The Swamp

Average composition of a bag of Jolly Ranchers:

Grape - 60%
Blue Raspberry - 20%
Cherry - 10%
Watermelon - 9.75%
Green Apple - 0.25%

The metro in Washington is very strangely dark.

Johnnie wrote:Like, with the proliferation of both legal and illegal weed, you'd think the bozos that run things would get a hint that you can't stop the runaway freight train. But no.

Anyhoo, I don't know what it is about Wingstop fries and Wingstop blue cheese, but together they're crack. I seriously can't stop eating it.

I heard they put sugar on the fries. My favorite fast food fries for sure.

Giff wrote:

Johnnie wrote:Like, with the proliferation of both legal and illegal weed, you'd think the bozos that run things would get a hint that you can't stop the runaway freight train. But no.

Anyhoo, I don't know what it is about Wingstop fries and Wingstop blue cheese, but together they're crack. I seriously can't stop eating it.

I heard they put sugar on the fries. My favorite fast food fries for sure.

Yes! Which made me go nuts when the Ringer staff named the Chick-fil-A waffle fries as the #1 fast food item in America. Horse. Shit.

I wish I could've been on a podcast and ranted like Carolla about it.

Johnnie wrote:Yes! Which made me go nuts when the Ringer staff named the Chick-fil-A waffle fries as the #1 fast food item in America. Horse. Shit.

I wish I could've been on a podcast and ranted like Carolla about it.

What? Those fries aren't even the #1 fast food item in the order I get from Chick-fil-A.

The #1 (order number, not ranking) items, ranked:
1. Chick-fil-A sandwich
2. Lemonade
3. waffle fries

I have never had Chick-Fil-A. And probably never will.

DaveInSeattle wrote:I have never had Chick-Fil-A. And probably never will.

For fast food, it's pretty great. For any other restaurant, it's pretty meh. I do like the raisin-carrot slaw, though.

Sabo wrote:

DaveInSeattle wrote:I have never had Chick-Fil-A. And probably never will.

For fast food, it's pretty great. For any other restaurant, it's pretty meh. I do like the raisin-carrot slaw, though.

Exactly. It's fine for fast food, but not worth of the pedestal or cultdom some people put it up on.

Shirley wrote:

Johnnie wrote:Yes! Which made me go nuts when the Ringer staff named the Chick-fil-A waffle fries as the #1 fast food item in America. Horse. Shit.

I wish I could've been on a podcast and ranted like Carolla about it.

What? Those fries aren't even the #1 fast food item in the order I get from Chick-fil-A.

The #1 (order number, not ranking) items, ranked:
1. Chick-fil-A sandwich
2. Lemonade
3. waffle fries

Oh, trust me. I became crotchety old man real quick. These fucking kids are absurd.

https://fastfood.theringer.com

Edit: What sucks is that neither Steak N Shake nor Shake Shack are in New Mexico. So I don't get to have them. But you'd think as a consolation a green chile cheeseburger from Blake's would make it. No. There's a 'Lota' anti New Mexico bias on that list.

Johnnie wrote:But you'd think as a consolation a green chile cheeseburger from Blake's would make it. No. There's a 'Lota' anti New Mexico bias on that list.

They probably don't know New Mexico exists. The other day my mum was on the phone to customer service for some company. The lady asked her for her address. After my mother said "New Mexico", the customer service person said, "I'm sorry, we only ship to addresses in the United States."

sancarlos wrote:

Johnnie wrote:But you'd think as a consolation a green chile cheeseburger from Blake's would make it. No. There's a 'Lota' anti New Mexico bias on that list.

They probably don't know New Mexico exists. The other day my mum was on the phone to customer service for some company. The lady asked her for her address. After my mother said "New Mexico", the customer service person said, "I'm sorry, we only ship to addresses in the United States."

New Mexico magazine used to have a regular feature called "One Of Our 50 is missing" about stories like that.

DaveInSeattle wrote:

sancarlos wrote:

Johnnie wrote:But you'd think as a consolation a green chile cheeseburger from Blake's would make it. No. There's a 'Lota' anti New Mexico bias on that list.

They probably don't know New Mexico exists. The other day my mum was on the phone to customer service for some company. The lady asked her for her address. After my mother said "New Mexico", the customer service person said, "I'm sorry, we only ship to addresses in the United States."

New Mexico magazine used to have a regular feature called "One Of Our 50 is missing" about stories like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEJzXbqyU8A

I don't get the waffle fry enthusiasm at all. Especially when paired with the chicken which is actually delicious.

More crispy surface area.

Oh I get them in general. Although, if you just took 6 regular fries and made your own little waffle, is it that much different?

Men are assholes.

Men are responsible for all of the wars and a huge majority of the injustice in the world.

Men are liars.

Men in power turn into evil monsters.

Men simply can not be trusted.

I get that...

But women, women are just fucking nuts.

(Rough night tonight)

I was just talking to my friend about whether or not I should meet some peeps at Twin Oaks tonight (local renowned Italian place). So the deli guy says to me "baked stuff shrimp with mashed potatoes in the middle." She doesn't think it's weird that the guy offered me a food suggestion and felt the need to specify the location of the plate that the mashed potatoes should be. That's pretty much like universally weird, right?

Getting a food rec is weird?

Recommending a spot on the plate for the mashed potatoes is weird.

Pruitt wrote:The metro in Washington is very strangely dark.

