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10/04/2005 Brandon "Creativity is something out of nothing, man!" M. says:

I solved the connection.I was at a dinner party and the cook/fireman Brian cooked a great meal with a middleeastern bbq flair.Ted brought over some pies he bakes and he bakes alot.I was telling them I use to cook for 6 people in college.There were 14 guys at the party and they all cook.The girls,11 in total never cooks.That's the connection,woman don't cook,the best chief of the world are chiefs,we started getting fat after the 50-60's.We were argueing why women don't cook.I think we need to look into this.I think as american's we need to get the women to start cooking on a regular basis.I don't think it has anything to do with what we cook,it's that they need to get back into the kitchen.I'm willing to not cook,if they clean up after they make the mess.I really think this is the reason as a nation we are obese.I know I'm right,I might get a medal for this one day.
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10/04/2005 Brandon "Creativity is something out of nothing, man!" M. says:

That's chef,not indian chiefs.
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10/04/2005 Dan V. says:

Ignoring the sexism in your post, you're certainly making a case for Americans having the worse grammar.
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10/04/2005 JayChan H. says:

LMAO!
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10/04/2005 Dan V. says:

"worse grammar"...  ah the sad ironic backfire of the internet zing.
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10/04/2005 H.A. .. says:

Brandon, are you trolling for trouble again?
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10/04/2005 Anita "the young man's momma" L. says:

I do cook and I cook almost every night. What I cook is healthy too always lots of fresh veggies, and we don't eat refined sugars, flours etc. So why is my husband overweight and has put on 30 lbs since we got married? Maybe if he cooked, he wouldn't eat so much.
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10/04/2005 H.A. .. says:

He's cheating on you, Anita.


And by that I mean, of course, he's cheating by eating UNhealthy food when he is not with you... probably eating Ding Dongs and HoHo's (the kind made of sugar and flour, not the kind with too much lipstick on lower Polk street).
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10/04/2005 H.A. .. says:

Here's some things to look for:  Check his pockets.  Do you find candy wrappers from stores you don't shop at?  Strange fast food packaging stuffed under the car seat?  These are the signs of a cheating (on his diet) spouse....
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10/04/2005 Anita "the young man's momma" L. says:

Hmmmm.... but where does he get the money from? I know exactly where his $$$ goes to and how much he has .... maybe he IS cheating on me (LOL). Maybe he's got some woman buying him these unhealthy foods? Seriously though, I think it's portion size too. He eats about 3 portions of everything which I believe is the reason. I think you can eat whatever you want as long as you eat the right amount. American portions are way way out of whack! Go anywhere else in the world and their portion size is sometimes less than an American appetizer.
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10/04/2005 H.A. .. says:

Ah... portions.  It always comes down to that...  But make sure not to let him have any cash, and keep a tight reign on all credit card purchases.  Those $1.99 purchases at Walgreens are either chips or candy...
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10/04/2005 Rachel M. says:

Yeah, I think someone's got to be trolling for trouble - surely to God someone can't put a post like this in total seriousness on a place like Yelp.  Frightenning...

And yes, portion sizes are insanely out of wack - I can't figure out how restuarants make money on serving huge portions. ( I know, they make it back at the bar, I guess).  And remember when it was "exercise three days a week?" Now it's been moved up to five; I suppose that's an intelligent response to the issue of obesity.
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10/04/2005 Mick F. says:

I am so over Brandon screaming for attention.

How can you take a boy in a blue spandex shirt seriously?

Brandon, you might find yourself getting better attention back in 1997, when trolling BBS'es was cool.
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10/04/2005 lisa "the happy scientist" g. says:

Mick is the greatest!
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10/04/2005 Michael C. says:

dude, I cook for myself. Enough said.
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10/05/2005 H.A. .. says:

vodka martini (with a twist, not an olive) is definitely the best adult beverage if you have to drink on a diet
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10/05/2005 H.A. .. says:

All fats are not created equal.
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10/08/2005 Brandon "Creativity is something out of nothing, man!" M. says:

Woo,I was not trolling for attention but trying to make conversation,but notice that people go on the offensive way too fast here.I'll lay off this for awhile.But I'll not make fun of how someone looks because I'm above that and looking at the way you look Mick,I bet you get more odd stares than I'll ever will.And I would think someone like you would appreciate the different look among the locals around here.
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10/08/2005 Mick F. says:

Please dont mistake me having a lip ring as someone being appreciative of a misuse in lycra.

I am an incredibly arrogant, self-centered asshole, so i dont HAVE to appreciate fashion.

But within reason, i could care less what anyone wears.

WITHIN REASON.

When its blue spandex coupled with one sexist post after another, that alpha male gym mentality comes to mind, and it isnt about fashion anymore. It gets different and im thinking....troll?

Why?

No one could be so thick as to post things like that unless they were looking for attention.

I know youre new to the area, so here is a tip.

You live in the Bay Area. You may want to ease off the chauvanist posts.

Just a tip.
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10/08/2005 Brandon "Creativity is something out of nothing, man!" M. says:

Well,I'm going to explain this once and I'll just let this post die a natural death.There was no sexist implied in my post.You just read things the way you guys wanted to.I really believe that if you first always find something to be offended at first glance,you're go to probably do it in real life too,I'm not that way.When my mother was alive she was the best cook hands down and she cooked and kept the kitchen clean and I do the same.I think there is a thing with females having a hand in cooking that we miss in society.That's what I was trying to put out there.In fact,3 things in the grocery store is based on her recipe,because legally I can't tell you what they are because they go by a trade person's name and the other is it doesn't taste like what the original recipe is so I would be pretty ashamed of it if you taste it.I won't even touch on the other subject here.
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10/08/2005 JayChan H. says:

R.I.P!  

Hey Mick, I'd hug ya but you lip ring might snag my new knit cap!
You da Man!
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10/09/2005 H.A. .. says:

Brandon -

It seems pointless to try to reason with someone who seems to be "trolling" for negative attention,  but I am feeling lucky.  

Bigots hardly ever recognize their own bigotry.  That sort of goes with the bigot territory.  And by bigots, I mean, sexist pigs.

And hey - negative attention is better than no attention at all.  Isn't it?
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10/09/2005 H.A. .. says:

PS - Americans are overweight because they eat too much, and eat the wrong things (packaged food, chips, soda).  This is not a gender issue.
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10/09/2005 Rachel M. says:

What galls me is that he says, I'm willing to not cook,if they clean up after they make the mess" - not "you know, I can't cook, but if they're willing to cook I'll gladly help out cleaning up".  Why can't the best person for the job do it - the cooking, the cleaning, etc.?

Yeah, maybe we should just let his post die a natural death - there's no point in reasoning with someone who doesn't understand how his posts could be seen as sexist.

Brandon - I'll make you a deal.  I'll start 'cooking for my man' and you and any other man who needs feeding *after* you learn to punctuate, capitalize and form coherent, non-arrogant posts on here. Deal?  I cook a mean meatloaf - if you can bring some spaces after your words we can play 50s bad stereotype of June Cleaver after dinner.  Just pay me enough money and I'll be there.

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