it to the man and says, "What's your IQ?"
The guy says, "100."
The robot then starts to talk about NASCAR, Budweiser, and John Deere tractors.
The guy leaves but finds it very interesting, so he thinks he will try it one more time.
He goes back into the bar.
The robot says, "What will you have?"
The guy says, "Martini," and the robot brings him another great martini.
The robot then says, "What's your IQ?"
The guy says, "Uh, about 50."
The robot leans in real close and says,
"Isn’t it terrible the way Biden stole the election?"
No. of Recommendations: 5
This fits in with an observation I had in Corporate America.
If it's true that great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events and small minds discuss people..
...what kind of minds discuss FOOD?
"I tell you what, the best baked potato I ever had was at a restaurant in..."
That was the actual topic of conversation for about twenty minutes at a dinner at one of the last executive getaway conferences I attended. The longest twenty minutes of my life.
WTH
No. of Recommendations: 3
"...what kind of minds discuss FOOD?"
Great minds discuss food! Eat to surf. Surf to eat.
The baked potato is often sadly maligned, disrespected.
Overcooked, stowed in a warming tray, dumped soggy skinned next to an entree; an insult to what can be a glorious side. I could easily go full-on Bubba Gump for :20 on the humble baked potato.
When important American ambassadors, corporate execs, politicians visit other countries, their choice of restaurants and menu choices are closely scrutinized because they can reflect their knowledge and appreciation for that nation's history, it's relationship with the visitors country, etc.
There was a good article in the NYT on that very topic recently, citing various American politician's choices in different regions of China. Heck, the NYT has multiple sections dedicated to food: cooking, restaurants, eating while traveling....
Twenty minutes? Easy. Possibly the best baked potato I ever had was on a 1935 45' Casey ketch anchored in the protection of the leeward side of one of the Channel Islands. Our foulies were draped all over the boom and lifelines. As you might expect, an old wood boat like that doesn't have a modern refrigeration system, but what she lacked in galley facilities, she made up for with all 7 sails up and drawing, straining on a broad reach. Talk about a freight train! If there's a heaven, it must have wooden ships. Now,that potato.....
No. of Recommendations: 1
Great minds discuss food!
Yeah, not sure what WTH was getting at here. All sorts of highly intelligent people like to discuss food, as well as baseball, and other "mundane" things. Stephen Jay Gould for example loves discussing baseball! We live in the real world where real people of every type have to eat, and play so why not enjoy it?
No. of Recommendations: 4
We live in the real world where real people of every type have to eat, and play so why not enjoy it? Nobody brought more attention to good food with joie de vivre than Julia Child. The shows she did with Jacques Pepin will prove to be timeless.
I'd imagine most folks here already know Childs worked for the OSS during WWII?
https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/julia-child-cook...
