Good morning everyone! Damn glad to see you!
We’ve got something a little different for you today. We’ve got a special guest star. Our very own Litre Cola!
We’re also switching things up a bit and instead of cooking we’ll be trying food that someone else prepared.
I know, right?
I’m pretty sure the idea for today’s post originated with Litre. He was discussing how the quaint Canadian settlement he lives in has a fairly large Filipino population and he made mention that there were now “Filipino fast food places.” Being familiar with Filipino cuisine and some of their culture, my brain instinctively said. “That’s GOT to be fucking Jollibee.”
I was right.
I live in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, San Pedro to be exact, and just a couple of towns north of me is the city of Carson.
Home of the Carson Drive In!
Now closed of course.
Carson is also home to a very large Filipino and Samoan settlement and they are also home to a goddamn Jollibee.
Surrounding area.
Carson is fine but maybe considered a little “edgy.” Considering it’s neighbor to the South is Wilmington and it’s neighbor to the north is Compton it earned that “Edgy” distinction.
When approaching the store you are greeted by.
Love the “stolen shopping cart” sign. Jollibee is working some serious overtime on it’s “mascot game.” They are obviously trying to establish the cult-like following of the Big 3 “The Clown, The King and The Colonel” as Anthony Bourdain so eloquently out it.
But look at this creepy motherfucker!
Inside the store.
You can see the abject horror on the employee’s faces. They know the evil that they are about to inflict. They were rock solid with their COVID protocols and everything was safe and clean. Only 1 person at a time inside.
But mother of god! What’s that!
Holy Jesus! What type of ritualistic pagan idolatry is this? They’re trying to rope in the little bastards when they’re young. That would allow them to feast on the blood of the infants from an early age.
Nothing holy can come of this.
The Food.
Jollibee gained its notoriety in the fried chicken game and there isn’t a single fucking thing wrong with that. The also have burgers and few more Filipino-centric dishes of which I had to sample.
It’s too late. The creepy eyed fucker has now entered my home!
Let’s get a look at the menu shall we?
I ordered the Bucket Treat A which included 6 pieces of chicken, 6 “Burgersteaks” and 3 peach mango pies. I also ordered the “Palabok Fiesta” with palabok being a very similar type of noodle dish to Pancit. Of which I’ve partaken roughly 75 times in my life. Pancit fucking rules. And finally I ordered a side of steamed rice. Since I noticed a distinct lack of starch from the Bucket Joy A.
Let’s unpack it.
Hell of a spread.
Let’s plate!
I did not fuck around.
How juicy was that chicken?
They knew who they were dealing with because our order came (unrequested mind you) with this…
Go ahead and set that hook right into my goddamn mouth Jollibee!
For dessert.
Summation.
I have seen the error of my ways. I have been born again and baptized in the gravy of our unholy host!
You got me you evil little spud.
You got me.
LC: I read this before going so now my expectations have been raised. In doing my research there are 17 Jollibee locations in Canada which speaks to the pipeline of talent that we get from the Philippines. I went to the South location here in Calgary, which is very close to one of the Filipino neighboUrhoods here. Due to the Rona there was a strange set up outside. Three lines, one for pickup, one for ordering off a gentleman and they had their dining room closed so no entering the restaurant. I had no menu so I decided to load Decilitre back in the car and do the drive thru, I mean I had a good idea what I wanted but need to see the big fluorescent board for gut decisions. Oh the smell in the parking lot is heavenly. It is like a better smell than KFC, or Popeyes, or Mary Brown’s and you know good stuff is coming.
I ordered 6 pieces of chicken, I was especially keen after Yeah Right’s words above. Instead of the beef thing with mushrooms (as mushrooms are the devil) I went with the sweet spaghetti which I believe is how this whole conversation got started. For dessert of course I got the mango pies, Decilitre was pumped.
First thing I noticed is that silly bee outside. Decilitre, was not impressed. “That bee is red and I don’t like it, they are supposed to be black and yellow” Had we gone in the dining room I would have looked for the bee dance on the wall and have made him do it after I made an ass of myself showing him how.
Here is the packaging, same round the world!
First up is the chicken! My car smelled so good the wee man broke out in some sort of chicken song that I have never heard before. He is almost 4 and just makes shit up but seems a very happy little lad. He was begging for me to give him some in the car. DADDY HAS A REASON AND NEEDS TO DOCUMENT THIS! DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT A DICK JOKE SITE IS????
