Question of the Day (01-21-10)

[Cloud9Gal]

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If you were at a friend's house for a nice, lavish dinner and you found a dead cockroach in your salad, what would you do?

[OBIO]

Vomit, then leave.

OBIO

[WarHorse47]

Options:

1. Point out to my friend that there is a cockroach in my salad.
2. Not eat the cockroach
3. Skip the salad and hope I don't encounter any more cockroaches during the meal.
4. Ask for a stiff drink. :icon29:

--WH

[Chacha]

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If you were at a friend's house for a nice, lavish dinner and you found a dead cockroach in your salad, what would you do?



Eeeeks!


:isadizzy:


:pop4:

[Wing_Z]

Sorry C9G, could you explain a little more?
Is it a Whole cockroach, or Half a cockroach??
See, Obio's solution only applies in one of those cases... :d

[Henry]

is it cooked?
H

[Cloud9Gal]

is it cooked?
H


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[harleyman]

I would sneak it into the hosts bowl and see how they handled the situation...HeHe

I wonder if they would toss it aside and eat up

Or go STOP EATING there was a cockroach in my salad

Or maybe , just not see the thing and wonder silently why I had not touched my dinner.....LOL

[TheOptimist]

Keep quiet, or everyone will want one.

[dogknot]

Keep quiet, or everyone will want one.

:icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol: :applause: Now that made me LOL!!

Reality, I'd do the same as WarHorse47. Why wouldn't you say something, especially to your friend?

Question #2: Would you tell your friend they have a booger stuck to the side of their nose? ...or just let it ride? :mixedsmi:

[JAllen]

Hey that is an expensive salad! Not everyone can serve such gourmet dishes. Congratulate your host on their good fortune to serve Roach Salad!

:applause: Jim

[Cloud9Gal]

Keep quiet, or everyone will want one.


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[Kofschip]

I would lay it out on the table, make a cross out of some salad content parts and say a prayer.:173go1:

[PeteHam]

What .... only one cockroach. :isadizzy:

You should go to one of the West Coast Wild Food Festivals .... :icon_lol:

http://www.wildfoods.co.nz/index.cfm/1,51,0,0,html

Pete.

[jmig]

I would say, "Wow, this salad sure is crunchy." ;)

[CG_1976]

What .... only one cockroach. :isadizzy:

You should go to one of the West Coast Wild Food Festivals .... :icon_lol:

http://www.wildfoods.co.nz/index.cfm/1,51,0,0,html

Pete.

Yummy Grubs, been a while since I had them.

[cheezyflier]

well, i would try to point it out as politely as i could. i doubt if i could eat after that, but maybe.


back when i was a young man, i stayed the night at my g/f house. her family were all 1%'rs. when breakfast time came they gave me 3 choices

1) sh!t on a shingle

2) a bowl of cereal

3) scrambled eggs

i was just about to choose cereal when i noticed my g/f was pouring a bowl of rice krispies for herself. then i watched her flick 3 roaches out of the bowl as if it was no big deal, and pour the milk. i had been up drinkin all night the night before, so i was a little queasy anyhow. i walked home that day, 3 miles in the freezing cold, puking the whole way home.

[Chacha]

well, i would try to point it out as politely as i could. i doubt if i could eat after that, but maybe.


back when i was a young man, i stayed the night at my g/f house. her family were all 1%'rs. when breakfast time came they gave me 3 choices

1) sh!t on a shingle

2) a bowl of cereal

3) scrambled eggs

i was just about to choose cereal when i noticed my g/f was pouring a bowl of rice krispies for herself. then i watched her flick 3 roaches out of the bowl as if it was no big deal, and pour the milk. i had been up drinkin all night the night before, so i was a little queasy anyhow. i walked home that day, 3 miles in the freezing cold, puking the whole way home.



Eeeeks....

:isadizzy:

[PRB]

I suppose it would depend on the state of the friendship. Ideally, you would be able to say “umm, hey Joe, lookit what I found in the salad. I think I'll set this one aside and wait for desert. I think...” But, if the incident takes place in the Philippines, then what you do is run in the back and get your elephant gun and shoot it before it drags off the kids...

[Chacha]

I suppose it would depend on the state of the friendship. Ideally, you would be able to say “umm, hey Joe, lookit what I found in the salad. I think I'll set this one aside and wait for desert. I think...” But, if the incident takes place in the Philippines, then what you do is run in the back and get your elephant gun and shoot it before it drags off the kids...


Why did you mention Philippines of all places PRB?

Have you been there?

