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Achewood => Achewood => Topic started by: Turbo Ninja on November 30, 2004, 09:52:43 pm
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The punchline made me laugh out loud. What a first thought to have.
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Enlighten us, men. Must the fantasy involve a burrito, or would any fast food do?
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OH NOES@!!@#!!@#!
What happened to recently-sacked-up Beef? That face is a metaphor for shrinkage if I've ever seen one.
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The torture just never ends for Beef. He ought to cold refuse to buy any Mexi-Nuggets if she tries to suggestive-sell them.
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Yeah, I laughed out loud too.
I am hoping that, despite that expression, he doesn't totally revert and can at least explain things a little. I mean, Molly is sounding totally sweet to him. Come on, Beef!
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Damn punch-line spoiling thread topic. :x
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Hahahaha, that is AWESOME.
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I am particularly pleased by clever double entendre of the word "fantasty" in the alt text. Or, the freudian slip, if it was a typo.
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I am particularly pleased by clever double entendre of the word "fantasty" in the alt text. Or, the freudian slip, if it was a typo.
Gone now, but good call. I didn't see it (or notice it, if it was there when I read it).
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The torture just never ends for Beef. He ought to cold refuse to buy any Mexi-Nuggets if she tries to suggestive-sell them.
Any what?
And doesn't the person working the register have to be bi-lingual?
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Huh? You know, their little spicy tater tots. I don't know what the hell they are called - it's something like that. And is the bi-lingual comment some sort of naughty reference? Because otherwise I am lost.
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Aw, the double-entendre alt-text has reverted to single-entendre. However, that last panel still is an awesome punchline, and a totally valid reaction.
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Hee hee hee.
Molly seems reasonably content -- let's hope something actually comes of it.
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Seconded on the bi-lingual thing - it should have to resemble actual Mexican food before a language requirement should come into play.
The all time nastiest tacos have to be Jack-in-the-Box though.
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Huh? You know, their little spicy tater tots. I don't know what the hell they are called - it's something like that. And is the bi-lingual comment some sort of naughty reference? Because otherwise I am lost.
? I just had Taco Bell for lunch today and I still don't know what you mean. They have "cheesy potatoes" if that's what you mean.
The bilingual thing was serious. The person working the counter at every fast food place I've been to had to speak spanish so they could take the many of the orders.
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? I just had Taco Bell for lunch today and I still don't know what you mean. They have "cheesy potatoes" if that's what you mean.
Gabe on Penny Arcade asked his readers about this. In some places you can get these Mexican style potato wedges, but apparently no longer in Seattle, which is why he was angrily demanding to know what the hell was going on.
I mean, come on Cort, you've seen the Ribwich episode of The Simpsons!
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Huh? You know, their little spicy tater tots. I don't know what the hell they are called - it's something like that. And is the bi-lingual comment some sort of naughty reference? Because otherwise I am lost.
? I just had Taco Bell for lunch today and I still don't know what you mean. They have "cheesy potatoes" if that's what you mean.
The bilingual thing was serious. The person working the counter at every fast food place I've been to had to speak spanish so they could take the many of the orders.
OK, now I follow you on the bi-lingual thing, though I am not sure why it came up right there. As for the mexi-nuggets, I am not on drugs: look! (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=taco+bell+mexi+nuggets) (I'm not going to pick one of these sites, as the search makes my point I think). I had no idea that this had happened.
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I mean, come on Cort, you've seen the Ribwich episode of The Simpsons!
You know, I think there's something to that theory (horribly addictive substances in obscure fast food). I was driving around about 10 days ago and got a sudden irresistable compulsion to eat a McRib.
I hate, hate, hate McDonalds. Won't eat there unless I absolutely have no other choice.
But every time they trot the McRib back out -- zango! I have to get one. They're pretty nasty. I'm well aware of this on an intellectual level (and on a conscious gustatory level). But I still find myself, once a year or so, chowing down on a processed porcuswine sammich.
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I used to be the same way with Wendy's spicy chicken until they added it permanently.
My theory is that whenever a new item comes out they're really careful about it's construction and the ingredients are all fresh by default so it tastes better than the regular crap on the menu. Remember how good Burger King's fries were like 6 years ago when they changed the recipe? Now they suck but the ingredients/recipe stayed the same.
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...a processed porcuswine...
If that has anything to do with being an obscure Harry Harrison Stainless Steel Rat dirty Jim DiGriz reference I nominate you for King of All and Nothing.
I would reply in Esperanto if I only knew how. Harry Harrison RAWKS!
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...a processed porcuswine...
If that has anything to do with being an obscure Harry Harrison Stainless Steel Rat dirty Jim DiGriz reference I nominate you for King of All and Nothing.
I would reply in Esperanto if I only knew how. Harry Harrison RAWKS!
