You know you’re really done with your coffeehouse and its people when you go out to lunch (last week before your general malaisia struck) and the waiter, who was really the best, most hoppin’ waiter you’ve had in a long long time, brings you an extra unrequested basket of fresh zucchini bread and you ooh and ahh and make a fuss and you take it home in a neat little box and then — you SELL IT AT YOUR COFFEEHOUSE THE NEXT DAY FOR A BUCK FIFTY A SLICE.
Later you realize …. but not until after you sell the last slice, strangely …. that you have now become Thenardier.
You know ……. (sing it with me, y’all)
Food beyond compare
Food beyond belief
Mix it in a mincer
And pretend it’s beef
Kidney of a horse
Liver of a cat
Filling up the sausages
With this and that
Bread you got for free
Bread now in plain view
Stuff it in a basket
And pretend it’s new
Did you make this, ma’am?
Why, who wants to know?
Here you need another one
Now OFF YOU GO!
You know …… uhm, like that.
Hahahahahah! I can’t stop laughing. I’ll never think of coffeehouses or zucchini bread the same way again!
You know, I never acted out as a child. I mean, I was eerily well-behaved. So, uhm, I guess I’m making up for lost time.
When MB saw the bread on display, he shook his head, laughed, and said, “I didn’t think you’d REALLY do it.”
Well, you *are* keeper of the zoo.
ready to relieve ’em of a sou or two! 😉
“Picking up their knick-knacks when they can’t see straight”
Or is that the wine bar?
Well, at least no one can turn you in to Corporate.
Like my daughter did her last dreadful cheap boss, who was re-using stuff in a health-hazardly way.
My song, it never appeared! I think I went into moderation or something.
NF — I checked moderation and it ain’t in there! Wha?? Did you say something that made it go into spam and be zapped into the ether? It’s okay. You can tell me.
Hm. I may have. I used the word “wrenches,” only without the R. That’s the only thing I can think of that woulda done it. Funny thing is, when I tried to resubmit the page told me “oops, looks like you already wrote that!”
If you email me, I can reply with the vanished comment later tonight.