Friday, June 15, 2007

Man vs. Wild or Man vs. Clothing?

So (that's how kids begin every sentence). So, I love shows about survival. "I Shouldn't Be Alive," "Survivorman," and "Man Versus Wild." Clearly (the sentence beginning word choice of lawyers). Clearly, "I shouldn't Be Alive" is the most credible of them all. Ipso facto (also lawyers), I watch it the most.
However, Bear (the Man of "Man vs. Wild and highly funny coincidence of his name matching that of his foes) has me tuning in. It doesn't hurt that he is hot--from his British accent all the way down to his trousers, which he removes a lot. Something about reducing the onset of hypothermia when his clothes get wet. Trust me, he doesn't need to worry about reducing the onset of shrinkage. Wow.
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Water People

I've never waited a table. You wouldn't want me to. But I imagine that waiters have their own lingo and codes. My boyfriend and I were on the receiving end of what could only be the unfavorable type of customer at an expensive restaurant, the--we'll just be having water customer. It's not that one meal at M&S was out of our league, especially since it was lunch. It wasn't that soup and salad was all we could afford. If anything, the waiter could have had a bigger tip because we weren't spending as much as we're used to on dining out. Needless to say after being ignored--Nobel Prize winner Weisel says indifference is worse than being treated with anger--and complimentary bread deprived, we did not leave a tip.

So here it is now--if people order water on a Saturday afternoon it might just be because they're hung over and saving room for a friend's pasta bolognese later.