Saturday, June 11, 2005
Restaurant Non-non-Comedy
For once, no malfunctions. Just a very amusing event.
Mr Magoo is leaving to head down south for much more money next week, so tonight he had a leaving party in town. At around 8, several of us decided to go for some food, so we went over to him to say goodbye, good luck, etc. On explaining where and why we were going, his eyes lit up. An idea had been born.
"Could you order me something, then give me a ring when it arrives, and I'll run over, eat, and then come back here? Actually, ring me when you get there so I can pick something I like off the menu."
Genius.
So that's what happened! I don't think Lint and Flissy-Loo quite believed we were serious until I called him with the menu shortlist (which, given certain constraints he'd placed on the food - only beef with rice, and no Thai curry because that's what he had for lunch - was a very shortlist!). I'm going to miss him.
This, roundaboutly, also reminded me of the fun we (I!) had at D-Something's expense last Saturday. We were playing 4-way Mario Karts at Lint's when D-S went to the loo. I saw an opportunity and swapped the ports that my and his controllers were plugged into, so he would now be controlling the car on my screen and vice versa. We then proceeded to have a 5-minute race, which I won, despite having to deal with multiple derision from D-S for continuously driving "my" car into a wall, and still not having finished my first lap by the time "he'd" won the whole 3-lap race.
At about the point when he started crowing over his sudden rapid, even miraculous, improvement in ability to play the game, I creased up. I had a bit of difficulty breathing, I was laughing so hard - Psycho Hamster and Lint then got set off by it too. D-S was looking steadily more confused. Lint then asked him if he'd noticed the car having particularly unresponsive steering, or a bit of a lag between pressing the buttons and seeing the reaction on screen.
The penny finally dropped. It was a beautiful moment.
Mr Magoo is leaving to head down south for much more money next week, so tonight he had a leaving party in town. At around 8, several of us decided to go for some food, so we went over to him to say goodbye, good luck, etc. On explaining where and why we were going, his eyes lit up. An idea had been born.
"Could you order me something, then give me a ring when it arrives, and I'll run over, eat, and then come back here? Actually, ring me when you get there so I can pick something I like off the menu."
Genius.
So that's what happened! I don't think Lint and Flissy-Loo quite believed we were serious until I called him with the menu shortlist (which, given certain constraints he'd placed on the food - only beef with rice, and no Thai curry because that's what he had for lunch - was a very shortlist!). I'm going to miss him.
This, roundaboutly, also reminded me of the fun we (I!) had at D-Something's expense last Saturday. We were playing 4-way Mario Karts at Lint's when D-S went to the loo. I saw an opportunity and swapped the ports that my and his controllers were plugged into, so he would now be controlling the car on my screen and vice versa. We then proceeded to have a 5-minute race, which I won, despite having to deal with multiple derision from D-S for continuously driving "my" car into a wall, and still not having finished my first lap by the time "he'd" won the whole 3-lap race.
At about the point when he started crowing over his sudden rapid, even miraculous, improvement in ability to play the game, I creased up. I had a bit of difficulty breathing, I was laughing so hard - Psycho Hamster and Lint then got set off by it too. D-S was looking steadily more confused. Lint then asked him if he'd noticed the car having particularly unresponsive steering, or a bit of a lag between pressing the buttons and seeing the reaction on screen.
The penny finally dropped. It was a beautiful moment.
posted by Chip : 00:10
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