Must have missed it.. please fill me in on the Olive Garden thread?

[southernleftylady]

lol seriously i missed it.. what could the olive garden cause here at DU???

[matcom]

1. YAY!!

:popcorn:

:D

[ohiosmith]

2. Huh?

[Patiod]

3. Basically, people argued that you shouldn't eat at Olive Garden

if you had amazing individually-owned restaurants on every corner - as you do in Boston, NY, Philadelphia, Chicago, SanFran, Seattle, etc.

People agreed that if you don't have something great available - if your in the burbs or the boondocks, it's not awful, but they just couldn't believe anyone would go to NYC and eat at Olive Garden.

[southernleftylady]

4. and thats one of the "talked about" threads here?? hmm ok thanks for the info :) nt

[matcom]

5. we have had many classics over the years

i yearn for them somedays :D

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. I've only been on DU a short while

But I have to kind of crack a smile when I drive past an Olive Garden, or push the grocery cart past the Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
:silly:

[Left Is Write]

23. Hey, so do I.

[Patiod]

6. Well that was the gray version

There were those who were far more black and white:

"all chain restaurants are evil"
"if you can't eat at an authentic trattoria, don't eat at all"

versus

"How can you say anything bad about Olive Garden - the one in East Podunk is the best restaurant in town!!"
"I LOVE Olive Garden! Free breadsticks for all!""

It got ugly. Not as ugly as breastfeeding debate, but ugly

[southernleftylady]

7. should i ask about the breastfeeding thread just for fun ;) lol nt

[CanuckAmok]

9. What's to discuss? Breastfeeding is evil.

n/t

[southernleftylady]

11. no everyone who bottle feeds shouldnt have kids! they arent real moms! nt ;)

[Left Is Write]

24. Only in public.

:P

[northzax]

53. it's not evil, quit making up stories

sure, it's child abuse, but evil's a strong word, don't you think?

look! a Duck!

[Midlodemocrat]

10. like matcom said, some of the old flamewars

were beyond funny.

Olive Garden
Laura Branigan
Fried Chicken.
Kids in restaurants.

Classics all.

[matcom]

13. 'Fat Actress'

:rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

14. OMG. That was a true classic.

*sigh* sometimes I actually miss 'them', but not today.

:rofl:

[Left Is Write]

27. Me too...

and that's actually what I was referring to when I responded to matcom's post about yearning for the classics sometimes.

[southernleftylady]

16. ok give me the cliff notes version of that one

[Midlodemocrat]

17. Cliff notes version.

That particular flame war was WAY too LARGE for the Cliff Notes Version. :rofl:


Basically, two former DUers pissed and moaned when anyone posted anything about the Kirstie Alley show Fat Actress. They weren't particularly svelte and felt that the show was inappropriate and anyone who ever posted anything got the shit kicked out of them by those two.

[matcom]

18. that thing went on for MONTHS it seemed

until the bannings commenced :rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

19. It DID go on for months.

Everytime anyone innocently posted about that show, those two went ballistic.

Not pretty. But, funny. :rofl:

[matcom]

20. "innocently posted"

:spray:

it was it's own SPORT some nights!

[Midlodemocrat]

22. And don't forget about the weight loss surgery threads.

OMG. I finally said to him that not everyone was happy being as zaftig as wifey, but he didn't get it.

[matcom]

25. HAHAHAHAHAHA!

COMPLETELY forgot about THAT :rofl:

[Left Is Write]

29. And no one was allowed to mention either the actress OR her show.

When you can't start a thread about Kirstie Alley, Fat Actress, or chicken, we've all gone around the bend!

[matcom]

31. I have the SKINNER CHICKEN SMACKDOWN!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3499154

:D

[Midlodemocrat]

36. Can you just envision the look on his face when he had to write that?

He must have been howling. :rofl:

[matcom]

38. can you imagine what the mod forum was like then?

:rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

44. Er. I was there.

:rofl:

[matcom]

46. oh shit that's RIGHT!

that must have been AWESOME!

[bicentennial_baby]

42. "But now we are in a completely idiotic death-spiral of enforcement "

:rofl:

[matcom]

43. "chicken fercryinoutloud "

:rofl:

[Phillycat]

50. Orleans: well, right now i'm microwaving some "hum-hum" with penne pasta

:rofl:

[Left Is Write]

26. That was the best. The best flamewar ever.

[name not needed]

52. I miss them.

Once they left, there was really no reason for me to post here anymore.

[bicentennial_baby]

28. Wait....Laura Branigan?

:wtf:

[Midlodemocrat]

30. When she died, a flamewar of ginormous proportion broke out.

I'll try to find it.

[bicentennial_baby]

32. I'd love to see it if you do....wow

DU never fails to amaze... :wow:

[Midlodemocrat]

35. Here it is, in all its glory.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1603797

:rofl:

[bicentennial_baby]

39. ....

BTBM.... "Am I hallucinating?" :rofl:

Thank you sweetie :pals:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

45. I'm glad there was no flame-war about Peter Boyle's death

an undisputed all-star talent, and great loss to the arts.

[trof]

12. Breast feeding in 'public' - 2 camps:

1. Saviors of humankind
2. Incredibly barbaric

[Missy Vixen]

15. Hey, Patiod!

It's good to see you! How's everything going?

We ate at an Olive Garden with Patiod in Seattle right next door to a darling little trattoria that was virtually EMPTY...

I'm KIDDING! :woohoo:
Julie

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

21. The real story.

Somebody was headed to New York and asked for restaurant recommendations. Radio_Lady, bless her heart, recommended Olive Garden. Some of us had a laugh about that.

I quipped that recommending Olive Garden on a trip to New York is like going to McDonalds on a trip to Paris.

Utter ridiculousness ensued.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=5283951

[bicentennial_baby]

33. Hey! McDo in France actually tastes good!

I know, I went to them in Paris :D

But really, it does actually taste like real meat, 'cause it is. And, you can get a Royale with Cheese :D

[JackBeck]

34. I love what French Fries are called.

"pomme de terre" = apple of the earth

[Midlodemocrat]

37. Actually, that's potato.

Pommes frites is French Fries.


:patriot:

[southernleftylady]

40. i thought they were called freedom fries ;) lol j/k nt

[JackBeck]

D'oh.

Never post while running out of the office, especially carrying two thoughts that crash together.

I think it's neat that potatoes are called apples of the earth was supposed to be my point.

[JackBeck]

49. Dupe. n/t

[Patiod]

41. thank you - of course I only remembered MY perspective!

not the entire thread1

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

47. Here's the other one.

It's decidely less flamy though.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=5279955

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

48. It sounds like the Lounge needs a VFW Hall ...

for Veterans of Flame Wars, of course.

[LSK]

51. they have awesome food there!!!

:popcorn: