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Bossy Monkey

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Sun Mar-27-05 11:53 PM
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Poll question: Worst chain restaurant NAME

Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 12:26 AM by undisclosedlocation

Leaving aside questions of quality of food, service, and contributions to the homogenization of America by our corporate masters, which has the most obnoxious name?

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Tweed

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Sun Mar-27-05 11:58 PM
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1. Hardee's?

Some guy named Hardee started a food place?

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Bossy Monkey

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:38 AM
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25. You bet

Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 12:42 AM by undisclosedlocation

http://www.hardees.com/about_text.html

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elshiva

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Sun Mar-27-05 11:59 PM
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2. Come on "Fuddruckers"

Spoonerism is Ruddfuckers ack.

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SamanthaJones

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:01 AM
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6. I voted for Cracker Barrel

but Fuddrucker's sure does beat it.

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Bossy Monkey

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:52 AM
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45. It's up there now n/t

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Richard Steele

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Mon Mar-28-05 04:11 AM
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58. "Cracker Barrel" is in the wrong poll!

Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 04:12 AM by dicksteele

You must be thinking of the
"Resturant Name that BEST Describes it's Customers" thread....

(I voted for "Big Boy", but Cracker Barrel was a close 2nd)

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IntravenousDemilo

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Mon Mar-28-05 09:22 AM
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73. When Regina got its first Fuddrucker's...

Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 09:24 AM by IntravenousDemilo

...I kept calling it Fuddstuckers because I liked THAT spoonerism better.

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Radio_Lady

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Mon Mar-28-05 06:05 PM
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89. When they closed their locations in Portland, Oregon...

I called them FUCKRUCKERS (which was probably what they wanted as their incorporated name anyway).

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:00 AM
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3. It's a tossup between Fuddruckers and Big Peckers

The first time I saw a "Big Peckers" sign, I thought it said "Pig Peckers". That would have been worse still.

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elshiva

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:04 AM
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9. Is that the female founded run off of Hooters

(Big Peckers)? Ben Franklin the anteater will open a chain called "Big Snouts."

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:07 AM
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12. I could never bring myself to eat there,

so I have no idea. They have a chicken logo, so I guess it's akin to "Cluck-U Chicken"

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elshiva

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:12 AM
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13. Cluck-U Chicken is as insulting as

Lick-U Anteater.

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regnaD kciN

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:25 AM
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31. I know it's probably a real Japanese word, but...

Fuku Sushi always amuses me, as does a restaurant simply known as Phuket (Thai, of course).

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon Mar-28-05 09:15 AM
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70. Around here, there's a restaurant called "Fuking Dynasty"

And then there's the "Wah Mee".

Wah mee lord? Wah always mee?

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elshiva

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Mon Mar-28-05 09:36 PM
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99. Bawahahhahahha!

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KitchenWitch

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:00 AM
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4. Jack in the Box

or as I like to call it: Yak in the Box :wtf:

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elehhhhna

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:35 AM
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39. Dog & Suds (AKA Arf & Barf)

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hippywife

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Mon Mar-28-05 07:32 PM
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95. I loved Dog and Suds

when I was a kid in Ohio. Onion rings and root beer! Mmmmmmmmmm!

Where do you live?

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elehhhhna

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Tue Mar-29-05 03:09 PM
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103. Grew up outside Chicago.

Here near Houston we have Sonic. Revolting and disgusting food. UH.

I could go for a big fat rootbeer float right about now...

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hippywife

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Tue Mar-29-05 04:22 PM
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106. I always thought

D&S was a local restaurant but it was so long ago and I was little, what did I know?

Anyway, we have Sonic here, too. (I live just outside of Tulsa.) I don't eat there but stop in for the occassional fresh fruit slush during the hot summers.

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RagingInMiami

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:01 AM
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5. Who the fuck would name a place ....

Schlotzskys'?

http://www.schlotzskys.com/

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JohnKleeb

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:05 AM
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11. Ha I thought that was the place in office space

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Bossy Monkey

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:08 AM
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28. That was Chotchky's, as in tschotschkes

Schlotzsky's is a deli, yet another one of these chains from Texas. Go figure.

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Radio_Lady

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Mon Mar-28-05 06:15 PM
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91. MISTER Schlotzsky is probably rolling over in his grave! n/t

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Flammable Materials

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:31 AM
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16. I dunno mang, but their soups and sandwiches are the BOMB. n/t

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immoderate

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:33 AM
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37. The sign says: "No shirtskys, no shoeskys, no schlotsky's!"

I like that.

--IMM

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fudge stripe cookays

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:45 PM
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85. Also, their old line...

"Accept no substitutsky's!"

As an Austinite from way-back, I was raised on Schlotzky's, and am still higly addicted to them.

Without that bread, I waste away if I can't have one at least every few weeks.

FSC

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Radio_Lady

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Mon Mar-28-05 06:08 PM
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90. Smuckers uses a funny name as an advertisement for years...

"With a name like Smuckers, it's GOT to be good!"

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intheflow

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:02 AM
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7. Hooters.

F'ing sexist pigs! :grr:

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SCRUBDASHRUB

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:02 AM
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8. Counterpart to Hooters could be Peckers.

Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 12:03 AM by SCRUBDASHRUB

:wow:

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MollyStark

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:36 AM
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22. Will they beg you to eat there? n/t

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WinterStorm

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Mon Mar-28-05 09:24 AM
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74. Owls vs Woodpeckers

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achtung_circus

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:05 AM
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10. Lick-A-Chick

but it's regional.

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imenja

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Mon Mar-28-05 04:44 AM
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62. no, I don't believe you

Where?

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achtung_circus

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Mon Mar-28-05 09:25 AM
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75. What, you doubt?

Atlantic Canada

<http://www.lick-a-chick.com/>

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imenja

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Mon Mar-28-05 09:37 AM
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76. hmm. Is this a reflection on the talents of the men in Atlantic, CA?

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achtung_circus

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Mon Mar-28-05 10:39 AM
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79. My belief

is that Lick-A-Chick restaurant is a cover. In reality it is a matrilineal organization based on planting a seed in the minds of Maritime men.

I'll say no more lest legions of Nova Scotian woman attack me for....wait a minute. I need to think this one through.

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imenja

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:21 PM
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80. sounds like a truly worthwhile organization

How about some franchises south of the border?

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enigmatic

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:21 AM
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14. And the only member of the Hall Of Fame:

There's Sambo's and then there are all the others:

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Mike Niendorff

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:33 AM
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18. Was going to nominate that one too, but you beat me to it.

Have they finally bit the dust, or are they still around in some parts?

MDN

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enigmatic

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:34 AM
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19. Here's the original Sambos:

Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 12:36 AM by enigmatic

http://www.santabarbara.com/dining/a_stones_throw/sambos/default.asp

Edit: I've had a beer or two tonight:)

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Mike Niendorff

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:36 AM
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23. wow.

Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 12:36 AM by Mike Niendorff

I haven't seen one of those places around here in over 20 years, was hoping they were all finally gone.

MDN

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regnaD kciN

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:30 AM
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35. My family used to go there...

...when we visited Santa Barbara in the early 60s.

It was completely different from the chain that took its name. One of the best breakfast places I've ever been to. Despite the connotations of the name, I'm glad they're still around.

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kokofitz

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:38 AM
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26. I remember when they changed the name to The Hungry Tiger

Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 12:39 AM by kokofitz

in '72 or '73

edited: for the chain stores, that is

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regnaD kciN

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:28 AM
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34. They didn't...

The Hungry Tiger was a completely different chain -- started by the owners of the Flying Tigers cargo airline.

When I was in L.A. in the late '70s, there was a Sambos a couple of blocks north, and a Hungry Tiger about five miles south.

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derby378

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:30 AM
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15. Don't NOBODY say nothing bad about Dairy Queen...

While all the other kids grew up on fast food from McD's and Burger King, we had Dairy Queen. I kinda miss being able to find one easily, though you can still find a few stores in Dallas.

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5thGenDemocrat

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:32 AM
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17. Sambo's

Used to have one in Saginaw. What the hell were they thinking?
John
I mean, geez...

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Bossy Monkey

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:36 AM
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24. Per this, the owners, Sam and Bo combined their names

Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 01:01 AM by undisclosedlocation

They could have maybe asked around a bit...
http://www.tommcmahon.net/2004/08/the_first_and_l.html
It's a link on a right-wing blog, but the actual story appears to be from the Santa Barbara paper.

