maybe Iran should stick to abstinence only sex ed…
(that’s something akin to not teaching your children how to Stop-Drop-and Roll but instead just saying they won’t ever need to know that if I just don’t give them a lighter)…
that is possibly the best analogy I’ve ever come up with ( in a life filled with bad analogies).

I had carpaccio for the first time last weekend…mmmmmm….raw beef….was quite (and surprisingly) good…I don’t know think I knew of anyone in the states who ever ate raw beef (steak tar tar is also raw beef right?). my parents would be horrified I’m sure…I also had a raw egg on a pizza last year (in Brittany i think?). Also uncommon in the states, except in that CHiPs episode where Eric Estrada (Paunch or Punch?) had a whole glass of them…I guess they hadn’t invented salmonella in the 70’s….

so…I have an easy time imagining that the food chain is much better here than in the states (read fresher, healthier, etc), but maybe that’s just my bias again…I suppose it could have to do with the short distance to ship items, but it also must have lots to do with choosing not to grow mediocre strawberries all year round instead of having good strawberries for 2 months of the year (it must be close to Spargel/asparagus season as the stands are popping up).
anyways what was my point…oh yeah….eggs aren’t necessarily refrigerated in stores here. That must mean they’re fresh or something….
and I’m not fond of asparagus (…that was the night we had asparagus and potatoes right?).

and since I was vague again I will attempt to explain Spargel (I may have done this last year too)…Spargel (asparagus) is only available for about 2 months of the year here and it seems to be a very big deal for people that are fond of asparagus (actually this whole story is making me very angry…) and it seems that every restaurant has spargel on their specials list for those 2 months (jerks!), and then as if by magic in June or July the spargel is gone…(see it’s funny cuz I’m not fond of spargel)….
(how fond must I be of spargel to have capitalized it thrice in the finely written two paragraphs above…)
ok…let me explain again…not fond of Spargel….not angry however…;)
SPARGEL, SPARGEL, SPARGEL!!!!!

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ok just for kicks I reread everything I just wrote….I’m going to highlight all the things that I think are funny but I’m guessing that at least some of you people won’t get….

Stop-Drop-Roll note: The effectiveness of stop, drop and roll may be further enhanced by combining it with other firefighting techniques, including the use of a fire extinguisher, dousing with water, or fire beating.
On that note….this is not stop drop and roll, but there is fire involved…

a(ny) CHiPs reference…
this one especially because they did in fact invent salmonella in the 70’s.

the strawberries reference has to do with the demise of Willamette Valley strawberry growers because the cheap low quality california strawberries are replacing the higher quality, more expensive Oregon ones (which are seasonal in Oregon).

The asparagus and potatoes reference comes form a conversation that is stolen but here (written by kat):
Squires: “Remember dad, it was last year at the wine market.”
Safa: “Yeah, we were drinking with Christoph somebody.”
Dad: “I wasn’t there.”
Me: “Yes, you were. You showed me a pic of Christoph because you really wanted me to meet this guy.”
Dad: “No, I wasn’t there. I don’t remember any of this.”
Me: “Yeah I was late from work and I came to meet you all in the Irish pub. Safa was plastered and kept telling me his Easter trip with Vaness in Spain and how everything was closed. He told the story like five times that night.”
Dad: “Really, guys, I would have remembered, I wasn’t there.”
Me: “yes you were, you were dancing!”
Safa: “Jeff, you were there. Remember? These two girls were downstairs.”
Squires: “yeah we had seen them at the wine market shortly before.”
Me: “And they were sitting right next to us in YOURS.”
Dad: “Oh… wait… was that the day we had asparagus and potatoes?”

The SPARGEL,! SPARGEL! SPARGEL! reference is so obscure even I don’t get it…but remember the end of that Spaced episode….RABBITS! RABBITS! RABBITS! Just pretend that guy is dancing in the background.

see how much better the last 3 minutes are now that i explained all the vague stuff? 😉

if you want the last 3 minutes of your life back then send me an animated gif of yourself stopping, dropping, and rolling and I’ll see what I can do for you.

Can I put 100€ on Schalke?