18 Replies to “What, is there something left to say…?”

1. andy says:

   July 10, 2002 at 3:28 pm

   This must be what they call “art” – am I right?

2. Andrew Northrup says:

   July 10, 2002 at 3:41 pm

   No, I think it’s a dressing.

3. Jen says:

   July 10, 2002 at 4:29 pm

   Never mayonnaise. Only mustard.

4. Steve W. says:

   July 10, 2002 at 4:37 pm

   What was Louis Gossett Jr.’s nickname for Richard Gere in <i>An Officer and a Gentleman</i>!
   
   What do I win, Alex?

5. Daniel Silliman says:

   July 10, 2002 at 5:10 pm

   Hilarious!

   “Jeff Goldstein do you have any final words?”
   
   “Jeff Goldstein what more can be said, what final statement can you make?”

   “Mayonaise.”

6. Ben Fischer says:

   July 10, 2002 at 8:02 pm

   Stupid French. Now they got Jeff using the demon sauce. I’ll save you Jeff, using the power of….. ketcup!

7. Scott says:

   July 10, 2002 at 9:54 pm

   NO!  Mayo and mustard – for bologna and cheese sandwiches.

8. Andrea Harris says:

   July 10, 2002 at 11:02 pm

   Sauce of Satan! Dressing of Satan. Whatever-the-heck-mayonnaise-<i>is</i> of Satan. Mayonnaise is evil.

   Mustard, however, can be redeemed, if only we pray.

9. Steve Skubinna says:

   July 10, 2002 at 11:06 pm

   Apparently, mayonnaise is named for Port Mahon, Minorca, location of one of the few French victories beyond the shores of Europe in the eighteenth century.

   That campaign was also the reason Admiral Byng was courtmartialed and executed.  He was certainly no Nelson, but he was left holding the bag for an incompetent government and made the fall guy.  Tough breaks.

   But otherwise, modern potato salald would be impossible.  We’d be eating hot potato salad, like the Germans.  Which is great, but it just doesn’t go with cookouts as well.

   Oh, yeah, and deviled eggs, too.  Lord knows what we’d put in them without mayo.

   And imagine a BLT without it.  Nope, sorry, guys, this is one thing the French have done right.  Just don’t tell them or it will go to their heads.  We don’t want them getting insufferable.

10. timekeeper says:

    July 10, 2002 at 11:19 pm

    Miracle Whip?

11. Ad Hominid says:

    July 11, 2002 at 1:31 am

    I’m lost. Is this perhaps connected to Arafat’s baby wipes and vaseline?

12. Scott says:

    July 11, 2002 at 3:36 am

    YES!  Miracle Whip kicks mayo’s ass ten ways to Sunday.

    But NEVER rule out the once and future contender – Dijonaisse!

13. Martin says:

    July 11, 2002 at 3:50 am

    <a href=”http://www.angelfire.com/punk/mayonnaise/Mayonnaise.htm”>Mayonnaise?</a>

14. timekeeper says:

    July 11, 2002 at 5:08 am

    I never use mayo or miracle whip. Mustard, OTOH, is good on hot dogs, hamburgers, and in barbecue sauce, or mixed with honey and spices, on chicken.

    When one is making sandwiches, the only acceptable spread is *butter*. Anything else is a sinful travesty.

15. DustyG says:

    July 11, 2002 at 12:45 pm

    Richard Brautigan.
    
    Very missed.
    
    Revenge of the Lawn, was it?
    
    Thank you for the quotation.

16. Stephen Green says:

    July 11, 2002 at 2:04 pm

    Helen, tell me this somehow means Jeff is finally off, working on his novel.

17. Jeff G says:

    July 11, 2002 at 3:02 pm

    Dead on, Dusty G!  Nice catch.

    Steve—yup, I’m gonna be scaling back here for a while.  Might be a bit sporadic with my posting.  But hey—bad novels just don’t write themselves…

18. Mike says:

    July 12, 2002 at 2:27 pm

    Butter.

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