Only so damn true.
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Harry Harrison rifo ja!
Traduko est simpla (http://wwwtios.cs.utwente.nl/traduk/EN-EO/Traduku/)!
Lasi tuta paroli internacia pro geco!
Mi est bucisto ali lingvo!
JA!
Wow. Ahem.
But yeah. I dug Harrison loads. I grew up reading some of the Stainless Steel Rat books that my bro had kicking around. And when I was a bit older I came across Spaceship Medic by him which I loved. Pure, simple yes, but pure theoretical puzzle solving. It was the ideal book for a twelve year old to discover that side of Sci Fi with. I keep meaning to track it down to see if I still love it or not.
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OK. So Beef is at the counter. Molly's right in front of him. He's so absorbed by his thoughts, the menu, or some stain on the ceiling, that he doesn't notice it's her? I guess I'll buy it.
I have never fantasized about ordering a burrito from someone who has done oral on me. It's a short list, but still.
And look at Beef's face in the last panel. His lower lip! So cute! I bet he picks her up after work and they go and do it.
Also, a related comment and question. I don't know about that bi-lingual requirement. In certain areas it would be hard to find a lot of bi-lingual speakers to man the registers, so I imagine you would actually have to pay a decent wage (which would ruin the industry, apparently). Maybe it's just in areas where there is a large spanish speaking population. Also, in some areas like that (Southern California and New York, for example) there are also large populations of other foreign language speakers, so would you have to have an army of bi-lingual speakers on call (as it's rare to find as many tri-linguists as bi-linguists, and rarer as the languages increase)?
So anyway, this is a question for California residents. I heard that a law was passed there that prohibited foodservice emloyees (or maybe service industry employees in general) from speaking to each other in Spanish in front of an English language speaking customer. In fact, I heard a story about some dickhead who had some poor kid fired because of it. Is it true? It's probably bad form to do so, but illegal?
I love Jack in the Box tacos. Truly nasty, but so wonderful.
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It might be about ordering a burrito from someone, and then fantasizing . . .
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I am particularly pleased by clever double entendre of the word "fantasty" in the alt text. Or, the freudian slip, if it was a typo.
Gone now, but good call. I didn't see it (or notice it, if it was there when I read it).
care to enlighten us? it'd make you a lovely person.
what i like is how :) molly is. she's clearly pleased beef is looking after his health.
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Harry Harrison rifo ja!
Traduko est simpla (http://wwwtios.cs.utwente.nl/traduk/EN-EO/Traduku/)!
Lasi tuta paroli internacia pro geco!
Mi est bucisto ali lingvo!
JA!
Asherdan, You..Are..Rad!
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Um, so what was the double-entendre alt-text before?
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"fantasTy"
as in, a fantasy involving tasty food.
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Shameful confession: the Subway here, for reasons I do not know, has what is basically a McRib as one of their local special sandwiches. I order it every time. I think they're made of cocaine.
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V, a few months from now You and I will be spending all our time in a modular building furnished with plastic tables'n'chairz. We'll pitifully stumble up to the central counter and plead with the powerless plebe for a modicum of synthetic porcine-approximating satisfaction. After a sufficient level of humiliation the under-supervisor will grant us a hit of our pseudo-smoky grease-laden teat. In humiliating exchange we must agree to swab out Ronald's Filthy McHoles. Despite the overwhelming despair we still do it. Fuck. McRibaddiction Sucks.
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Mi entrepeni mem makisimumo!
::riverencio::
Ahem
As a SoCal guy, I can't confirm any laws exist that detail the languages spoken in front of the customer. The only example I can think of that this could come into play is if a conversation occurred in another language in which the intent was to defraud/screw over a client. In this area bi-tri-lingual skills are not often required but often sought after. A large portion of our immigrant population is hispanic or asian and being able to communicate with the service sector is a plus. I myself am adding as much Vietnamese to my vocabulary as possible to go along with my rudimentary but functional spanish. Part of my job is to train and explain process to line level workers.
I have the summary of a decision from ninth circuit (I think) around here because we had a question about whether it was appropriate for our staff (there are 14 languages represented) to be required to speak English at work. Basically, Englsih-language only policies are not legally defensible in the workplace and constitute a civil-rights violation even in workplaces where there is no direct customer service.
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I have the summary of a decision from ninth circuit (I think) around here because we had a question about whether it was appropriate for our staff (there are 14 languages represented) to be required to speak English at work. Basically, Englsih-language only policies are not legally defensible in the workplace and constitute a civil-rights violation even in workplaces where there is no direct customer service.
What if a state passes an "official language" law? I don't think any have them (outside of New Mexico's 2) but I remember hearing of a few states proposing them.
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I realise i'm alarmingly on topic here but...
Hurrah!