It was the vision of the architect, idea was to be minimalist and have no direct lighting. All the lightbulbs are hidden.

Most people don't like it and there has been a move to put in brighter lighting and increase signage (which in the beginning was often hard to see/find.)

Jerloma wrote:Recommending a spot on the plate for the mashed potatoes is weird.

Was he saying, "Get the baked stuffed shrimp - the one that comes with the mashed potatoes in the middle."?

Ryan wrote:

Jerloma wrote:Recommending a spot on the plate for the mashed potatoes is weird.

Was he saying, "Get the baked stuffed shrimp - the one that comes with the mashed potatoes in the middle."?

I've never seen the dish, but I'm assuming the shrimp are plated circling the potatoes, in which case it's not weird at all.

That's what I'm saying. It would be totally weird, especially for a guy that works in food service, to suggest that you order it that way at a restaurant. If he really meant that, then yes go back and scold him.

I assumed the shrimp were stuffed with mashed potatoes. But it's hard to tell from the menu.

Alright, now that's weird.

Remind me not to eat Italian in Kentucky.

This fucker had the nerve to ask for it in a completely separate dish! IN THE MIDDLE, GUY!

Right...I can't imagine they'd just come with mashed potatoes in the middle. The fucking juice from the shrimp has the potential to absolutely destroy the mashed potatoes, which to be honest look more whipped than mashed.

I'd tell them to hold the shrimp juice while you're at it.

mister d wrote:I'd tell them to hold the shrimp juice while you're at it.

Like in the refrigerator?

Jerloma wrote:Alright, now that's weird.

Remind me not to eat Italian in Kentucky.

Ha! I bet they don't even serve mashed potatoes in the finest Italian restaurants in Kentucky.

Johnny Carwash wrote:Average composition of a bag of Jolly Ranchers:

Grape - 60%
Blue Raspberry - 20%
Cherry - 10%
Watermelon - 9.75%
Green Apple - 0.25%

My sister loves Jolly Ranchers, but only the raspberry. She buys bags then eats the BR and then throws the rest of the bag away. I told I'd bring them into work.

According to my research, Watermelon needs it percentage upped.

The Sybian wrote:

Jerloma wrote:Alright, now that's weird.

Remind me not to eat Italian in Kentucky.

Ha! I bet they don't even serve mashed potatoes in the finest Italian restaurants in Kentucky.

I actually went to an Italian restaurant in Covington about 10 years ago. It was good!

I hear Giovanni's is the tits.

rass wrote:I hear Giovanni's is the tits.

Only for nostalgia!

I said this with a little more fleshed out in my facebook post, but it bears repeating.

Out of the literally hundreds of phenomenal tracks he's on, if your favorite Sinatra song is "My Way", you are almost certainly an asshole.

L-Jam3 wrote:I said this with a little more fleshed out in my facebook post, but it bears repeating.

Out of the literally hundreds of phenomenal tracks he's on, if your favorite Sinatra song is "My Way", you are almost certainly an asshole.

Or somebody who knows very little Sinatra.

I do agree but that said it's a kick-ass song.

TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK SWAMP

Scenario: Parents and their three kids and significant others are going on a vacation together for a week and staying in a condo.

FAMILIES (not Bronto's family)

- Parents (2)
- Couple 1: Oldest daughter, her husband and three kids under 10 (5)
- Couple 2: Middle daughter, her husband and 18-month old (3)
- Couple 3: Youngest daughter, her significant other (who may or may not be Bronto) (2)

The cost of the condo has been split four ways evenly. Each of the couples is paying the same amount for lodging.

CONDO BEDROOMS

- Master bedroom 1 (main floor)
- Master bedroom 2 (main floor)
- Bedroom 3, twin beds (main floor)
- Bedroom 4, bunk beds (main floor, next to bedroom 3)
- Bedroom 5, queen beds, top floor with loft space

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This is where I need you, swamp. What is the most amicable room arrangement?

These are the givens:

- Master Bedroom 1 is going to the parents, that's non-negotiable.
- Bedroom 4 with the bunk beds is going to a combination of children and possibly a parent from Couple 1

That leaves MB2, BR3 and BR5 to split between Couple 2, Couple 3 and half of Couple 1. How would you divide them up among the remaining people?

(My answer is after the spoiler tag as to not influence rational thinking)

[+] spoiler

Given the logistical -- and financial -- arrangement, it would seem to make the most sense to put the rest of Couple 1 and kids in BR3, which is adjacent to BR4. That leaves MB2 and BR5 for the other two couples.

In that scenario, the couple with the toddler can have the master and the childless couple has the loft space. Or it could be flip-flopped, though the middle couple is already playing the baby needs privacy card.

I also bring this up because it looks like couple 3 is getting BR3 next to the kids because couple 3 doesn't have kids. Even though couple 3 has paid more per person than the other two couples are. Given the cost of the condo, seems that money needs to be brought into the decision-making here and not just "you're the youngest, so you get last choice."

1. The other master goes to the parents with the 18 month old.

2. As the no-kids, you get what's left.

3. I don't see a huge money aspect here? If you got four hotel rooms the additional kids wouldn't matter either way towards costs so it really comes down to common sense scattering, no?

Here's my take:
Makes sense that the ones with the toddler get the other master, if the kid is staying with them, three in the bed. You should get the loft queen bed, since it is away from the kids. The parents with the older kids need to be close to their kids, so they get the twins with their kids in the bunkbeds.