Meme Thread... no politics

Stefan (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to DarkMonohue :

I don't know if that's correct.

I mean, nothing else is quite like Taco Bell. 

It might be it's own type of food or food group. Like Indian, Thai, Chinese.

DarkMonohue said:

Ack. Pedantry inbound. This drives me nuts. Taco Bell is an establishment, not a food item; one no more "eats Taco Bell" than one reads a library. My wife uses that constantly, just to get under my skin. It works.

You can "read Shakespeare", even though that's an author, not a document.  

I don't think "eat Taco Bell" or "drink Starbucks" or anything similar would be out of line.

In reply to Beer Baron :

DarkMonohue said:

Ack. Pedantry inbound. This drives me nuts. Taco Bell is an establishment, not a food item; one no more "eats Taco Bell" than one reads a library.

While your point is technically correct, I respectfully reject your premise.

Using a blanket statement like "I ate Taco Bell" clearly isn't meant to imply that you ate a Taco Bell restaurant.  It's meant to spare both you and the listener from the unnecessary detail of saying "I ate a Crunch Wrap Burrito Supreme and some Bell Beefer Nachos with a Baja Blue Blast for a beverage."

Saying "I ate Taco Bell" is like saying "I ate McDonald's."  In very few words, it accurately describes not only the general style of food, but also the distinct level of quality to be expected and the likely circumstances under which it was consumed.

I'm having a hard time finding fault with that kind of verbal efficiency.

Duke said:

DarkMonohue said:

Ack. Pedantry inbound. This drives me nuts. Taco Bell is an establishment, not a food item; one no more "eats Taco Bell" than one reads a library.

While your point is technically correct, I respectfully reject your premise.

Using a blanket statement like "I ate Taco Bell" clearly isn't meant to imply that you ate a Taco Bell restaurant.  It's meant to spare both you and the listener from the unnecessary detail of saying "I ate a Crunch Wrap Burrito Supreme and some Bell Beefer Nachos with a Baja Blue Blast for a beverage."

Saying "I ate Taco Bell" is like saying "I ate McDonald's."  In very few words, it accurately describes not only the general style of food, but also the distinct level of quality to be expected and the likely circumstances under which it was consumed.

I'm having a hard time finding fault with that kind of verbal efficiency.

 

In reply to Beer Baron :

Eh. Still grilling burgers when I get home. On the driveway, next to the inflatable kiddy pool. We classy. Sweaty, but classy. 

Duke said:

DarkMonohue said:

Ack. Pedantry inbound. This drives me nuts. Taco Bell is an establishment, not a food item; one no more "eats Taco Bell" than one reads a library.

While your point is technically correct, I respectfully reject your premise.

Using a blanket statement like "I ate Taco Bell" clearly isn't meant to imply that you ate a Taco Bell restaurant.  It's meant to spare both you and the listener from the unnecessary detail of saying "I ate a Crunch Wrap Burrito Supreme and some Bell Beefer Nachos with a Baja Blue Blast for a beverage."

Saying "I ate Taco Bell" is like saying "I ate McDonald's."  In very few words, it accurately describes not only the general style of food, but also the distinct level of quality to be expected and the likely circumstances under which it was consumed.

I'm having a hard time finding fault with that kind of verbal efficiency.

 

To me, it's the same as "I ate Chinese food."

Streetwiseguy said:To me, it's the same as "I ate Chinese food."

Except leaving out "food" because it's Taco Bell.

Beer Baron said:

People who mock the phrase "but it's a dry heat" have never had the joy of sweat NOT evaporating, which makes you hotter because now you are being parboiled in your own juices, which makes you sweat harder, etc.

Yesterday I had the A/C running on a car in the shop, and the evaporator drain was a steady trickle.  Yikes.  I had a whole fifteen minutes after starting work before I was sticky and my clothes were wet.

In reply to barefootskater (Shaun) :

OK, I'm officially jealous. Today is the first day in two weeks the humidity here has been under 75% and it feels amazig at 64% and 75* air temp.

All of you are Bob Costas. 

In reply to Stampie :

Two interesting things to note.

Air conditioning was invented to remove humidity from factories/machine shops to prevent rusting of fresh bare metal.  Human comfort was a side effect.

Florida did not see any notable increases of population until the 1950s, when air conditioning in buildings started to become common.

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

People who mock the phrase "but it's a dry heat" have never had the joy of sweat NOT evaporating, which makes you hotter because now you are being parboiled in your own juices, which makes you sweat harder, etc.

Yesterday I had the A/C running on a car in the shop, and the evaporator drain was a steady trickle.  Yikes.  I had a whole fifteen minutes after starting work before I was sticky and my clothes were wet.

I moved from northern California to central Ohio. I get it. Nobody here understands that I would rather have the California summers and the Ohio winters.