Whadja call it? - Page 2

wolf · 01-24-2006, 01:46 AM

A good lunch bag is very important in presenting yourself in the business world.

That is why I have a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Lunch Bag.

My Star Wars Episode I (with Qui Gon on it) wore out.

Urbane Guerrilla · 01-25-2006, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by jinx

My lunch bag is insulated ripstop nylon in camo print with dayglow orange trim, attached compass and fashion carabiner. Don't fuck with me. . .

...or I'll hold you down and make you look at it for a really long time. Ah-rrr! I'll make you check magnetic compass deviation for the area, too! And then there's the mountain climbing thing...

Dinner and supper, used synonymously. But it was always lunch, never "dinner." Early dinners like Thanksgiving Day feasts might closely approach lunchtime, but were never considered lunches, but more as being laid on instead of lunch. These may be New England usages, as my parents hail from Massachusetts.

Iggy · 01-27-2006, 04:49 PM

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. Sometimes I will interchange Dinner and Supper, but the first two meals are always breakfast and lunch.

Aliantha · 01-27-2006, 08:50 PM

My mum always used to say breakfast, dinner and tea. I think that was a bit of a carry over from her snobbish strict catholic upbringing. Dinner for us was always a sandwich, usually with some sort of cold meat etc. Tea was always meat and three veges when we were growing up. Then mum started experimenting with all sorts of foods. Pretty soon after that my parents divorced. Not sure if there's a correlation or not, but it's possible.

With my kids and spouse now we just say breakfast, lunch and dinner/tea, depending on what happens to come out of my mouth as I'm yelling down the yard for them to come in.

My lunch is usually something fruity these days, so it just gets dropped into my bag and off I go. b/f usually gets leftovers which he heats up in microwave at work, so that's in a tupperware container or an old take-away container. The kids have those plastic/material insulated lunch boxes in which they usually take fruit, drink, muselie bar and a sandwich or something left over from dinner.

Clodfobble · 01-27-2006, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

With my kids and spouse... b/f usually gets leftovers...

So do you have both a spouse and a boyfriend living with you, or does b/f stand for something else in Australia?

Rock Steady · 01-27-2006, 10:32 PM

My wife's parents are from Kentuky but raise their family in New York. So, instead of the rural schedule they had a suburban schedule. So, during the work week it was brfst, lunch and dinner. On Sundays, it was brfst, dinner and supper.

I am of Italian descent NY. We used dinner and supper as synonyms.

Crimson Ghost · 01-27-2006, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by zippyt

in the Marines we called it Chow ,
Morning chow = breakfast
Noon chow = lunch
Evening chow = dinner

Take what you want, but eat what you take.

And always remember, gorilla cakes can be used to pound in tentstakes.

wolf · 01-28-2006, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Rock Steady

I am of Italian descent NY. We used dinner and supper as synonyms.

But what do you call the red stuff that you put on pasta?

elSicomoro · 01-28-2006, 01:00 AM

"Red gravy" just doesn't sound right to me. I've never heard it used by the Italians on The Hill here.

wolf · 01-28-2006, 01:19 AM

Probably because it's just "gravy."

elSicomoro · 01-28-2006, 01:44 AM

I never heard it referred to as just "gravy"...that would be even worse, though.

zippyt · 01-28-2006, 01:53 AM

Take what you want, but eat what you take.
And always remember, gorilla cakes can be used to pound in tentstakes.

All this in the 10 minets you had from start to finish , from standing in line to gettin food , SCARFING it down as QUICK as POSSIBLE , dumping the rest and RUNNING back to formation !!!

AAAH the good old USMC ,
Where every day was a holliday ,and every meal was a feast !!!
HooRAA and Semper Fi !!!!!

Rock Steady · 01-28-2006, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Probably because it's just "gravy."

Wolfie is right again. Like "Hey, can you pass me the gravy." We said "sauce" 80% of the time.

Trilby · 01-28-2006, 03:33 PM

do not--do NOT!--tell the hicks that you can say 'gravy' and mean tomato sauce. It will be the end of us. I can only imagine the tears at Bob Evans should this ever catch on.

seakdivers · 01-28-2006, 04:12 PM

My husband has some pretty interesting food combos that he loves, and one of them is spaghetti with mashed potatoes & gravy on the side.
The first time we went to New Orleans, we went to a little restaurant that had "spaghetti with gravy" on the menu. I thought he was going to die & go to heaven right there.
Imagine his disappointment......

01-24-2006, 01:46 AM	#16
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	A good lunch bag is very important in presenting yourself in the business world. That is why I have a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Lunch Bag. My Star Wars Episode I (with Qui Gon on it) wore out. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-27-2006, 04:49 PM	#18
Iggy Back and ready to tart up the place Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 850	Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. Sometimes I will interchange Dinner and Supper, but the first two meals are always breakfast and lunch. __________________ Chock-full of naughty goodness.

01-27-2006, 10:32 PM	#21
Rock Steady Day Tripper Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 784	My wife's parents are from Kentuky but raise their family in New York. So, instead of the rural schedule they had a suburban schedule. So, during the work week it was brfst, lunch and dinner. On Sundays, it was brfst, dinner and supper. I am of Italian descent NY. We used dinner and supper as synonyms. __________________

01-28-2006, 01:19 AM	#25
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Probably because it's just "gravy." __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-28-2006, 01:53 AM	#27
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Take what you want, but eat what you take. And always remember, gorilla cakes can be used to pound in tentstakes. All this in the 10 minets you had from start to finish , from standing in line to gettin food , SCARFING it down as QUICK as POSSIBLE , dumping the rest and RUNNING back to formation !!! AAAH the good old USMC , Where every day was a holliday ,and every meal was a feast !!! HooRAA and Semper Fi !!!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

01-27-2006, 08:50 PM	#19
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	My mum always used to say breakfast, dinner and tea. I think that was a bit of a carry over from her snobbish strict catholic upbringing. Dinner for us was always a sandwich, usually with some sort of cold meat etc. Tea was always meat and three veges when we were growing up. Then mum started experimenting with all sorts of foods. Pretty soon after that my parents divorced. Not sure if there's a correlation or not, but it's possible. With my kids and spouse now we just say breakfast, lunch and dinner/tea, depending on what happens to come out of my mouth as I'm yelling down the yard for them to come in. My lunch is usually something fruity these days, so it just gets dropped into my bag and off I go. b/f usually gets leftovers which he heats up in microwave at work, so that's in a tupperware container or an old take-away container. The kids have those plastic/material insulated lunch boxes in which they usually take fruit, drink, muselie bar and a sandwich or something left over from dinner.

01-28-2006, 01:00 AM	#24
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	"Red gravy" just doesn't sound right to me. I've never heard it used by the Italians on The Hill here.

01-28-2006, 01:44 AM	#26
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I never heard it referred to as just "gravy"...that would be even worse, though.

01-28-2006, 03:33 PM	#29
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	do not--do NOT!--tell the hicks that you can say 'gravy' and mean tomato sauce. It will be the end of us. I can only imagine the tears at Bob Evans should this ever catch on.

01-28-2006, 04:12 PM	#30
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	My husband has some pretty interesting food combos that he loves, and one of them is spaghetti with mashed potatoes & gravy on the side. The first time we went to New Orleans, we went to a little restaurant that had "spaghetti with gravy" on the menu. I thought he was going to die & go to heaven right there. Imagine his disappointment......

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