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bobbyisno1
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I'm excited to see that
Joined: 08.28.2010

Jun 23 @ 1:40 PM ET
I'm taking my fiancee there tomorrow night for a date night. I haven't been in 20 years.
- TheMussel

Well there goes that marriage, or is that the plan.
Notice the lack of question mark.
Again.
Zezel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: God Leafs Satan The Oneness, ON
Joined: 02.28.2011

Jun 23 @ 1:40 PM ET
Its every franchise now, stay away. Went to the Keg a few years back got bleu cheese on my steak and that was mixed with mayo. $45 and they can't afford to put a real chunk of bleu cheese.
And (frank) do I hate mayo.

- bobbyisno1


Chain franchise midrange restaurants are my pet peeve.

It's one thing if it's a cheapy fast food place. It is what it is. It's not pretending to be anything else.

But places that pretend they are an actual restaurant and serve up awful garbage like that and put real owner-operator kitchens out of business grind my gears. All of the typical places you see around big box stores, I hate that poop.
GreatGigInTheSky
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: "Yeah, Garth is a tool"- Garf, ON
Joined: 06.12.2017

Jun 23 @ 1:41 PM ET


Stamkos Hopping on the ice insanely early to pressure the puck in Colorado's end.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THE REFS MISSED THAT!!!!

It only directly led to Colorado throwing the puck up ice and scoring the OT winner. If they called Tampa for too many men, the game might've still been happening.
Zezel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: God Leafs Satan The Oneness, ON
Joined: 02.28.2011

Jun 23 @ 1:42 PM ET
If it sucks, there's a good chance it'll be the most disappointing part of the night, which is good
- TheMussel


There's absolutely no chance whatsoever that it will be good, and if it's not the most disappointing part that is really, really bad news. Like it would have to be like oh man the meal was bad but the worst was when my Richard fell off and a dog ate it. And you will feel like that dog yourself after the meal but at least the dog didn't pay through the nose to eat Richard that fell on the floor.
Zezel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: God Leafs Satan The Oneness, ON
Joined: 02.28.2011

Jun 23 @ 1:43 PM ET
Guys, I hate Red Lobster.
GreatGigInTheSky
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: "Yeah, Garth is a tool"- Garf, ON
Joined: 06.12.2017

Jun 23 @ 1:43 PM ET
My dad is a baker and used to work at a tims back in the day when they actually baked. Good times were had in those bakeries as a kid. It's poop now.
- Aaron_85


Yeah, it was pretty cool, just a waste of a school trip.

And I don't give a care for dirty bean water, so I don't go there anyways.
TheMussel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 09.24.2013

Jun 23 @ 1:44 PM ET
Guys, I hate Red Lobster.
- Zezel

Fiancee is insisting on it, I'm going to go but I won't die on the hill of defending my decision.
Symba007
Montreal Canadiens
Location: I'm bi. Why limit yourself with half of the possible delicious pleasures of life - Fredo, ON
Joined: 02.26.2007

Jun 23 @ 1:44 PM ET
There's absolutely no chance whatsoever that it will be good, and if it's not the most disappointing part that is really, really bad news. Like it would have to be like oh man the meal was bad but the worst was when my Richard fell off and a dog ate it. And you will feel like that dog yourself after the meal but at least the dog didn't pay through the nose to eat Richard that fell on the floor.
- Zezel

Future Mrs Mussel getting ready to a naughty time after a night at Red Lobster


bobbyisno1
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I'm excited to see that
Joined: 08.28.2010

Jun 23 @ 1:44 PM ET


Stamkos Hopping on the ice insanely early to pressure the puck in Colorado's end.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THE REFS MISSED THAT!!!!

It only directly led to Colorado throwing the puck up ice and scoring the OT winner. If they called Tampa for too many men, the game might've still been happening.

- GreatGigInTheSky

Not likely, The Avalanche were dominating in the third and overtime and I mean dominating....
TheMussel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 09.24.2013

Jun 23 @ 1:45 PM ET
Future Mrs Mussel getting ready to a naughty time after a night at Red Lobster



- Symba007

GreatGigInTheSky
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: "Yeah, Garth is a tool"- Garf, ON
Joined: 06.12.2017

Jun 23 @ 1:45 PM ET
Its every franchise now, stay away. Went to the Keg a few years back got bleu cheese on my steak and that was mixed with mayo. $45 and they can't afford to put a real chunk of bleu cheese.
And (frank) do I hate mayo.

- bobbyisno1


It's absolutely (frank)ing disgusting.
drexel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Corn Pop was a bad dude, AB
Joined: 06.29.2006

Jun 23 @ 1:46 PM ET
Fiancee is insisting on it, I'm going to go but I won't die on the hill of defending my decision.
- TheMussel

are you taking her last name too?
TheMussel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 09.24.2013

Jun 23 @ 1:47 PM ET
are you taking her last name too?
- drexel


and if I was?
Monkeypunk
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Whenever, wherever, ON
Joined: 06.27.2013

Jun 23 @ 1:47 PM ET
Chain franchise midrange restaurants are my pet peeve.

