Just a chime....or??

[arr&bee]

Well the movie house is right next door so when they run we'll be waiting.

[Jerry Oz]

Good idea. Maybe we can run a special with Greasy Joe where he provides food for the late night movie goers. He might not know about it since he'll be closed for a couple of hours before the light night show, so we'll just "borrow" his grill and meat to provide for our hungry patrons. It's cool too, because we won't need to clean up after ourselves since Greasy Joe never does that either.

[westgrandboulevard]

Some of the patrons who enter Greasy Joe's are never seen again....

[Jerry Oz]

They're seen again. It's confusing to some because Greasy Joe has a strict policy that ambulances must be pulled up to the door by the alley in the back. It looks bad when folks are rolled through the restaurant on gurneys. Especially when the hum of the flat lining EKG is louder than the music coming from Joe's boom box.

[westgrandboulevard]

It must be said that everyone at Greasy Joe's is doing their bit for insect conservation.

There have been reported sightings of quite rare species in that establishment, which seems to hold quite an attraction for them.

[Jerry Oz]

I heard that even the flies die from indigestion there...

[westgrandboulevard]

Those which evade that fate are receiving counselling....

[Jerry Oz]

If the burgers come with a warning from the Health Department, it should be your first sign that something's wrong. As it is, that would make his burgers fly - or rather slide - if the grill.

[westgrandboulevard]

I wonder if Greasy Joe's sells nut cutlets, or veggie burgers.....

[Jerry Oz]

No, but their customers have gone nuts and sometimes turned into vegetables after eating the wrong meal on the wrong day. Or, per 144man's point, the wrong meal on the right day.

[westgrandboulevard]

Is there ever a right day at Greasy Joe's?

'The wrong meal on the right day'. It makes sense, although I don't actually recall 144man saying it, at least recently.......?

[Jerry Oz]

I thought that came up in the last week or so. I'm just confused about so much at this point...

[westgrandboulevard]

Maybe he will confirm some time. I like to see credit where credit is due [[he'll now be expecting payment).

In the meantime, I'll consider it as 'attributed to.....'

[Jerry Oz]

So, let it be written; so, let it be done...

[westgrandboulevard]

So, 144man, as and when you read this...can you confirm the exact post? LOL

[Jerry Oz]

We'll hear from him sometime later this week, I'm sure. But who knows if he'll pick up at that point in this thread or make up for time missed?

[144man]

I don't remember writing about the wrong meal on the right day, but then I don't even remember writing this post.

[arr&bee]

Ok,ok geez so greasy joe's is a bit rough on the pallet,i have faith that my troup of players will come through with flying colors..[oh and as for that fly,the buzz is that he had been drinking the night before]

[Jerry Oz]

So, the fly was buzzed? Or was he high? Our was he flying high while he was buzzed? If he's flying drunk, he's a danger to every bug in the air...

And so far as flying colors are concerned, you'll see all sorts of colors being hurled like projectiles at Greasy Joe's. He's cool with it because it creates room for dessert.

[144man]

I tried to buy some flies at my local deli, but the shopkeeper said that he didn't sell them, so I asked him why he had so many in the window then.

[Jerry Oz]

I called my waiter to my table and asked him to look in my bowl of soup. After taking barely a glance, it was clear that he saw the fly struggling to free itself from the liquid. "Yes, sir?", he snooted out, full of attitude toward being taken away from something that he clearly preferred to do over customer service.

"Do you see something?", I asked. "Of course I see it, sir. Why did you call me, exactly?", he replied in a somewhat snooty manner. I was now incensed. "I called you so you could tell me what that fly is doing in my soup!", was my response which was louder because I was now agitated.

He feigned another look into the bowl, then straightened out and without stooping so low as to even make eye contact with me, he looked toward a clock on the far wall and said that "It appears to be doing the backstroke, sir."

[westgrandboulevard]

The old one's are the best!

What Greasy Joe's needs, most of all, is a flamethrower.

