It was thus said that the Great Roger Merchberger once stated:
>
> I'm continually begging them for new greek stuff - you can get a burger
> anywhere, after all - and I was *finally* greeted with something new this
> Saturday (don't recall the name, some type of lamb & beef dish with a
> baked pancake-like topping - started with an "M") and it was fantastic!
Mousaki---although I'm not spelling that right at all. There's a diner in
Boca Raton [1] called, appriately enough, the Boca Diner [2] that is Greek
owned and I've had it there. Quite good (if indeed, I'm thinking of the
right dish).
> Awrighty -- educate this idiotic american... what's Poutine? (Oh, and as an
> aside, what's Haggis?)
I don't know what Poutine is, but I do know what Haggis is. Tripe [4].
Or in other words, cow stomache. Sorry, I'll pass.
-spc (Doing my best to keep this on topic)
[1] Marginally on topic as Boca Raton, FL was the birth place of the IBM
PC. The building that it was actually developed in is now an art
museum if I recall correctly.
If anyone is interested, here's a shot of IBM mainsite from
Terraserver:
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.asp?S=10&T=1&X=2946&Y=14596&Z=17&W=2
The large hex shape in the center is the (was the actually [3]) main
IBM building, with a large pool in the center. It's a beautiful
building.
[2] Not to be confused with the Boca Raton Diner (ick, ptuey!). It used
to be opened 24 hours (and was a favorite hangout for CS students at
FAU) but alas, no more.
[3] IBM pulled out of Boca Raton in 1995-96. The old IBM campus is now
owned by a company called TRex and it leases space out of the
buildings to high-tech companies.
Some friends and I took a walk through the main building in '98
(thereabouts---it was mostly empty at that point) and the server
rooms were impressive---some had raised floors of 6 feet or more
in height!
[4] Leared that from Hack (not Nethack). Also learned the vi movement
keys on that game. Still marginally on topic 8-)
Received on Tue Nov 06 2001 - 16:02:21 GMT