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orleans

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Mon Mar-28-05 04:41 AM
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60. i agree--what the hell were they thinking?

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orleans

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Mon Mar-28-05 04:42 AM
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61. big boy

woof!

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imenja

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Mon Mar-28-05 04:45 AM
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63. that one's been done with for a long time

they finally realized it wasn't a smart name.

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flamingyouth

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:29 PM
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82. That is my choice too

Plus they had that little Indian kid as their mascot. :eyes:

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JVS

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:35 AM
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20. J.T. McPickleshitters

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Bossy Monkey

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:48 AM
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27. My approach to the same kind of joke, J.D. McHitler's, is found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=216&topic_id=532
(eventually)

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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Mar-28-05 12:35 AM
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21. Lord Hardwick's

or maybe it was Lord Hardwicke's.

You can just imagine how the name can be altered.

There was at least one of these in Charlottesville, Virginia. That was a good 35 years ago, and they have since gone on to something else or folded; I don't know.

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Blue in a Red State

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:11 AM
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29. In and Out Burgers

A west coast thing?

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regnaD kciN

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:37 AM
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41. What is it with L.A. burger joints...

In-N-Out!
In-N-Out!
That's what a hamburger's allllllllll about!

They used to sell bumperstickers -- it should come as no surprise to learn that teenagers everywhere would "edit" those stickers to simply read:

IN-N-OUT
URGE

But what is it about hamburger chains in L.A. that seem to pick absurd names? The biggest competitor to In-N-Out was Fatburger, which has now gone nationwide. Now, I understand that this was named on the basis of "Fat" being a positive slang term of the time (not unlike "phat" today?), but when I think of "fatburger," all I can think of is a) "heart attack city," and b) YECH!

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Bossy Monkey

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:51 AM
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44. If I'd been thinking when I wrote the poll, I would have put on Fatz Cafe

Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 01:52 AM by undisclosedlocation

a place I won't even go NEAR, though I'm told the food is actually surprisingly good. It may just be regional, though. Apparently, like so much that's evil (eg Jim DeMint), it started out somewhere around Greenville SC and just spread. http://www.fatzcafe.com/

Sometimes it's a good idea to read your slogan aloud before spending money on it. Theirs? "Where Everyone's A Regular" (or, where everyone's irregular)

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Not_Giving_Up

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:19 AM
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30. Fu-Kim

It was a Chinese place in the mall. A co-worker came in one day and announced that Fuck-em was closed!

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Catherine Vincent

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:27 AM
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33. There's one here where I live too!

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Not_Giving_Up

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:35 AM
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40. What county are you in?

:hi: Fellow Texan!

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Catherine Vincent

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:47 AM
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43. Harris!

Howdy neighbor!:-)

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Not_Giving_Up

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:53 AM
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47. No kidding!

I'm almost in Harris County!

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imenja

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Mon Mar-28-05 04:47 AM
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64. LOL

too much :silly:

It probably says something lovely in Chinese.

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Blue-Jay

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:25 AM
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32. Beef-a-Roo!

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Robeson

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:33 AM
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36. El Chico....They ought to call it.....

....El Shit-ho. Because thats where everyone ends up running to, after eating there....

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fudge stripe cookays

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:46 PM
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86. We always called it

El Cheapo!

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elehhhhna

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:34 AM
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38. The Chuck Box

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Solon

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:43 AM
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42. Chuck A Burger

Beat that, local restaurant, only a few left, around the Rock Road I believe, been around forever.

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Blue_Tires

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:52 AM
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46. Carlos Murphy's

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CanuckAmok

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:55 AM
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48. "Uncle Lugosh's Hard Slap in the Face and Swift Kick in the Nuts Cafe".

Well, it would be the worst, hands down.

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wickerwoman

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:58 AM
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49. Herfy's

I swear they had one of these in my neighborhood when I was growing up. A kind of cross between Arby's and Denny's.

Nothing like a eating in a restaurant with a name one letter away from an STD.

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jdots

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Mon Mar-28-05 02:02 AM
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50. Coulter's Weeny Barge

Bugsy Delay's Shit On A Stick Botox Burgers
Hannity's Bung Burgers Condi's No Soul Kitchen

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CanuckAmok

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Mon Mar-28-05 02:06 AM
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51. "The Clap 2 Go"

I mean...c'mon.

