Category Archives: Food

Chili Dogs No Good For GOP

June 4, 2011 – 4:18 pm

America is the Land of the Fat. I was sitting on the subway the other day. Two obese women bracketed my seat. Their cellulite thighs overlapped my legs. I was imprisoned by their weight. Both were sweating Diet-Coke. My suit was pressed by their heat. I escaped on 47-50 Street Rockefeller Center, however the majority […]

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Fuck KFC

May 10, 2011 – 2:17 am

Workers rights have suffered reversals around the world. Richie Boy responded to my request for a raise by saying that keeping my job at the diamond exchange was my raise. He thought the line was funny. I did not see the humor. The GOP are attempting to roll back the social advances of the FDR […]

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Thai Fried Rat

May 6, 2011 – 7:50 pm

“What did you eat for breakfast, fried rat?” Richie Boy asked his friend at Smith and Wollensky’s after he cut loose under the table. “It wasn’t me.” The guilty party protested without forgiveness. “He who smelled it dealt it.” Everyone at the table was over 50. The restaurant was elegant. Our waiter was treating us […]

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Ms. Obama’s BBQ Fetish

February 4, 2011 – 4:44 pm

The South has been a GOP stronghold ever since the passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Act. President Obama broke their monopoly in the 2008 with victories in Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida. The Democrats seeking to broaden their appeal in Dixie appointed Charlotte, North Carolina to hold their 2012 convention. Their opponents guffawed at […]

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GOUT

December 9, 2010 – 8:24 am

My earliest exposure to gout came from movies showing Henry VIII hobbling about the set with his foot swathed in bandages. The disease came from rich foods. Only the very wealthy or obese were supposedly prone to such an ailment, although in recent years friends have limped into restaurants or parties to explain, “I have […]

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