Oh yeah, this is good. The smell definitely matches the taste. It is not overly oily and quite crispy which is what I look for in my fried chicken. There are a lot of hipster chicken joints here and in a blind chicken tasting (that is an idea) I think it would stand up to far more expensive brands. The gravy is fairly light not peppery which Mrs. Cola likes and pairs well with the crispy chicken. I am getting more impressed by the minute as I am really looking forward to trying it cold. That is where a true fried chicken earns its points.
Oh boy, the sweet spaghetti, here we go.
At 1st glance it does not look appetizing but this is the main reason why I wanted to go to Jollibee in the first place. I thought that there were carrots on top, nope, its a rubbery hot dog type thing. The first taste is more pleasant than I had imagined it would be. It definitely is sweeter than an Italian style but I have to say I am far more in to it than I thought! They could really leave the wieners out as they are the only off putting part of this dish.
This whole experience has gone far better than I had anticipated. As I do in Global Snaxx, I would purchase all of these again. However! They serve Pepsico products and I am firmly a Coca Cola guy. I can’t stand Pepsi even with booze!
On to the Mango Pie! After the 1st bite Mrs. Cola looked at me and stated, “We knew these were going to be good, I mean they are deep fried hand pies.” She isn’t wrong, these things kick ass. All in all this was a great experience! Yeah Right if you ever want to do this again with Global food, I am in!
Yeah right: I would eat that palabok fiesta on a daily basis if my doctor allowed. I came here to make jokes, Honestly. I was armed with sweet spaghetti hot dog jokes.
I mean, who isn’t?
No jokes. Got to go to Jollibee.
I’ll say that without a word of indecision..
Good lord, I just saw an ad for Newsmax channel/app. On Animal Planet.
Since Dunstan’s definitely right that I should move away from using the r-word (which btw appears to be kinda like the c-word in the sense that it’s “weight” and usage is a bit… different on our side of the Atlantic) – I’d want to ask for an alternative that’s more universally accepted (I’m being serious here – since that word’s definitely more “charged” on yer end, I’m more than open for an alternative)
“Idiot” is pretty universal.
Too mild (edit: plot twist, apparently that word used to be… worse than the R-word, apparently) for this context, which is akin to seeing a lot of people around you stick their peckers into a working weed wacker (with predictable results) and deciding to go that same route expecting different results …
Also, I’m pretty sure “idiot” is in the same word class as the hard r-word (which I haven’t heard anyone use for a developmentally challenged people, but that just may be because I don’t tend to mingle with people that metaphorically punch down)
Edit: Unfortunately, I knew it
I wasn’t particularly objecting to the particular term — I don’t use it myself any more because people have strong feelings about it, but I’m somewhat indifferent — and more that I thought it was hypocritical to disparage a politician for offering a hyperbolic and simplistic talking point based on a simplistic hyperbolic talking point of your own.
Oh, I didn’t take it as a criticsm per se about the word I used in that context and more as food for thought/reminder that there are certain phrases and words that are a lot less acceptable across the pond that over ‘ere even in friendly informal conversations. (At least I take solace that I wasn’t as cringy as my boss when he absentmindedly asked at CES2019ish “If anyone has a fag I can bum” XD ) I do stand by my assertion that populist parties (either side of the political divide), especially ones doing such shameless pandering are hazardous to a country’s stability (both political and socio-economic)
This is what Alexa selected as workout music for me:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4
Me, reading that economic policy thread downstream:
In all fairness, there wasn’t math .. there was worse – (economics &)politics 😀
Wooooooooo! Great day! Fulham win, friends stopped over for wine, brunch! 3rd btl of wine let’s gooo!
Does your face hurt from the ear to ear grin you’ve had since the game?
Oh everything is great. I will deal with the crippling come down tomorrow.
I’m here for ya if you evar need it, man. Seriously
Here’s a fun study in contrasts: look at the outside “exterior” shots for my location and for Litres location and just look at the sky in each photo. Then guess which photo was in LA and which one was in Canada.
I just assumed they were both taken on a soundstage somewhere and then photoshopped.
“The banners aren’t waving! That’s how you know it’s fake!”
Needs moar snow in Litres pics
Which university baskethoops games are the the clubhouse denizens currently enjoying? I’ve no dog in any fight.
North Alabama/Liberty is interesting
Alabama ended up being disappointing. Weird.
What, they discovered that their women AREN’T their cousins at all?!
What a game Kane is having.
LOL
-Marjorie Taylor Greene’s morning constitutional
Huh. It had never before occurred to me that the difference between “facts” and “farts” is an R.
