Truly, it’s baffling how many people, when you tell them you’re vegetarian, will immediately ask, Do you eat fish? But then again, if you’re that confused about what constitutes an animal that you don’t think of a fish as being one, I suppose it shouldn’t come as a surprise to see how they’d have no scruples about eating a chicken, pig, cow, or any other living being, for that matter.
There is, or at least there was, an annual Mardis Gras conference on computational materials science in Baton Rouge hosted by LSU. I have attended it twice: once in the early 1990’s, and once in the early 2000’s; the food was FANTASTIC both times. The second time, a colleague from India went with me, and I warned him of the need to make it very clear that he was vegetarian. Sure enough, on Friday our lunch was crawfish etouffee. My colleague had to send it back because he was, as I said, a vegetarian, but a few minutes later the waiter returned with the bowl, saying, “It’s alright. The cook says it’s just seafood.” They seemed surprised that there was a difference between “being vegetarian” and “keeping Lent”.
SHAKEDOWNVILLE about 4 years ago
Small panel: He hoped for a “shrimp bowl”. Large panel: “Parental indiscretions”.
whahoppened about 4 years ago
Large panel: I’m lost.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member about 4 years ago
Small panel: I would have expected a box of goldfish crackers instead.
Large panel: Usually they provide a separate room for conjugal visits.
Andrew Sleeth about 4 years ago
Truly, it’s baffling how many people, when you tell them you’re vegetarian, will immediately ask, Do you eat fish? But then again, if you’re that confused about what constitutes an animal that you don’t think of a fish as being one, I suppose it shouldn’t come as a surprise to see how they’d have no scruples about eating a chicken, pig, cow, or any other living being, for that matter.
Baucuva about 4 years ago
I’ll bet he’s glad he didn’t order a steak.
cuzinron47 about 4 years ago
Well if it ain’t beef, it’s got to be vegetable.
Jody H. Premium Member about 4 years ago
I thought Trump’s parents were dead. How will they be able to share his jail cell?
AtariDragon about 4 years ago
There is, or at least there was, an annual Mardis Gras conference on computational materials science in Baton Rouge hosted by LSU. I have attended it twice: once in the early 1990’s, and once in the early 2000’s; the food was FANTASTIC both times. The second time, a colleague from India went with me, and I warned him of the need to make it very clear that he was vegetarian. Sure enough, on Friday our lunch was crawfish etouffee. My colleague had to send it back because he was, as I said, a vegetarian, but a few minutes later the waiter returned with the bowl, saying, “It’s alright. The cook says it’s just seafood.” They seemed surprised that there was a difference between “being vegetarian” and “keeping Lent”.