tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post4968339221249144972..comments2023-10-20T02:52:21.390-07:00Comments on The Grey-Beard Loon: Oh, the horror!The Loonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275282264449143615noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-48568406295652536322011-01-31T13:43:34.089-08:002011-01-31T13:43:34.089-08:00TF: The Vicad had a policy that photos showing bla...TF: The Vicad had a policy that photos showing black folks and watermelons should never go in the paper. It's a no-win world on these questions. If there were black waiters, you're reducing them to a subservient role; if there were no black waiters, you've discriminated against them in employment. <br />EA: I think the chicken-and-waffles enthusiasm has spread lately. Wikipedia has an interesting, if vague, entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_and_wafflesThe Loonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275282264449143615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-9705814824353030742011-01-31T11:36:58.573-08:002011-01-31T11:36:58.573-08:00My husband would eat fried chicken every day if hi...My husband would eat fried chicken every day if his heart would allow it. My question concerning the banquet is: was there watermelon in the fruit salad? Hopefully none of the wait staff was black or that would have been the tipping point, I suppose.Truth Ferrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472512360373689979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-90529578559124948722011-01-30T13:01:43.654-08:002011-01-30T13:01:43.654-08:00Many Southern joints have served chicken and waffl...Many Southern joints have served chicken and waffles over the years. Don't ask me why, Edith Ann, it just seems to be a regional thing. I never really got it either...<br /><br />What would they have preferred? Filet mignon with asparagus tips? Hell, I would eat fried chicken and waffles (and collard greens, and gumbo, and just about any other type of soul food you could think of, except maybe ox-tail soup - never could do that)any day of the week, especially if somebody else did the cooking and cleaning for once.<br /><br />What little ingrates. Like you said, Mr. Loon, must be pritnear perfect lives if this is their biggest gripe.<br /><br />By the way, I'm not looking forward to having leftover pizza tonight, but oh, well, it is what it is, and what it is is food, which a lot of people have to go without these days....I think I will be grateful for a full fridge, freezer, and pantry and shut my mouth. Maybe those babies pretending to be college-age adults can take a cue from me.Sugar Magnoliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081429874378399282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-69187570853254451062011-01-30T07:44:02.327-08:002011-01-30T07:44:02.327-08:00Things must be otherwise fabulous if this is their...Things must be otherwise fabulous if this is their complaint. <br /><br />When did waffles become ethnic food? I get the fried chicken part, but the waffles? I thought waffles were Belgian...Edith Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623443279337364086noreply@blogger.com