If I were in charge, that would be a banner’
found a funny:
You ever play a video game too long and when you go outside you’re like “oh wow they have birds here too? haha that’s wild”
Jeebuz, the Big Ten (or whatever their name is) has four teams in the Top Ten. This is the hellscape that a down year in the ACC has wrought.
/seriously, Midwest Ball is ugly
LOL
“Print fat stacks of money, hand that shit out to everyone”
https://twitter.com/PopulismUpdates/status/1270416646532771841
Operation “Vengeance” apparently missed one…
Because that ended so great for Zimbabwe…Seriously, I’m starting to think that electing fucking retards(I’m sorry, but the r-word is bloody warranted when someone even JOKES about “just printing money”) in positions of power is … counter-productive
Edit: Really tough fucking look when the “saner/more sensible” political parties in the fucking Diet is the one in bed with large multinationals AND vehemently denying that the Japanese Imperial forces did anything but save kittens from trees and helped old ladies cross the streets in Nanking (and elsewhere)
That’s funny, I feel similarly about people who start ranting about Zimbabwe any time the possibility of more expansionary monetary policy is brought up.
Oh, I don’t mind a more aggressive monetary policy and maybe expanding the social safety net to include a form of basic income* especially if there are actual checks and balances in place to stop the inevitable price hike of goods and services, because everyone now has “+x” money. I draw the line of “Let’s just print money, YOLO” type of nebulous/populist talk
I do agree that a lot of people (that didn’t actually make the dire mistake of getting an economics degree just in time for the global financial meltdown) keep using Zimbabwe as a blanket “No, you can’t do that, ‘coz Zimbabwe”, without realizing that Zimbabwean economics was flawed on multiple levels and that printing money was just a symptom and not the disease;)
*especially given how the improved tech and industrial efficiency means that there’ll simply be fewer jobs around without an UBI, people will quickly get desperate.. and desperate people make desperate (and quite often disastrous) decisions
Political slogans are, by necessity, usually oversimplifications of complex problems and the complex solutions needed. Sort of like how calling people “retards” is not exactly nuanced criticism. Which is fine, because nuanced criticism isn’t always the tool for the job, just like detailed analysis of government finance doesn’t fit well on a poster.
Retards in the sense that “populism” and voting for such political entities makes for a stable, long-term and high-upside “new parties” given the continuous crashing and burning of such that further enrages the electorate into making regrettable long-term choices – in no particular order – Syriza, Servant of the people (It’s funny that playing a politician on screen doesn’t translate into long term stabiltiy) and UDAR, the UMP and LREM in France, M5S and to a lesser extent the PD in Italy, the Conservatives in the UK (who basically ran on a “at least we’re not Corbyn”/”Brexit will bring sunshines and giggles” platform)….. And there are plenty of others, those are literally the ones I can think of offhand (and that’s excluding the problematic rise of right-wing populist parties and movements like the Tea Party, UKIP, BNP, LePen’s nutters, AfD………………….. as a consequence of these unstable and ultimately failing populist movements)
Edit: And a special example of one-hit-wonder populist movements – NDSV in the old country, whose entire platform boiled down to – “You see this guy? He’s the son of your last monarch… vote him in as PM and he’ll fix everything in 800 days” .. Yes. Literally.
The Trump administration printed a massive shitload of money. It was one of the few things they did right – for as sleazy of a motherfucker as Mnuchin was, he actually did a reasonably good job of preventing the pandemic from completely crushing the US economy.
The “print money and hand it out to everyone” is a lousy oversimplification of UBI – but at the end of the day the system will collapse if automation/mechanization proceeds to the point where nobody other than the producers have the means to buy the things that are being made.
Trump(or hell, everyone past Clinton at this point) is a bad example, because at this point the US dollar is literally held up by the fact that noone wants to admit that the USD is hopelessly overvalued, it might as well be an Apple product, because everyone’s too “invested” in the same bloody lie an’ is puckering up and wishing happy thoughts, while hoping that the baloon pops on someone else’s watch.
The rest of your comment is already covered by what I wrote 7 mins before your post (YOU SEE WHY I KEEP BEGGING FOR A DFO DISCORD?! YOU SEEE?!)
Right, and Trump made it clear that he was going to scream bloody murder if the Fed kept a stranglehold on the economy for the purpose of making sure we undershot the Fed’s own proclaimed inflation target for the umpteenth year in a row. Which may have kept Powell in line, and if so, this may be the nicest thing I’ve ever said about Trump.
