So when my father's father was alive & kickin' in Miami Beach (may he rest in peace!), once or twice a week he used to go to the same restaurant for dinner, the Embassy Kosher Steakhouse. By age 97, he had been going there for over 20 years.
Each time, he encountered the same waitress, Maria, who asked the same questions: "Hi Joe, how are you tonight? Do you want the chicken or the brisket?" He never needed a menu. Between Grandpa's age 97 and age 98, the restaurant changed their theme and name, to the Peking Embassy Kosher Chinese Restaurant (as I described in an earlier post). At the back of the menu, they kept some traditional Jewish dishes. So, we came in with Grandpa, and Maria asked the famous two questions. Grandpa is chomping away on his brisket, and my wife, kids, and I are munching on Chinese food. Grandpa looks across the table, says "What's that??" I reply "Moo Goo Gai Pan." He asks again "What's that?" I reply, "Chinese food." He looked *totally* confused. I had to get a menu, show him how the restaurant had changed. Poor Grandpa looked totally "gaslighted". -Ben ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
