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That's just stupid.
/ravi
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I liked reason #236 better!
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For those who don't know, a "float" is a scoop or more of ice cream (usually vanilla), in a glass, then some flavored soda (aka "pop" ...think Coke but don't stop there) is poured over it.
A float, aka an ice cream float, was one of my favorite childhood summertime treats. Last night we topped all I've ever had before.
We started with a supreme ice cream[^], one that is so good a writer for the New York Times said it was worth the trip to Cincinnati. That's like a Parisian saying some food in Dover was worth the trip in January.
One of my favorite flavors for the soda is something called "root beer". [^] Normal root beer is basically a tea made from bark and roots of trees.
Well...my favorite daughter favorite boyfriend brought over some Not Your Father's Root Beer...[^]
Yum!
cat fud heer
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Ah memories! As a kid, Vernors over vanilla ice cream.
It's a Detroit thing. You wouldn't understand.
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We made ours with Cream Soda[^] instead of root beer and it was called an "Ice Cream Soda".
I remember my grand parents had anodized aluminum glasses that were only used for that (eaten outside around the pool)
I'd rather be phishing!
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Interesting - I had never considered it before.
Ice cream in a glass of soda was called an ice cream soda.
Yet, there was, indeed, an item specifically called a root-beer-float.
Like any rational person, in times of great personal trauma, I turned to Wikipedia.
Looking up Root Beer Float I ended up on the Ice Cream Soda page.
So, as a brad is a nail, and a palomino is a horse, so to we have our confusion assuaged.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: So, as a brad is a nail, and a palomino is a horse
And a chesterfield is a sofa, as is a couch.
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Maximilien wrote: We made ours with Cream Soda[^] instead of root beer and it was called an "Ice Cream Soda".
Good stuff!
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Red cream soda?
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Don't even get me started on Graeters... I might have to make the extremely strenuous 5 minute walk there tonight...
As far as floats go, vanilla ice cream with orange soda is pretty darn good. Also, I did Dr. Pepper with chocolate ice cream once, which was quite tasty.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Colin Mullikin wrote: Graeters
Picked up 3 pints for under $15 last weekend. Would have done 4 but when I did that last year I ended up in the hospital for "gas" (Cardiologist has a different opinion, the punk kid!). My hospital room was ground level. Across the way, the sign on a Graeter's shop mocked me for 4 days.
Colin Mullikin wrote: vanilla ice cream with orange soda
Can you say "Dreamsicle/Creamsicle"?
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BiggerDon wrote: Across the way, the sign on a Graeter's shop mocked me for 4 days. I believe, according to Dante, that is one of the circles of Hell...
BiggerDon wrote: Can you say "Dreamsicle/Creamsicle"? Exactly. I once had some orange cream soda that tasted exactly like that, but when I made the float, I only had normal orange soda.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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IMHO, the only way to eat icecream is with a spoon.
/ravi
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No reason you can't have a root beer float with a spoon.
How about an ice-cream sandwich? Ice cream between 2 homemade chocolate chips cookies.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: How about an ice-cream sandwich? The only thing I want in my sandwich is ham. Ham, beautiful ham... and salami. Mmmm...
(Oddly enough I have a hankering for Chinese food right now.)
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: Ham, beautiful ham... and salami Such beautiful talk makes me weepy...
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Your profile pic makes me salivate.
/ravi
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The ability to make a good sandwich is a skill that is under appreciated.
What we got here is a failure to communicate
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I agree. I thank John Montagu every time I bite into one.
/ravi
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Truer words were never spoken!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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No cheese?
Ever been to Miami and had a Cuban sandwich with ham and roast pork? Well, Cuban Pete's ain't a bad second...
Quote: EL CUBANO (CUBAN SANDWICH)
Authentic and to die for! Imported ham, slow roasted pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, mayo on fresh baked, authentic Cuban bread.
$7 95
And if I can't wait until lunch, this is even tastier
Quote: BREAKFAST CUBAN $7 95
A traditional Cuban sandwich topped with 2 fried eggs. Get a half sandwich topped with 1 egg for $3.95
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Cuban sandwiches rock! Sadly, I've never had one (yet).
/ravi
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Since you're a salami fan, ever had salami and cream cheese on a garlic bagel? Another reason to live!
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Everything except the cheese sounds great! (Unfortunately not a big fan of cheese, because it doesn't agree with me).
/ravi
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