Meat Hose
My son and his pals are not — brace yourselves — gourmands, though it’s not as if they turn down dinner at The Palm.
And yet as content to head out of an evening on his black, silver, and red Aprilla, pick up dinner at Chipotle, Ledo’s, even, on occasion, at a Wendy’s window, he has, as of this night
DRAWN THE LINE at Taco Bell.
Why? I ask. Imagine, then, my concern, when he says, simply,
Dad, in that stern, flat tone of Youth’s hard-won wisdom: Do. Not. Pursue. This.
WHY?
Ok. We’re in drive-thru, Brian says to the guy, Four Tacos, please.
And? And my brave son’s face clouds then swiftly turns sour.
Brian asks for four tacos, the guy shakes his head:
“Sorry, man. Meat hose clogged.”
koshersalaami
07/21/2019 @ 5:08 pm
That’s pretty funny, though it’s probably an efficient delivery system for mass quantities of ground beef.
I will never understand the Maryland suburbs’ obsession with Ledo’s. When I moved there from New York in 1970, people swore by it. Then we tried it. It’s fine and, truth be told, it was better than some of the other pizza in the area which was, by and large, astoundingly awful, but seriously?
07/21/2019 @ 5:16 pm
I’ve been waiting for them to open the new Taco Bell just down the road apiece. Now, I am not so sure that i will continue to patronize them, even if they will be the only chain to survive World War III
Jonathan Wolfman
07/21/2019 @ 5:20 pm
If they do survive WW-III, it’ll be the meat-hoses that will have carried on through.
koshersalaami
07/21/2019 @ 5:21 pm
As long as the hoses aren’t electronically shielded. If they survive WWIII, all their meat will be irradiated and have a long shelf life.
07/22/2019 @ 6:07 pm
It is fascinating how a thought can spark a thought. The notion of Subway surviving WWIII instantly put me in mind of the film, “On the Beach.” They’re on a Sub…and they survive a nuclear attack. No one is left. I’m sure you’re familiar.
Now I am wondering, how might it be different if the concept revolved around a Taco Bell…instead of a sub.
07/21/2019 @ 5:26 pm
One of the funniest lines I can recall from college was uttered by a Freshman on the women’s tennis team. I was dating a Senior on the team, and Michelle was her mentee. Michelle was a brilliant student, and an excellent tennis player. Her father was a doctor, and bought her a house near campus so that she could live alone, and not in the dorms.
So, one evening we were picking up Michelle and going out somewhere. I waited and only half listened to the conversation. Michelle was a strict vegetarian for health and ethical reasons. While I wasn’t really listening, Michelle said that she wanted to go to Taco Bell. My focus tightened and I asked…”hey, aren’t you a vegetarian?” She said something like…”yes…and Taco Bell meat. I eat Taco Bell meat.”
Taco Bell; defining questionable meat for at least two generations.
koshersalaami
07/21/2019 @ 6:11 pm
Proving that hoses are intrinsically vegetarian
Jonathan Wolfman
07/22/2019 @ 1:28 pm
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