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TexasMommaWithAHat

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77. No grits with a little pool of butter?

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 03:51 PM

Jun 2015

And I need two eggs overeasy and only about half of that bacon.

And I can look at that mug and tell that the coffee isn't strong enough.

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"A European view of the typical American breakfast?" NO way. What's wrong with this picture? [View all] DFW May 2015 OP

I've never used a knife or fork to eat my eggs. Chan790 May 2015 #1

Could be DFW May 2015 #2

And we don't dirty three plates. gvstn May 2015 #8

Dainty is as dainty does ashling May 2015 #48

Or smash them into biscuits and sausage gravy. n/t geardaddy Jun 2015 #68

How many times do I have to tell you people? ashling Jun 2015 #71

I'll have to try that. geardaddy Jun 2015 #76

Heretic mythology Jun 2015 #88

Yes? A HERETIC I AM Jun 2015 #102

If it's English Breakfast sausage, yes OriginalGeek Jun 2015 #93

I love English/British/Scottish/Irish/Welsh breakfast sausage geardaddy Jun 2015 #98

My southern grandmaw & aunts always... Little Star Jun 2015 #103

That looks suspiciously like whole wheat toast. Obviously this is a communist breakfast. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #3

In the south, we pronounce that "kommanist." But as for your suspicion.... DFW May 2015 #4

Yup! any reel murkin wudda pudda bullet innit by now! struggle4progress Jun 2015 #87

Coffee cup and gun on the same side? What if someone tries to snitch some petronius May 2015 #5

"half serving of bacon"! Tipperary May 2015 #6

Me, too Art_from_Ark May 2015 #32

Exactly CrawlingChaos May 2015 #11

Depends on when you're going to use it. A HERETIC I AM May 2015 #22

That's extremely helpful CrawlingChaos May 2015 #31

There is no handgun in that place setting. n/t malthaussen Jun 2015 #78

I was contemplating putting one in... A HERETIC I AM Jun 2015 #80

I'm glad they clarified (napkin) OriginalGeek Jun 2015 #94

Only one egg? Ron Obvious May 2015 #7

No hash browns or grits or pancakes?? sarge43 May 2015 #9

LOL! I laughed, too... Good one! Rhiannon12866 May 2015 #10

Put the egg and bacon between the toast and hit it seveneyes May 2015 #12

The toast should have hifiguy May 2015 #13

I thought the breakfast special came with the olddots May 2015 #14

A French breakfast would have featured a surrender flag next to the gun. nt clarice May 2015 #15

That one is a little dated DFW May 2015 #17

Keep in mind, the only ones using that 'French surrender' crap with a straight face Aristus May 2015 #20

Limbaugh wouldn't make it through the first day of boot. sarge43 May 2015 #35

Good lord !!!!!! How about a sense of humor people ????? nt clarice May 2015 #51

Sorry. It's still a sore point. Aristus May 2015 #52

Actually, if you pick the right subject... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2015 #55

cool. thanks. nt clarice Jun 2015 #56

Sorry Aristus, my apologies. Didn't mean to hit a sore spot. nt clarice Jun 2015 #57

I know. Aristus Jun 2015 #58

Good humor is given to the humorous. All else is simple rationalizing a failed joke... LanternWaste Jun 2015 #61

Well then, that's a character trait that you will have to work on.nt clarice Jun 2015 #63

Yeah, just ask any Algerian what he thinks of the French Taitertots Jun 2015 #83

No, not really Tom Ripley May 2015 #23

lol....that was great !!!!! nt clarice Jun 2015 #65

You side-dish of American Exceptionalism is rather stale. LanternWaste Jun 2015 #60

I wish some people were as supportive of the American military. lol clarice Jun 2015 #64

There are problems with this Wolf Frankula May 2015 #16

The biggest problem is there's no grits Major Nikon May 2015 #18

No cheese? Yavin4 May 2015 #19

love the gun humper coffee cup Skittles May 2015 #21

Dumb Europeans. The plate clearly doesn't have enough bacon. nt pinboy3niner May 2015 #24