It's one thing if it's a cheapy fast food place. It is what it is. It's not pretending to be anything else.

But places that pretend they are an actual restaurant and serve up awful garbage like that and put real owner-operator kitchens out of business grind my gears. All of the typical places you see around big box stores, I hate that poop.

- Zezel


That's your efficiency experts at play. "Most people can't tell the difference . . . ", but if you cut enough "Most people" corners, more people will tell the difference and it hurts you.

I don't know if Red Lobster and Olive Garden and Pickle Barrel and any of those chains ever produced decent food - because I was much younger and less able to afford restaurants in the 80s (but I come from a family that thought Ponderosa was a treat so I'm likely a poor judge!) - but they had a decent name once upon a long ago. How many efficiency changes does it take before the taste and reputation just take a beating and it doesn't matter what you do. You'll never recover. The old adage of taking a long time to build a good reputation, a short time to lose it, and so on.

Makes me think of those electronic companies like GoldStar . . . you knew they were crap and even when they realized they were going to die because of the corners they'd cut and tried to change - no one would buy it - but they had to rebrand as LG to try and get some respect back.


bobbyisno1
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I'm excited to see that
Joined: 08.28.2010

Jun 23 @ 1:49 PM ET
are you taking her last name too?
- drexel

GreatGigInTheSky
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: "Yeah, Garth is a tool"- Garf, ON
Joined: 06.12.2017

Jun 23 @ 1:49 PM ET
Even though I quit smoking and it was awful, those arcade games with ash trays on them were dope. Playing video games and smoking is awesome. The donuts get partially dart-flavoured and yeah it is better than Tim's.

Krispy Kreme destroys Tim's all day long, as does McDonald's.

- Zezel


There's a Krispy Kreme up Kingston and Lawrence. Drive by at like, 7 or 8 in the morning and there's a lineup around the corner.

Man, no doughnut is worth lining up like that. Except maybe the Tiny Toms at the Ex as you're leaving to grab the GO home.
bobbyisno1
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I'm excited to see that
Joined: 08.28.2010

Jun 23 @ 1:49 PM ET
and if I was?
- TheMussel

Umm, leave it at Red Lobster?
GreatGigInTheSky
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: "Yeah, Garth is a tool"- Garf, ON
Joined: 06.12.2017

Jun 23 @ 1:52 PM ET
Yeah I just refuse to eat out most of the time now. It's highly unfulfilling. I live in Scarborough and it's difficult to find good, small restaurants here. Even some of the smaller ones around here I don't like that much.
- Aaron_85


Whereabouts? There's a few good BBQ joints in my neck of the woods.
TheMussel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 09.24.2013

Jun 23 @ 1:53 PM ET
Umm, leave it at Red Lobster?
- bobbyisno1


If there was a good reason for me to take her last name, I would consider it.

After all I didn't exchange a sheep for her hand in marriage and I don't keep her locked up in a cell in my basement or make her leave the house with a chaperone.
Aaron_85
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 04.22.2014

Jun 23 @ 1:53 PM ET
There's a Krispy Kreme up Kingston and Lawrence. Drive by at like, 7 or 8 in the morning and there's a lineup around the corner.

Man, no doughnut is worth lining up like that. Except maybe the Tiny Toms at the Ex as you're leaving to grab the GO home.

- GreatGigInTheSky


There's always lines at KK and I don't understand it
Aaron_85
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 04.22.2014

Jun 23 @ 1:53 PM ET
Whereabouts? There's a few good BBQ joints in my neck of the woods.
- GreatGigInTheSky


401 and 404. I'd love a good BBQ place recommendation!
GreatGigInTheSky
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: "Yeah, Garth is a tool"- Garf, ON
Joined: 06.12.2017

Jun 23 @ 1:54 PM ET
Future Mrs Mussel getting ready to a naughty time after a night at Red Lobster



- Symba007


Symba007
Montreal Canadiens
Location: I'm bi. Why limit yourself with half of the possible delicious pleasures of life - Fredo, ON
Joined: 02.26.2007

Jun 23 @ 1:55 PM ET
If there was a good reason for me to take her last name, I would consider it.

After all I didn't exchange a sheep for her hand in marriage and I don't keep her locked up in a cell in my basement or make her leave the house with a chaperone.

- TheMussel

The Alberta Marriage, just the way Drex likes it.
GreatGigInTheSky
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: "Yeah, Garth is a tool"- Garf, ON
Joined: 06.12.2017

Jun 23 @ 1:55 PM ET
and if I was?
- TheMussel


Is it a cooler last name than yours?
TheMussel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 09.24.2013

Jun 23 @ 1:57 PM ET
Is it a cooler last name than yours?
- GreatGigInTheSky


we're both of non-canadian descent and both last names are a curse when you need to spell it out on the phone.

The eternal practical joke I might be willing to play on ourselves is to hyphenate it though. It would be hilarious
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