It's Turkey Time Again

[vovat]

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone reading this! This has never been one of my favorite holidays, perhaps because guys with weird hats exploiting the natives isn't as appealing as, say, the spirits of the dead walking the Earth, or a man in a red suit riding around in a sleigh drawn by caribou. I guess I prefer the holidays that are heavy on mythology to those that are focused on group meals. I do find it a little odd that I overheard so many people at the place where I do temp work asking others if they were ready for Thanksgiving. Come on, it's a holiday where you don't have to buy presents, hide eggs, choose a costume, or even buy heart-shaped boxes of chocolates. What's there to do to get ready, other than possibly cooking, which you can't really do ahead of time unless you want to defrost Thanksgiving dinner? Oh, well. I hope everyone enjoys their turkey, or whatever you eat instead of turkey.

Last night, bethje and I went out to Atlantic City, but we didn't do any gambling. We did, however, do something John Flansburgh has apparently never done, and ate at Hooters. It was an interesting experience, but probably not a place we'll go again. It was really loud in there, and I prefer a quieter environment for ogling women in skimpy outfits. {g} Incidentally, I have to wonder if the policy of only hiring girls with big boobs could count as discriminatory. I mean, there was that case back when I was in school of a woman filing a lawsuit to get into a military academy, and I have an easier time imagining someone wanting to be a Hooters waitress over someone wanting to go to a school where they get yelled at a lot. Anyway, the cheeseburger I had wasn't bad, but wasn't one of the better ones I've had, either.

Comments

[revme.livejournal.com]

I've never been to one, either. I've heard the wings are very good, though. Or, at least that they USED to be. IIRC, there was an article in the Stranger about how a couple guys (IIRC, they referenced being gay, which made it somewhat more amusing, since Hooters is sort of the Quintessential Straight Guy Place) and would go and love the wings and such and then they went downhill a bit. OK! I found the article, and I think I misremembered it. I think the dude might be straight and said the wings are still good, but the other stuff isn't? I just kinda scanned it. It's a good article, though.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I guess it's too bad that we didn't go several years ago. And that I've never been a big fan of wings.

The waitress didn't call us by name (and I'm glad we didn't have to call HER by name, because it was on the receipt and I wasn't quite sure how to pronounce it; it was something like "Taena"), but she DID call Beth "sweetie."