Every generation of generals fights the last war. For 40+ years now, economic policymakers are the ones whose defining experience was the 70s, and so there’s been this paranoia of even the slightest hint of inflation, even if that meant ignoring half of the Fed’s dual mandate to keep inflation AND unemployment low. If that’s starting to change, it’s a good thing.
>Trump made it clear that he was going to scream bloody murder if the Fed kept a stranglehold on the economy for the purpose of making sure we undershot the Fed’s own proclaimed inflation target for the umpteenth year in a row.
Trump didn’t even know the difference between a strong dollar and a weak dollar; you really think he had the slightest idea how inflation works? He just wanted low interest rates because his entire existence is a massive debt-suppored ponzi scheme.
I’d posit that the only thing Trump knew about the dollar … is that he owed quite a few of those “dollars” (and “euros” and … and …) to Deutsche Bank et al. Everything else was just temporary fragmented imprints from Fux Yuuz and Breitfart
I think he either knew, or someone told him, that the Fed could help or hurt the stock market and the unemployment numbers, which would in turn help or hurt his re-election chances. I don’t think he needed to know anything deeper than that.
“Hand that shit out to everyone” as a political platform would go over like gangbusters in Germany.
Ironically – now marks from the Weimar republic (in mint condition, ofc) can be more expensive than their face value XD
I could probably buy dinner at a Mississippi Cracker Barrel with this today.
Or get laid because having a piece of the “promised land” in your pocket makes you irresistable 😀
Wait, what is this Mary Brown’s?
/ goes to the Googles
A fried chicken place that has poutine and taters?!?
What else have you been holding back Canada?
WHAT ELSE!?!
Certainly it was always more fun to talk about how much you enjoy Mary Brown’s breasts and legs rather than the Colonel’s.
Newfoundlands proudest export!
Quite a morning of footy, eh?
“It sure was!” – Michelle Ryan, breathlessly
If you’re looking for some tall, sweaty, gawky farmer’s sons battling it out, then Wisconsin/Iowa is the game for you.
/Buddy Cole has entered the chat
Fighting Amish V. The Battling Quakers?
Actually there IS a large Amish settlement in Iowa. Little Amana. So this checks out.
Oh neat, there’s a Jollibee over in Eagle Rock!
That’s your cue, rockingdog!
“/found a funny…condiment.”
-rockingdog
If the price of a relegation-avoiding upset win for Fulham is a Man City loss, so be it.
/that’s how things work, right?
I just dont want you guys chasing that record when we play you next.
Never been to one of these Jollibee’s places, but I imagine that they have the banana ketchup there. My first experience with that was at a McDonald’s on MacArthur Highway (aka Blow Road) in Angeles City just outside Clark AB almost 40 years ago. Banana ketchup is some weird shit.
I think I saw Banana Ketchup open for Phish.
Just kidding.
I would never go see Phish.
“You don’t see Phish, you experience Phish, man…”
Yep. Banana sauce is the principle ingredient in the spaghetti. I love the spicy version when you dip a hot lumpia in it.
Jus got stopped twice at the grocery store saying massive win. In Canada….
Looking to see where the closest location* is to me on their website shows me there is a new province of “Toronto”. Must have missed the news. And for those outside of Toronto, I await the jokes.
*I’m an hour away, booo
The Toronto province is in Canada. It’s in the Niagara Falls area. You wouldn’t know it.
Singing at halftime of the Man City/Man United tilt? You guessed it-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynIHsHYaig0&ab_channel=terencetrentVEVO
There’s a Filipinotown not too far from me. I think the only time I’ve eaten there was at a Filipino BBQ joint that sadly has closed down. But pretty sure there’s a Jollibee there.
“Hey, I asked for extra gravy and didn’t get any-I’m going back there and giving them a piece of my mind!”
“Forget it, Jake-it’s Filipinotown.”
Did you get the crane shot?
https://youtu.be/DXW5F6hzcMQ
I’ve been to another Filipino place in Carson that served their food cafeteria style. Grab the plastic tray, walk along and point type place. I went back for seconds of the “chocolate meat.” The lumpia were really tasty but you had to jump on them as soon as they came out of the kitchen, you don’t want those sitting under a warmer.
Just reading this clogged my arteries
Well, at least you can find an available nurse at a Jollibee.
I have never had my blood drawn in the South Bay area of LA by anybody who WASN’T Filipino.
scotchnaut would be happy to come to town and fix that for you. (I’m assuming he isn’t Filipino.)