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imenja

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Mon Mar-28-05 04:47 AM
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65. seriously?

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WinterStorm

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Mon Mar-28-05 07:20 AM
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69. Strip bar?

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Floogeldy

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Mon Mar-28-05 02:13 AM
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52. I think it's time for someone to just come right out and say it

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CanuckAmok

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53. Get this annecdotal thingy...LauderDoggies:

When I was a teenager, a new American "family restaurant" chain opened up where I grew up. I remember lining up for about four hours after school in minus ten degree weather to interview for a shitty minimum wage job at a shithole called (and I'm not kidding) "LauderDoggies".

The mascot looked exactly like Poochie from the Simpsons (I wonder if that's where Poochie came from), and the decor was exactly like Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag, but with more surfboards.

This place was trying to latch onto the "Fort Lauderdale Spring Break zeitgeist" of the 80s. The uniform for men was a white oxford shirt with black dress jam shorts, and one of a series of novelty ties. For women it was worse; a coconut-textured tank top and a synthetic grass skirt.

The worst part was that instead of using servers using their real names, they wanted them to use the names of American pop icons. "Hi, I'm Buddy Fucking Holly, and I'll be your waiter tonight", and "Spiro Agnew and Dorothy Kilgallen, pickup!".

Keep in mind this "Ground Zero of Florida Fun" was in fucking Ontar-i-fucking-o, and, had it succeeded, it would have also become "Ground Zero for pale Canadian teens' arms and legs on display".

The owner of the chain was the guy who interviewed us all, and he was a complete obnoxious prick. By the time it was my turn to be screened, I SO didn't want to work in that crapotoreum. I remember telling the owner one of my hobbies was "stealing flatware". I'm so fucking grateful I wasn't "good enough" to make the LauderDoggie's team. In fact, the place never opened... was it ever successful in the US?

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Mon Mar-28-05 02:47 AM
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54. I don't think it's the worst, but I don't understand Ruby Tuesday's name.

Seriously, why? Was it a toss up between that and Under My Thumb? Sympathy For the Devil? Brown Sugar?

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Mon Mar-28-05 03:03 AM
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55. Donut Castle Pit Stop

Don't know if six locations qualifies as a chain. Gas and donuts, the worst of each.

No?

OK then, Hooters.
The rest are stupid, that one's pig bait.

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56. Souper Salad and Good Eats

I hate those names, and I will never eat at either.

I know it's supposed to be cute, Souper instead of Super, but it's annoying and I just think it's stupid.

And Good Eats, if it's so good, why do you need to put it in your name. To me it says "not really that good, but the same says it is."

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Mon Mar-28-05 04:48 AM
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66. only I like both of those restaurants

Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 04:49 AM by imenja

and I really miss Good Eats. Sorry, it doesn't approach Fu-kim, Lick-a-Chick, or The clap to go.

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:48 PM
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87. For the record,

Good Eats is half-owned by Gene Street, a Democrat, and is a good blue company.

I used to eat at Black Eyed Pea, then I found out how red Brinker restaurants are. Good Eats is a good substitute.

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tammywammy

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Mon Mar-28-05 06:01 PM
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88. Thanks,

I still can't eat there, mostly because they're all closed around here anyways.

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yellowdogintexas

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Mon Mar-28-05 09:15 PM
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98. I miss Good Eats too. Closest one to us now is in Denton

I loved their food.

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fudge stripe cookays

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Tue Mar-29-05 09:39 AM
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102. Cantina Laredo is also good.....

Here's the Texas link for the Progressive Pages Restaurant and Cafe section.

http://www.globalblogs.com/cgi-bin/tseekdir.cgi?location=Root-Food_L2K_Beverage-Restaurants_L2K_Cafes-Texas

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Tue Mar-29-05 05:25 PM
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113. souper salad

I always thought it was a play on 'Soup or Salad?' I've never been to one, but I figured they offered soup or salad, plus thats what they ask when you order in restaurants. I always thought it was a decent name, but if it is supposed to be super salad, ahaha yeah that is really cheesy.

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Mon Mar-28-05 03:34 AM
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57. Damn! Forgot Olive Garden! Olives. don't. grow. in. gardens.