[PRB]

Yep. During the time I was in the navy I visited there many times (1982 - 1991). Some were just port visits lasting a day or two, but twice I spent a month or so there. Mostly it was the Subic Bay area, but I've also visited Manila, and Angeles City, where Clark Air Force Base used to be. I have fond memories of my visits there. It's hot as heck, and the people were very friendly. One time our fleet of ships sailed from Subic Bay and went through the islands, across the Sibuyan Sea, to emerge from the San Bernadino Straight, of WW-II fame, into the Pacific. It was very cool. C9G's QOD reminded me of some of the astonishingly large creepy crawlies I've seen there!

[TARPSBird]

I would immediately make my friend aware of the cockroach, either right there at the table or (if other guests were present) quickly pick up the salad bowl and politely ask him to join me in the kitchen. That way he could either retrieve the other guest's salads or at least make sure the rest of the dinner menu was roach-free. In any event I'd probably have to excuse myself from any further dining. ;)
In the Philippines, with open sewer canals and lotsa garbage, cockroaches are simply part of your life. I was stationed there for two years (Subic Bay) and there seems to be a time of year when all the cockroaches think they're Charles Lindbergh and try to fly, and they suck at it. Max gross-out to be relaxing in your living room and have one of the clumsy critters come sputtering across the room and hit your head or fall in your food or drink.

[kilo delta]

I'd race the cockroach to see who could finish the salad first!:icon_lol:




what would I really do?.......
Probably swap bowls with my wife when she wasn't looking and wait for all hell to break loose......:monkies::bump:

[Cazzie]

I don't eat salads, but I'd trade you mine for the roach.

LOL Henry! True C9G spoken like a true Arcadian, but he's English. It all taste alike with enough cayenne.

Cheezy, you do know what "sh!t on a shingle" is? Got it's name in the Navy back in WW II, HD can tell you all about the culinary that was supposed to be chipped beef on toast with gravy I bet.

Caz

[jmig]

Yep. During the time I was in the navy I visited there many times (1982 - 1991). Some were just port visits lasting a day or two, but twice I spent a month or so there. Mostly it was the Subic Bay area, but I've also visited Manila, and Angeles City, where Clark Air Force Base used to be. I have fond memories of my visits there. It's hot as heck, and the people were very friendly. One time our fleet of ships sailed from Subic Bay and went through the islands, across the Sibuyan Sea, to emerge from the San Bernadino Straight, of WW-II fame, into the Pacific. It was very cool. C9G's QOD reminded me of some of the astonishingly large creepy crawlies I've seen there!

THAT brings memories. Good old Jungle Survive, otherwise known as snake school. We were suppose to hide from the natives. Yeah, right! they knew the jungle like a NYC gang knows the Hood.

[PRB]

I heard about that Survival school in the "PI"... Didn't sound like fun!

Now, this Bear Grylls guy from that "Survivor Man" show (have you guys seen this show??) If he found a bug in his salad he would hold it up to the camera and say "umm, protien!", eat it, then rummage through his salad looking for more...

[cheezyflier]

Cheezy, you do know what "sh!t on a shingle" is? Got it's name in the Navy back in WW II, HD can tell you all about the culinary that was supposed to be chipped beef on toast with gravy I bet.

Caz


i wouldna ate it even if i didn't see any bugs. anything with a name like that is not for me. :icon_lol:

[MaddogK]

Heh, I don't remember seeing roaches in Subic, but again I was prolly too drunk to remember.

...or gittin' too much luvin'.

;)

[Snuffy]

Umm ... everyone's forgot the most important part ...

what flavor dressing is on the salad? :173go1:

[MaddogK]

Prolly French
:P

[waco]

It sure sounds like PRB has been there. Bugs can be big in that part of the world and are considered a gourmet specialty. Use your imagination and you'll get nauseous. I only spent the night there before flying a little further west where the bugs are still big.

[Bjoern]

Point it out to my friend and suggest hiring an exterminator. Or getting a neutron bomb.

[Matt Wynn]

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If you were at a friend's house for a nice, lavish dinner and you found a dead cockroach in your salad, what would you do?

carry on eating, after all it's only a bit of protein...

i'm an outdoorsy type, i enjoy survival exercises and pushing myself to my limits... therefore what i know is edible WILL be eaten, i'd even pass a tip on the best way to cook an insect... boil it, seriously, it's not bad, if you have some rice add a few to that, quick easy survival exercise meal :icon_lol:

PRB, Ed 'Bear' Grylls is one of the few people i do have time for, after all he was Regiment, another guy i like for ideas is Ray Mears, combine the 2 completely different styles and you get a happy medium, of course i can't stress often enough if you want to try a survival ex make sure you know the area, it's risks etc... and seek help beforehand on what edible and whats not... remember the 7P's; Proper Planning & Preperation Prevents P*ss Poor Performance :salute: