Wherein We Navigate The Storm

[Pixilated]

Or maybe she has a sinus infection or an abscess somewhere in her nasopharynx, and she's smelling it from the inside. Of course this would also give her breath that would choke a hog, but you can't smell her through the phone.


Back in the fifties there was a pervasive smell of elephants in the 47th Street subway station. Took them a while to figure out that the old Hippodrome had once been on the site. They had occasionally hosted the Barnum & Bailey Circus, who'd buried their accumulated elephant shit in the subbasements, not knowing what else to do with it. This was fine until a water main broke and soaked the ground.

(The Transit Authority had one employee, James Patrick "Smelly" Kelly, whose full-time occupation was to trace down the source of odors emanating from the subway, or else to prove that they came from elsewhere, and thus not the NYCTA's responsibility. He was the one who eventually figured out about the elephants.)

Wow, talk about history coming back to haunt you!!

And Gravekeeper, I swear, on my books and my cats, that if ever I order something over the phone, I will not throw in random conversational commentaries ... lest my fines eclipse the cost of my order.

Thanks for the tales; I look forward to the next installment!

[Jester]

Thus, sadly, we will never truly know what a pickle is.

The word you're looking for is "heaven."

“No! You’re just in the way, people can’t get by you.”
“That’s prejudice! You’re just prejudice against white people!”

Just another example of Whitey holding someone down, yo.

...…If you say so, but I think 407 is the area code for Florida. I can’t help but feel you’ve made a tragic mistake. But you seem confident in your proclamation despite the fact your address places you thousands of kms from Florida.

Actually, this may be rather appropriate, as 407 is an area code for the Orlando area, and so many of your callers seem to operate theire lives in such a Mickey Mouse fashion.

Actually, pickles can ether be a fruit or a vegetable, and may or may not be a condiment depending both on what was pickled and how it is being used.

As "pickles" without further designation are generally pickled cucumbers (at least in North America), that would make them a vegetable.

That being said, anything pickled is, in its pickled form, the same thing it was in its nonpickled form, i.e., if it was a vegetable before, it's still a vegetable, and if was a fruit before, it's still a fruit.

It is not a condiment until something beyond pickling is done with it, i.e., being chopped iup and/or mixed with other ingredients. But whole pickled cucumbers or tomatoes are still not condiments in their whole form.

Woe to the first being to utter the word "Yep." in my direction today.

Yep.

For example if I go downstairs in the old Birdcage Theater where days long poker games were played, I'll take an unlit cigar down there as a trigger object and would be likely to smell cigar smoke.

I've been downstairs in the old Birdcage Theater, and I smelled nothing unusual. Of course, I am not batshit crazy like GK's caller, but since I was JUST THERE last month, I thought it was appropriate for me to comment on this.

That is, if you're talking about the Birdcage Theater in Tombstone, Arizona. If you're talking about another Birdcage Theater, I can't really comment on the native aromas of said theater.

Actually, it might be a good idea for this woman to see a doctor.[/quote]

Gee, ya think?

I suspect I would have to side with the condiment lady. Cucumbers are vegetables, but once you pickle 'em, they turn into a condiment, or possibly a side dish or appetizer, depending on form factor.

No, no, no, no, and no. Once you pickled them, if you do nothing else with them, they are the same as they were before. Whole pickled anything, be it tomatoes, cucumbers, okra, eggs, whatever, are not a condiment until you do something further with them beyond just the pickling process.

Cucumbers are fruit

No. No they're not. A cucumber, which is a vegetable, does not suddenly become a fruit simply because you brine the thing.

Relish is a condiment

True. But until you turn pickles into relish, they are not a condiment.

Dill Pickles are an abomination to nature

Speak not such heresy in my presence! Dill pickles are awesome. I could eat them all day, every day, and often start out my day at The Bar with a quick dill pickle spear munchy. (We have them on hand for our Bloody Marys.)

And pickled herring?

One word: YUMMY!

I would have said that 'pickles' referred to pickled onions. But that may just be this side of the ocean.

Definitely just that side of the ocean. See above.

[Sapphire Silk]

Eventually they simply ceased talking to one another. So I assume neither side emerged victorious. Thus, sadly, we will never truly know what a pickle is.

Oh, I think you know what a pickle is, given as your job puts you in so many of them . . .

[Merriweather]

[QUOTE=Hermione;962862]That customer is just annoying, but this is absolutely true.

For example if I go downstairs in the old Birdcage Theater where days long poker games were played, I'll take an unlit cigar down there as a trigger object and would be likely to smell cigar smoke. Horse manure has been smelled during the middle of the night at the old Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine Florida too.
/QUOTE]

(totally OT, sorry in advance)

The way you worded that, sounds like you've been in the Birdcage numerous times? Do you live in or near Tombstone? Just wondering,
I used to live there, and have never ran into anyone else who has.

Have been to Castillo de San Marcos as well :-)

I envy you your ghosting trips - have had my share of experiences, but never gone hunting for any. Would SO love to do so.

[Mytical]

My first thought of 'shane' was that he has watched too much Storage Wars..where one person is constantly saying 'yep'. He was confused and thought he was at an auction bidding, so just kept saying 'yep' in order to bid on the clothing.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Dill pickles are yummmmmm. Now I want one. (No, I'm not pregnant..........sadly)

The 407 guy...maybe I'm just jaded because my customers are rich jetsetters and use their cell phones from all corners of the known universe, so even someone in the Orlando area with a 407 area code could be in Canada and calling you...even a Canadian citizen who also happens to be a part time Florida resident...of which there are a LOT. Then again, your SC really just sounds kind of dumb, or drunk, or asleep.

Speaking of Florida...I get to smell sulfur a lot. We have lawn irrigation systems that draw their water from deep wells, and most well water down here has a good amount of sulfur in it. I hate that the smell even comes in the house when the sprinklers come on. At least the water I drink is purified by the city...

[AccountingDrone]

Actually, it might be a good idea for this woman to see a doctor. It's quite possible there's something wonky in her brain causing her to believe she smells something that's just not there.

Or maybe she has a sinus infection or an abscess somewhere in her nasopharynx, and she's smelling it from the inside. Of course this would also give her breath that would choke a hog, but you can't smell her through the phone.

Migraine auras? You can have relatively painless migraines [i would be so lucky]

[mhkohne]

*eye twitches*
Woe to the first being to utter the word "Yep." in my direction today.

Yep

(I'm sorry, I just couldn't help myself)

[crazylegs]

Thus, sadly, we will never truly know what a pickle is.

It's what they were in

No. No they're not. A cucumber, which is a vegetable, does not suddenly become a fruit simply because you brine the thing.

Sorry old boy but cucumbers are most certainly fruit -
OED definition of cucumber -
noun 1 a long green skinned fruit with watery flesh, usually eaten raw in salads or pickled.

The definition of 'fruit' is the fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seeds and can be eaten as food... (bolding my own) Compare this with vegetable which is either the entire plant, or a section of it (no mention there of seeds + fruiting bodies).

[/pedantry]

[Jay 2K Winger]

My first thought of 'shane' was that he has watched too much Storage Wars..where one person is constantly saying 'yep'. He was confused and thought he was at an auction bidding, so just kept saying 'yep' in order to bid on the clothing.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought this!

Yyyyyyyyep!

[Hermione]

The way you worded that, sounds like you've been in the Birdcage numerous times? Do you live in or near Tombstone? Just wondering,
I used to live there, and have never ran into anyone else who has.

Have been to Castillo de San Marcos as well :-)

I envy you your ghosting trips - have had my share of experiences, but never gone hunting for any. Would SO love to do so.

LOL Oh gosh no. Never been on a paranormal investigation but would love to. Just a Ghost Adventures addict. Comes on Friday nights at 9 ET on Travel Channel. This week they'll be locked in the Lizzie Borden house all night.

[Dark Psion]

Sorry old boy but cucumbers are most certainly fruit -
OED definition of cucumber -
noun 1 a long green skinned fruit with watery flesh, usually eaten raw in salads or pickled.

The definition of 'fruit' is the fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seeds and can be eaten as food... (bolding my own) Compare this with vegetable which is either the entire plant, or a section of it (no mention there of seeds + fruiting bodies).

[/pedantry]

Also, Cashews, Almonds and Coconuts are fruit.

They are in the same botanical class as Cherries, but with them, you are eating the pit.

[Mr Hero]

I agree with Jester. Pickles are vegetables by themselves since they come from cucumbers. But has anyone heard of Shit Pickle? Can't really tell how he's classified.

[dalesys]

My Inner Child says !Blargh! on science. Fruits are edible when I can't get candy. Wedgietables like pukelnumbers get snuffed under the carpet or down the heater vent!

[NotMyProblem]

You are violating the CGC Prevention Act of 1992, which is a clear prohibition on topics that you are not permitted to engage a complete stranger in: Children, Grandchildren & Cats.

This carries at least a $200 fine.

I sososo wanna write tickets for that!!!!

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