I love you Molly!
That is all.
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I used to be the same way with Wendy's spicy chicken until they added it permanently.
Sounds like someone hasn't tried the new Wild Mountain Spicy Chicken Sandwich yet. Good stuff. Colby jack cheese, bacon, and a spicy pepper sauce.
Hells yeah.
Only available for a limited time.
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I'm still waiting for them to bring back the 1/2 pound italian burger with mozerella and marinara.
And they apparently just discontinued fried chicken but who goes to Wendy's for a leg+thigh anyway?
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I have the summary of a decision from ninth circuit (I think) around here because we had a question about whether it was appropriate for our staff (there are 14 languages represented) to be required to speak English at work. Basically, Englsih-language only policies are not legally defensible in the workplace and constitute a civil-rights violation even in workplaces where there is no direct customer service.
What if a state passes an "official language" law? I don't think any have them (outside of New Mexico's 2) but I remember hearing of a few states proposing them.
You could pass that as mostly a symbolic gesture, but there is a whole section of Federal Law( and I forget which title it falls under but I imagine it's civil rights) that requires that government programs (education, health, revenue, elections, etc.) must either have materials, translators or a language service available in order to offer similar services to all citizens regardless of their primary language. It is possible that this applies most specifically to Federally funded programs (I'm not sure), but most States get Federal funding for health and for education at least.
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I have the summary of a decision from ninth circuit (I think) around here because we had a question about whether it was appropriate for our staff (there are 14 languages represented) to be required to speak English at work. Basically, Englsih-language only policies are not legally defensible in the workplace and constitute a civil-rights violation even in workplaces where there is no direct customer service.
What if a state passes an "official language" law? I don't think any have them (outside of New Mexico's 2) but I remember hearing of a few states proposing them.
You could pass that as mostly a symbolic gesture, but there is a whole section of Federal Law( and I forget which title it falls under but I imagine it's civil rights) that requires that government programs (education, health, revenue, elections, etc.) must either have materials, translators or a language service available in order to offer similar services to all citizens regardless of their primary language. It is possible that this applies most specifically to Federally funded programs (I'm not sure), but most States get Federal funding for health and for education at least.
Interesting. Federal funding makes a nice catch-all to enforce rules normally beyond the powers of congress. But it only makes sense to provide people with information in their strong language so they actually understand it.
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V, a few months from now You and I will be spending all our time in a modular building furnished with plastic tables'n'chairz. We'll pitifully stumble up to the central counter and plead with the powerless plebe for a modicum of synthetic porcine-approximating satisfaction. After a sufficient level of humiliation the under-supervisor will grant us a hit of our pseudo-smoky grease-laden teat. In humiliating exchange we must agree to swab out Ronald's Filthy McHoles. Despite the overwhelming despair we still do it. Fuck. McRibaddiction Sucks.
This is a thing of filthy, preprocessed, artificial smoke flavored beauty
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I have the summary of a decision from ninth circuit (I think) around here because we had a question about whether it was appropriate for our staff (there are 14 languages represented) to be required to speak English at work. Basically, Englsih-language only policies are not legally defensible in the workplace and constitute a civil-rights violation even in workplaces where there is no direct customer service.
What if a state passes an "official language" law? I don't think any have them (outside of New Mexico's 2) but I remember hearing of a few states proposing them.
You could pass that as mostly a symbolic gesture, but there is a whole section of Federal Law( and I forget which title it falls under but I imagine it's civil rights) that requires that government programs (education, health, revenue, elections, etc.) must either have materials, translators or a language service available in order to offer similar services to all citizens regardless of their primary language. It is possible that this applies most specifically to Federally funded programs (I'm not sure), but most States get Federal funding for health and for education at least.
Interesting. Federal funding makes a nice catch-all to enforce rules normally beyond the powers of congress. But it only makes sense to provide people with information in their strong language so they actually understand it.
Indeed; a Federal Civil Rights case based on Equal Opportunity would be academic if a State were to try to go English-Only.
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So anyway, this is a question for California residents. I heard that a law was passed there that prohibited foodservice emloyees (or maybe service industry employees in general) from speaking to each other in Spanish in front of an English language speaking customer. In fact, I heard a story about some dickhead who had some poor kid fired because of it.
Pat! Don't wear a cape!
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Sounds like someone hasn't tried the new Wild Mountain Spicy Chicken Sandwich yet. Good stuff. Colby jack cheese, bacon, and a spicy pepper sauce.
Hells yeah.
Only available for a limited time.
Had that today. I found it ZESTY!
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those jack in the box tacos are actually really tasty
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Wow. Takin' it back to the old skool.
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And this is why I purposely lock threads at a certain time after the last post, so I'm not reading a thread from last December to find out what someone is talking about.
Have some dignity, people.