No, but he has a few on the wall.
Greetings from Sunny Khalifa Port in the UAE.
In the most American Covid thing ever, I had to get assigned to a job in the fucking Middle East to get a fucking Covid Vaccine.
Running the Quay Cranes…
something something Mia Khalifa.
I was going to say “Khalifa port is my second favorite Khalifa that serves as a receptacle for seamen.”
Yeah. I just couldn’t make it work.
I laughed, well done.
Coffee, a breakfast burrito, and the Brier. I’m living my best life.
Out of curiosity, I checked and found out they just opened one of these over on the NW side of San Antonio back in December. Makes sense, there’s a lot of retired USAF over on that side of town, with plenty of Filipino brides brought back from PI over the decades, plus now their kids and grandkids.
Red bee is really a murder hornet.
I wouldn’t mind having a Filipino bride…
[realizes the Dr. Mrs. is looking at my screen]
Did I say “Filipino bride”? I mean “Filipino fried…chicken”. I mean, just look at the pictures, it looks delicious!
The algorithms will have you getting Filipino brides ads on every site you visit for the next two weeks.
“Honey, why are all our devices showing us ads for Filipino brides?”
Next, on Hippo Schadenfreude Theatre? Jurgen Reacts Reasonably
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I need to know more about these “burgersteaks”.
They’re beef patties, covered in a mushroom brown gravy and they’re goddamn delicious served over rice.
FUCK YEAH!!!
Oof. Nice, tense game.
Yesssssss!!!!!!!!!
Somebody’s day has been made.
I hope Mrs. Cola is ready for a very enthusiastic 4 minutes of sexual congress.
Oh fuck yeah!!! I am bouncing off the walls.
Best commentary tidbit – a really honest performance.
… and now wait for Liverpool to pay off the drug testers to find that your guys were on the full Lance Armstrong liquid diet ™ 😛
ALL YOUR FUCKERY WILL NAE SUFFICE, GET IN YEEEEEWWWWWWW WHITES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is an absolute defensive clinic.
Dunno where that 4th added time minute come from.
Their version of Brady getting all the calls.
I guarantee you that Pencildick Motherfucker has a Liverpool shirt or scarf.
He told Gisselle, if he had to wear a dog collar at home, it at least had to be red.
How ya holding up, Litre?
Waiting for the inevitable tbh.
Nipple Keeper FTW!!!!
Christ on a crutch, “Jollibee near me” brought back…Virginia Beach. Sad Hippo.
I’ve got nothing invested in this and yet I’m holding my breath every time Liverpool gets near the goal.
9 minutes plus stoppage FOAR #WhiteSupremacy
Time has slowed to a crawl.
I try telling meself “Hippo, it’s not your side” but FUCK A DUCK, these lot deserve to stay in the Prem. I watched all of Brummies/Barcodes earlier and ain’t nobody want to see MOAR of that dire shite.
Jesus Fuck! Approaching heart problems.
This is gonna be a helluva 20 minutes.
Also relevant to the fried chicken
COME ON, COTTAGERS!!! COVER EVERY BLADE OF FUCKING GRASS!!!
I am and now yelling at everything. This would be huge.
What a save!!!!!!
Yours has more exclamation marks. Damn it.
Oof! What a save!
In other news: Steven Gerrard won his Scottish league title after Celtic drew away at Dundee. In fact, the Scottish Premiership is the first league title he has gotten in his career 😀
#BornSlippy
Just woke up Mrs. Cola by screaming get in. I have no regrets
I was just about to write that “It’s not the medicine, your lads really are leading the RedShite at the half”) 😉
Not saying that was a mighty scream, but all our trees just burst into bloom here in Virginia.
/ I startled my family, too?
This would be a glorious upset. I’m going Full Ham.
Unrelated – given the US’ penchant for screaming about Russian pilots flying a bit too close for comfort to US ELINT/SIGINT planes over international waters (nothing wrong with that, btw – it’s a routine thing that everyone does and everyone else cries bloody murder about), I have to point out that it can be a bit closer 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSLx_JheRFE
(In case anyone is wondering, those appear to be warshot missiles on the pylons of that SU-30)
Edit: Holy fuck, I missed that initially, but it appears that the loadmasters aren’t wearing harnesses nor chutes… (a buddy on discord that flies RAAF Mooses (C-17 Globemaster) just pointed that out.. One trip/bump and it’s one loooooong drop )
One of the coolest closeups with the Soviets that I experienced was seeing/hearing two Tu-22 Backfires flying over our battle group at around 1000 ft. in excess of the Mach, Team Spirit exercise with ROKs, early 1983, Sea of Japan. Trailed directly by 4 F-14s.