[Jerry Oz]

Well, they have a grill to cook the food, but if modern business suggests that a flamethrower works better, I'm sure he'll consider it...

[arr&bee]

TOO LATE GUYS,GREASY JOE DOES HAVE A FLAMETHROWER FOR THOSE CHARBURNED BURGERS,I ALREADY MADE YOUR RESERVATIONS SO BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR AND BRING YOUR APPITITES...[and some pepto].

[westgrandboulevard]

I'll bring my best friend. He's a coroner, so will feel right at home.

[144man]

I want my burger with everything on it.

[westgrandboulevard]

Including a 'condemned' stamp....

[Jerry Oz]

I had to read what he wrote twice. There's more IN Greasy Joe's burgers than you'll find on them. Fortunately, most of it is relatively edible.

[westgrandboulevard]

...and full of protein. Example : fly eggs.

[144man]

Served with a nice, healthy slug salad.

[Jerry Oz]

Well, so long as nothing is still moving, I guess it's "no harm, no foul". If something's moving in it, it would suggest that Greasy Joe didn't cook it to an internal temperature of st least 165° and we all know that's just nasty.

[144man]

One of the character in "Coronation Street", one of our soaps, came out with the line, "Salad isn't food; it's what food eats".

[westgrandboulevard]

You don't have to be green, to know how true that is!

[144man]

I wouldn't have been happy if I had to celebrate my birthday with salad. Hope you had a great day, wgb.

[westgrandboulevard]

It's actually today, and I am indeed having a great day, as I hope we all are,in this glorious summer sunshine.

And yes, I shall have a salad....but just as an accompaniment. Otherwise, I shall feel I'm working my way through a freshly prepared compost heap.

[Jerry Oz]

Another year, another blessing for you and those who love you. Any special plans for the day?

[westgrandboulevard]

Thank you, Jerry. I was working today, so the structure of the day was the same as usual, but made unusual and very special by cards, texts, posts on SDF[[!) personal visits, little gifts and flowers.

The working day concluded with meeting with a friend of over 35 years, for tea [[how English is that?!)...and now it's evening, here I am again, at the computer.

Which date is your own birthday?

[Jerry Oz]

August 28. I'm a Virgo. I usually took the week of my birthday off from work to avoid any well-intended but awkward surprise parties or luncheons. I won't have to worry about that this year.

[westgrandboulevard]

An 'on the cusp' Virgo......so you'll be quite a lot Leo, too. Let's hope it's all the best bits!

[Jerry Oz]

I never understood all of hubbub about the Zodiac. I'm married to a Leo but I didn't check to see if we were compatible before pulling the trigger. Did I err?

[westgrandboulevard]

I wouldn't worry about it. You two have been together for a long time, and haven't murdered each other.

I did a project on astrology when I was at college, aged 19. It's very complex, and far more to it than just 12 basic sun signs.

And if you did err, a lot of people will be jealous of you, because they haven't had a good err in years.....

[Jerry Oz]

A new SDF motto: "Soulful Detroit,where somebody is always putting on 'errs'".

[westgrandboulevard]

Or reading the posts of others and thinking, "Errrr....????"

[Jerry Oz]

That's my reaction when I read some of my own posts, as well. "Now why did I write this?" Quickly followed by "Now, why did I hit 'enter'?" ​Thank God for the relative anonymity of the internet...

[144man]

My first reaction was to reply "You're welcome.", but then I thought it could upset someone.

[Jerry Oz]

I'd be less worried about upsetting someone than something... If there are dark clouds rapidly forming overhead, you'll have only yourself to blame when the inevitable lightning bolt comes crashing down...

[westgrandboulevard]

You just have to ensure that your neck does not project higher over the parapet than anyone else.

[Jerry Oz]

I dunno... After the comment in #3295, I'm not sure there's a building big enough for his head, let alone high enough for his neck.

[westgrandboulevard]

Did you think 144man was making a derogatory remark - ?

[Jerry Oz]

No, he was just being funny. I certainly didn't take it the wrong way and I'm sure God didn't care, so I was just playing along...