A Weblog of Centrist Voices in American Politics
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March 13, 2006This is The Post That Goes Like ThisMy wife and I went to see Spamalot Friday night. If you are a Monty Python fan, you'll love it. Mostly it's a show version of Holy Grail with a few extra bits added. And lotsa leggy showgirls, the only thing Monty Python was ever missing. Ted Kennedy was there, 2 rows in front of us. He looked fit. And Tom Hamilton, Aerosmith's bass player. Posted by Kranky Kritter at March 13, 2006 09:08 AMComments
Ted Kennedy looked fit? Brian, it's not April Fools yet... Or are you referring to a completely different Ted Kennedy? Posted by: PatHMV at March 13, 2006 09:31 AMAnd thanks to your post title, Brian, I now have "this is the way we wash our clothes, wash our clothes, wash our clothes. This is the way we wash our clothes, early Wednesday morning" running through my head. Curse you! Oh, well, guess it's better than recycling the Philosopher's Drinking Song for the rest of the day... Posted by: PatHMV at March 13, 2006 09:35 AMThe funny thing is, I was just thinking of The Holy Grail yesterday - I was thinking how much the ruckus over law schools complaining about their 8-0 defeat in FAIR v. Rumsfeld resembled the black knight scene, with FAIR cast as the black knight. Tenacious to the point of being blithely unaware that they're been cut off at the knees, they persist in self-righteous hypocrisy. Truly, they too deserve Graham Chapman's judgement: "you're a bloody nutter!" Posted by: Simon at March 13, 2006 09:55 AMPat, Spamalot has a really funy tune in the middle called "this is the song that goes like this" that parodies the standard male/female duet soaring ballad. So if you'd rather have "wind beneath my wings"...: Once in every show A sentimental song Now we can go straight I'll sing it in your face Now we're into E! etc. Posted by: bk at March 13, 2006 11:16 AMI miss spam luncheon meat. When I was young and my cholesterol was low. Fried up nice or served up cold. But now that I'm old and wizen It looks like pickled fat's been laundered But absence makes the heart grow fonder, [and on that note, sadly, I have to go eat lunch] Posted by: PatHMV at March 13, 2006 12:19 PMI can never remember if the 1st 2 ingredients in spam are salt and skull scrapings, or skull scrapings and salt. Oh, and today's harbinger of our decrepitude? The latest in the accelerating parade of indignities that aging brings? Ask not for whom the bell tolls, folks. Starbucks is selling a Jim Hendrix CD. Posted by: bk at March 13, 2006 02:11 PMWhen I was young my taste buds did fly It's the meat like treat I liked to eat I could not survive a single bite I will not go lightly into that oblong can Bob; Spam spam spam spam spam spam eggs and spam? Posted by: Tully at March 13, 2006 04:43 PMBut Chris... Would you like it in a box? Or in a house or with a mouse? Try it, try it, you will see... Posted by: PatHMV at March 13, 2006 04:44 PMInterestingly enough, the quickest way to find the Spamalot site is through the BIG link on Hormel's official Spam site home page! Gotta hand it to Hormel. They not only know a good thing when they see it, they also have a sense of humor. Posted by: Tully at March 13, 2006 05:11 PMSpam has a smart marketing department. Would canned spam still exist without the kitsch and nostalgia appeals? They have found a way to get people to pay $6 per pound for salty pink pig skull scrapings made into a jello mold. There's no rational way to defend that... Posted by: bk at March 14, 2006 10:06 AM"There's no rational way to defend that... " Except by its indestructibly yummy taste! And if you spotweld handles on 'em, you can use the cans as cups! Posted by: Tully at March 14, 2006 12:52 PMI'm willing to acknowledge the variance in tastes, Bob. You think it's yummy, I think it tastes like salt jello. I'd eat it in a pinch, but I'd gripe. It's the per pound price that I just can't account for. Using sale prices, which is the only time I buy, note the following: Hot dogs, baloney and so on come in at about $2 or $3 per pound. Canned white tuna comes in at about $2.64 per pound, chunk light tuna at about 30% less than that. Hamburger comes in at $2-$3 per pound, chicken breast at $2. Pork loin is similar in price range. Really good cuts of beef can be had in my area for $4 a pound during good sales. Spam is generally priced at about $4 for a 12 ounce can, which makes it $6 per pound. It's seldom on sale, and even at a sale price of $2.99 for that 12-oz can, it's still $4 per pound. I just don't get it. If it cost $1.79 for a 12 can, then it would make sense to me. Posted by: bk at March 14, 2006 01:16 PMIt's $2/can here at Walmart. But I haven't checked weights, as I just don't care. Don't hate it, don't love it, can't remember the last time I bought any. Posted by: Tully at March 14, 2006 06:57 PMStill, that's interesting info. Maybe only the clever northeast cognescenti will pay $4 per can. What's the usual loss leader sale price for boneless chicken breast and 2 liters of coke and pepsi in your neck o' the woods? Round here it's $1.99 with an occasional dip to $1.79, and $.99 with a rare dip to $.88 or $.79. Or are you living off of deer meat and pondwater? I'm headed to the brie sale myself. :-) Posted by: bk at March 15, 2006 10:42 AMEven when I was a kid and ate it, I liked it to be just about burnt to a crisp. Posted by: PatHMV at March 15, 2006 04:34 PMOr are you living off of deer meat and pondwater? Well, the reservoir water goes through the treatment plant first, but there's plenty o' Bambi in the back freezer. Also wild turkey, pheasant, goose, and quail. Love that organic free-range meat! We get about half of our eggs from my bro's coops, plus the occasional obnoxious rooster. Not to mention the produce we freeze every summer. Zucchini is somehow better in February than September...and both the wife and I bake, though she's much better at it. :-) I never get the good deals on Coke or Pepsi, 'cause I only drink the diet stuff with Splenda. FINALLY they make diet sodas that doesn't taste like ####! And one of these days I'll go back to home brewing. Boneless chicken breast sounds right in line with local prices. $4/lb, with sales under $2. Beef roasts (bottom round, chuck, etc.) $4/lb most of the time, with sales down to $2/lb. Pork spareribs $2-3, but 99 cents on sale. Same with large pork loins, small tenderloins are $4-5/lb. And folks like me willing to cut their own meat can get whole beef tenderloins for $4-5/lb now and then. I freeze a lot of steak when that happens. What's not to like about eating choice filet for sirloin prices? When big pork loins hit $1/lb I freeze a lot of chops. If you do it right, a chest freezer is freakin' cash in the bank. Of course, I have kids. That's a BIG budget buster. Mean Olde Phart that I am, I spring the extra $ for Splenda and use it for the kid's Koolaid and such. And they have to settle for the diet Splenda soda most of the time. I figure I get it back on the dentist bills--and the lowered hyperactivity. Posted by: Tully at March 15, 2006 07:38 PMWe get about half of our eggs from my bro's coops, plus the occasional obnoxious rooster.You occasionally get eggs from an obnoxious rooster? I know some people in LSU's College of Agriculture who would be very interested in those Kansas roosters... If you do it right, a chest freezer is freakin' cash in the bank.You are so right. Posted by: PatHMV at March 15, 2006 08:13 PM LOL. There goes my grammar cop license! "You stand accused of one count of vague construction." Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa! That is too too good..... Posted by: Tully at March 15, 2006 09:00 PM |
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