Well damn. DFW May 2015 #25

There's more than one? pinboy3niner May 2015 #26

Hey, check out the other "corrections" on the thread DFW May 2015 #28

BTW, the Brontosaurus burgers are misssing. A HERETIC I AM May 2015 #40

I never would have noticed DFW May 2015 #41

It's what I live for! A HERETIC I AM May 2015 #43

Breakfast in England is best taken in France DFW May 2015 #47

I liked the baked beans, myself.:) malthaussen Jun 2015 #79

Where's the Tobasco? And black coffee. alphafemale May 2015 #27

i'm mostly a tea drinker myself, and live in Germany DFW May 2015 #29

We put Tobasco in our Visene. alphafemale May 2015 #33

Everything else within a 3 foot radius, too, I suspect! DFW May 2015 #34

Along with Tobasco toothpaste. That'll jump start ya. n/t sarge43 May 2015 #37

tabasco niyad May 2015 #46

tabasco niyad May 2015 #45

Needs picante sauce and a tortilla. TexasTowelie May 2015 #30

Not just Texas... Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2015 #70

i thought you ate kippers in Texas Enrique Jun 2015 #81

Except me. TexasTowelie Jun 2015 #82

As others have pointed out, mistakes were made. betsuni May 2015 #36

Now we're talkin' sarge43 May 2015 #38

For a proper New England Sunday Brunch DFW May 2015 #42

New England is the home of the classic diner sarge43 May 2015 #44

No way. Jersey all the way! KamaAina Jun 2015 #96

Jersey has many fine diners, but New England is their home. sarge43 Jun 2015 #101

What kind of sissy cuts their sausages in half? Goblinmonger Jun 2015 #66

The same breakfast every day for me: IDemo May 2015 #39

Those are pretty plates. dmr May 2015 #49

Hmmmm denbot May 2015 #50

In the doggie bag JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2015 #53

Of course, his breakfast includes a cigarette. WinkyDink Jun 2015 #54

Don't forget the real breakfast of champions: Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2015 #59

The errors I see jmowreader Jun 2015 #62

No, you eat the egg with the gun. Every gun in America needs a morning sucking. nt valerief Jun 2015 #67

Probably happens more often than any of us prefer to imagine....n/t DFW Jun 2015 #69

Yeah, probably true. nt valerief Jun 2015 #75

They got the amount of bacon correct but we need more eggs. And where's the pancakes? Enthusiast Jun 2015 #72

You forgot the spit cup Texasgal Jun 2015 #73

Reminds me of the New Yorker cartoon hanging on my fridge Jean Louise Finch Jun 2015 #74

Perfect n/t sarge43 Jun 2015 #99

No grits with a little pool of butter? TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #77

Where's the Jack Daniels? Taitertots Jun 2015 #84

Europeans think that's the name of the junior Senator from Tennessee n/t DFW Jun 2015 #89

I would be embarrassed for whomever Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #85

My breakfast was just what I wanted marzipanni Jun 2015 #86

Lose the egg, the gun, KamaAina Jun 2015 #90

I wouldn't touch the bacon anyway DFW Jun 2015 #91

You've been in Europe how long now? KamaAina Jun 2015 #92

Scary long!!!! DFW Jun 2015 #95

Everything tastes better with bacon ChristianGrey Jun 2015 #97

That's a dangerous generalization to make DFW Jun 2015 #100

Bacon ice cream is now available...in America of course! riderinthestorm Jun 2015 #104

Ugh! I should have known n/t DFW Jun 2015 #105

Only one gun? nt ohnoyoudidnt Jun 2015 #106

You're supposed to put the egg on top of GRITS and then SHOOT IT LiberalEsto Jun 2015 #107

I think the manual is only in English DFW Jun 2015 #108