Wednesday, December 9, 2009

The manly art of doing whatever the hell you want.


Desire is a style.
Karma is a flavor.
Inertia is not a trend.
We are who we want.
Intent is bent.

[Five Easy Pieces Bobby wants plain toast]
Bobby: I'd like a plain omelette, no potatoes, tomatoes instead, a cup of coffee, and wheat toast.
Waitress: No substitutions.
Bobby: What do you mean? You don't have any tomatoes?
Waitress: Only what's on the menu. You can have a number two - a plain omelette. It comes with cottage fries and rolls.
Bobby: Yeah, I know what it comes with. But it's not what I want.
Waitress: Well, I'll come back when you make up your mind.
Bobby: Wait a minute. I have made up my mind. I'd like a plain omelette, no potatoes on the plate, a cup of coffee, and a side order of wheat toast.
Waitress: I'm sorry, we don't have any side orders of toast...an English muffin or a coffee roll.
Bobby: What do you mean you don't make side orders of toast? You make sandwiches, don't you?
Waitress: Would you like to talk to the manager?
Bobby: ...You've got bread and a toaster of some kind?
Waitress: I don't make the rules.
Bobby: OK, I'll make it as easy for you as I can. I'd like an omelette, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce. And a cup of coffee.
Waitress: A number two, chicken sal san, hold the butter, the lettuce and the mayonnaise. And a cup of coffee. Anything else?
Bobby: Yeah. Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
Waitress: You want me to hold the chicken, huh?
Bobby: I want you to hold it between your knees.
[Bobby using forearm places table contents on floor.]

1 Comments:

Blogger Kent said...

David Meade. For me today is the last day of your employment, and today 35+ years of applied computer science is walking out the door. So I ask myself: What'll we do now? Well, if we've learned anything at all from you it's: do the right thing first; then do whatever the hell you want. Enjoy your retirement. Thanks 1,000,000, my green-blooded, pointy-eared friend. :)

December 18, 2009 10:26 AM  

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