Thursday, October 02, 2008

Name the movie!

"No more cockamamie cigar smoke. No more Swedish meatballs there, tootsie. And no more phoney Irish whisky. No more goddamn jerky beef. The party's over."

Monday, September 29, 2008

Get ready!

Hobo Food Slang:
Blue-John = skimmed milk
Punk = bread
Toppings = pastry
Gun Boat = Empty can used for cooking which is usually a coffee can.
Work the stem = Try to get food handouts from food businesses.
Handout = Food that is not wrapped that is given to a person.
Knee-shaker = Food handout that is given on a plate at the back door of a house. Person eats it on backsteps of a house while the plate is balanced on the person's knees.
Lump = A packaged meal to be taken on the road.
Sit-down = A meal that a person can sit down to at a table.
Specks = Fruit that has specks on it.
Pearl Diver = dishwasher
Kitchen Dog = Kitchen Prep Worker

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Wieners and Losers
Here's a tearjerker of a story from Philadelphia's KYW-TV:

The discovery of several hot dogs in packages outside Citizens Bank Park brought the bomb squad out and forced the temporary evacuation of the stadium Wednesday evening.According to police, Pattison Street between Darien and 11th Streets was shutdown as officials investigated the discovery of several suspicious packages near a ticket office.Fans inside the stadium were evacuated, but players remained on the field during the incident.Bomb squad members further investigated the packages and determined they were simply several hot dogs in foil wrappers. Sadly, the wieners were detonated as a precaution.

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