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Posted by Rob Sherwood   •   Wednesday, 2007-June-13 • 15:00
Benji's sister on So You Think You Can Dance was surprised when she realized she was in the top 20. She said, "Shut the front door...". I guess that is the Mormon way of saying, "Shut the fuck up." I hope she loses just because of it. And to make matters worse, now friends and relatives are all saying...."shut the front door".

Sunday afternoon I was in Glencoe for the parade. It was a pretty good parade for a little town of 4,000+ people. There is something wierd going on tho...the waving. Instead of the various Princess' and Queens (you'd think this was the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade!!!) waving like, well, Princess' and Queens with their elbow bent at 90 degrees and forearm and hand perpendicular, the fingers together rotating about 180 degrees like a lighthouse beacon...they were moving their arms back and forth horizontally like they were using Pledge on a rather high table. Is that some sort of ergonomic thing? Whatever--its fucked up and they should get back to waving like a self respecting Queen. ("Oh girl!") The band from Oswego was great fun. Reminded me of marching in parades as a teenager.

In the Twin Cities in the 70's we didn't have Taco Bell. We had Zapata's. I guess the Mexicans were offended by a fast-food Mexican joint named after Emillio Zapata...one of their national heroes (Killer & Bandit that he was...) so they changed the name to Zantigo. Whatever.....it was an early-day Taco Bell. I was mentioning how much I hated driving in the Twin Cities and how it must be a sign of old age because I didn't even think about it 30 years ago. I told my nephew that I used to drive down I94, steering with my knees while I sauced my taco. He said that sounded perverted. Now that I think about it..it was. In the 'olden days' we used to have them cut our whopper in half. Shut the front door! It is sounding perverted again.

I am just sitting here trying to figure out what politician I hate the most...

btw...Oceans 13 sucks big-time!

Rob
  1. rmblair_mn wrote on 2007-June-13 20:49:20:
    Wow....I remember Zapata's when I was REALLY young. However, Zantigos was GREAT! They had the best taco burritoes...expecially after the bars close. One night after enjoying Whiskey Junction's fine beverages, my bud and I went to Zantigos for a late night snack. There was a large bus parked outside of the restaurant that was painted pretty cool. I had to use the bathroom. As I am in the urinal....I look over and there was T.G. Shepherd (C & W singer). Thank goodness I didn't turn to face him and offer to shake his hand at that time....embarassing wouldn't you say? Later (when we were out in the eating area), I did ask him why would a well known popular celebrity like himself be at a fast food Mexican restaurant? He said the bus had some probs and a mechanic was on the way (he had a gig in the Cities--maybe the Carelton?... and was on his way to Wisconsin). He was very cordial and I went on to eat my taco burrito....
  2. Rob Sherwood wrote on 2007-June-14 08:02:05:
    I don't know what is proper. I guess in the bathroom there should be NO contact at all. Maybe a five minute rule. If I met someone in the bathroom, we both washed our hands and exited there should be a five minute gap before shaking hands. (Or eating popcorn) I hate to think of how many times I have seen fellow bathroom users leave without washing hands and out in the theater lobby, taking hold of the popcorn he will now share with his girlfriend/wife/significant other/stranger.

    What I remember most from Zantigos was the Quesadilla. It wasn't flat and toasted like the Taco Hell version. It was rolled up and heated to melt the cheese....mmmm. Also the chili cheese burrito was great. TC has a version that is terrific. When it comes to fastfood though...for me, not much beats a Whopper...or McDonald's fries. A perfect fastfood meal would be a Whopper, Mickey D fries, diet Mountain Dew from Taco Johns, a Chili Cheese burrito from Taco Bell, Chili from Wendy's and a couple of White Castles for dessert. mmmmm
  3. sales wrote on 2007-June-14 14:20:40:
    After eating that concoction of fast food topped off with White's I would not want to be in the same room with you for days.
  4. Rob Sherwood wrote on 2007-June-15 07:26:12:
    The absolute lady..er...gentleman that I am...I would never ever have any emanations that would offend...R

    PS: Anyone who says differently can just shut the front door.
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