They grow in orchards. Ask Vince Van Gogh:
http://vangoghartprints.artselect.com/perl/frChooseSize?artID=13967

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Mon Mar-28-05 04:17 AM
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59. Chock Full O Nuts

My first trip to NYC, I'd never heard of this name. When I saw one of the restaurants I stood there on the street laughing because it looked like "Chock Full O Nuts" referred to the people inside. But since I was in NYC everyone ignored me. So I kept laughing.

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Mon Mar-28-05 05:21 AM
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67. Denny's

Grand slam garbage :puke:

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Mon Mar-28-05 07:17 AM
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68. Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips

Would you buy a batter-fried mystery fish from this man?

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71. It wasn't a chain, but there used to be a Phartz Ice Cream

in Gettysburg, PA. Good Pennsylvania Dutch name, Phartz; but they must've been out of their minds to name an ice cream parlor their name.

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LynneSin

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72. Here a joke: Why did the Dairy Queen get pregnant???

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Answer: Because the Burger King forgot to wrap his whooper

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

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Deja Q

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Mon Mar-28-05 10:10 AM
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77. ROTFLMAO!!! It's pants-peeing-in time!

:wow:

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78. Chili's always has chili - just not on the menu. Weird.

Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 10:35 AM by Seabiscuit

Their menu's gotten better, though.

You can even order a side of chili peppers, which is what the restaurant is really named after.

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datasuspect

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:22 PM
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81. texsas cheesecake depository

oomph

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Bossy Monkey

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Mon Mar-28-05 07:18 PM
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94. PLEASE tell me you're making that up!

Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 08:17 PM by undisclosedlocation

Pleeeease?

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RPM

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Tue Mar-29-05 04:32 PM
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107. simpsons reference

play on the cheesecake factory

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Bossy Monkey

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Tue Mar-29-05 04:58 PM
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111. Okee, thanks n/t

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4_Legs_Good

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:35 PM
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83. Sambo's

Started right here in Santa Barbara too!

Gah!

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TroubleMan

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Mon Mar-28-05 09:47 PM
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100. That was the one that I first thought of.

nt.

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jswordy

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Mon Mar-28-05 01:37 PM
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84. Between The Buns

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Mon Mar-28-05 06:28 PM
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92. Chi Chi's

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Bossy Monkey

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Mon Mar-28-05 07:16 PM
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93. Turns out it's just Ruby Tuesday. I'll never forgive myself...

:sarcasm:

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datasuspect

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Mon Mar-28-05 07:33 PM
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96. Much Ado About Stuffing

a chain restaurant with that serves only stuffing.

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Up2Late

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Mon Mar-28-05 07:39 PM
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97. the one that alway struck me funny was "Jack in the Box"

It just gets dirtier and dirtier, the more you think about it.

Favorite gross Joke: Give me a "Big Jack!"

Reply: You want "Special Sauce" on that?

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ironflange

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Mon Mar-28-05 09:49 PM
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101. There's a restaurant in Spokane called "Chapter 11"

Jeez, there's gotta be a story behind THAT one!

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kick-ass-bob

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Tue Mar-29-05 03:14 PM
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104. Fuddruckers? What about their burger, the Mother FuddRucker?

:rofl:

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Arugula Latte

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Tue Mar-29-05 03:38 PM
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105. Ruth's Chris Steak House is weird, too.

Whose is it? Ruth's? Or Chris's?

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RPM

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Tue Mar-29-05 04:33 PM
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108. i think Chris was Ruth's son

something like she wanted to name it for him, but she also wanted her name on it....

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Tue Mar-29-05 04:52 PM
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109. Nah, it's simple but it's complicated

http://www.ruthschris-austin.com/general_history.htm
The restaurant Ruth Fertel bought in 1965 was named "Chris Steak House," and she acquired the right to use that name as long as the restaurant remained in the original location. But after a fire forced her to move, she needed a new name. Adding her name to the logo seemed the simplest solution and "Ruth's Chris Steak House" was born.

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Tue Mar-29-05 04:54 PM
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110. Another vote for Ruth's Chris

I don't care what the story is behind it, it's nearly impossible to say and sounds utterly stupid.

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Tue Mar-29-05 05:03 PM
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112. Kenny Rogers' Roasters. n/t

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