Hence why I don’t point fingers, lol, because everyone does it…which is … less than ideal, given that it won’t take much for a single stressed out/too gung-ho pilot to cause a shooting war.- ie imagine what’d happen if someone in the CIC of that Burke that got buzzed in the Black Sea flinched and shot down one of those or a MiG-31 over Bering sea shooting down an US plane that strays into their airspace accidentally (which given the weather and “delightful” fragility of comms and nav equipment that far North is definitely possible)
During the Reagan times when I served, that kind of shit went on all the time. Lots of near-misses and many not-misses (that went unreported in media) of ships and subs getting a little too close.
I’m currently reading my way through books about the Cuban missile crisis and you’d be surprised how many 20mm and 40mm birdstrikes the US planes accumulated over Cuba, because just as the Russians and Cubans didn’t want to officially call the thing a war (because low-level sorties by an adversary over yer territory.. is de-facto declaration of war) .. In fact, same as the “quarantine” of Cuba being accepted as such (and proclaimed as such by the US), because a blockade is again a valid casus belli 😀
tl;dr version: It’s a fucking miracle we’re alive to make dick jokes on the internet XD
Heh. My mother used to cook sweet spag for my sisters and I, but with Spam instead of wieners. It was more stretch-the-budget than a treat. But Jollibee’s looks delicious.
And I’d eat anything with mushrooms. Love ‘em.
The nearest one is a mere 5 hours and 21 minutes away. I’m overdue for a road trip.
Ahem, 5 hours 21 minutes’ driving the speed limit away.. or like 4 hours and change if you speed reasonably (and have a radar/lidar warning receiver) or scant couple of hours if you invest in a gently-used ex-Luftwaffe UH-1D (troop carrier, not the SAR birds) with a spare post-overhaul power plant for the price of a base-spec mid-tier Audi/Beemer… So long as you don’t break the cardinal rule of IFR flight like Kobe’s pilot(fly the instruments, not your senses) you’ll be able to get a Jollbee meal whenever you feel like it 😀
Bonus points that at least in the EU, as long as you’re not endangering yourself or others you can land at a car park without any repercussions 😉
4:13 EST. Awake. “Dear Mr. Fronkenshteen. You’re stool sample has come back positive for blood. Please contact us as soon as possible. Have you ever had a colonoscopy?…”
My youngest is two. I am terrified.
You shouldn’t worry – as long as you don’t enjoy it, a colonoscopy is “not homo” 😛
Butt seriously – get checked out sooner rather than later, because delaying is never a good thing – either you get yourself extra worked up over nothing, or you delay starting treatment (which is worse)
Best wishes my friend. It’s a horrifying experience. I underwent a surgery when I was 28 for cancerous polyps. It’s the only time I’ve spent the night in a hospital. Terrible stuff. I’m fine but I do have to get a colonoscopy every few years. The worst part is the prep. Positive thoughts.
Yeah, the terrible jokes (I know I also made one, I’m sorry, but I tried to lessen the tension) are worse than the actual thing.. it’s almost as if the medical staff doing those procedures know what they’re doing and realize that if it was an actual horrible experience, no one would agree to it.
Also, it may not sound particularly good – but odds on (outside of a false positive and and some wasted time which I hope is the case with Fronk) is that this is just an ulcer and those are relatively easy to mitigate or cure – ie in my case it was a stress-induced duodenal bleeding ulcer (combined with some stomach acid-induced hemorrhoids for the full “waking up in a puddle of your own blood” package) and it took minor temporary lifestyle changes to get rid of… it could’ve been faster, but I drew the line at giving up coffee and spicy food 😀
Coffee is life.
Did someone say my name?
Go get that thing. The prep and warnings are worse than the procedure. And the sooner they screen for anything the better. You got this.
I really like this idea of cross-country restaurant comparisons! Excellent job, Litre and Yeah Right!
For the record, my sister in law is Filipina and, while I’ve eaten plenty of Filipino food, I’ve never been to Jollibee.
Yeah Right, if you liked this, you should check out Max’s in Glendale….
We hav a Max’s here too I think!
Can concur – Jollibee is the shiznit. Had it in NYC & all the Filipino kids I taught were jealous.