Quotes and a meme
On the side of my Starbucks cup: "If you've got a dollar and you spend twenty-nine cents on a loaf of bread, you've got got seventy-one cents left. But if you've got seventeen grand and you spend twenty-nine cents on a loaf of bread, you've still got seventeen grand. There's a math lesson for you." -- Steve Martin, comedian and writer.
Despite the obvious of you NOT having seventeen grand left (you'd have $16,999.71 left), it leaves a little to think about. When some of us are so rich, why do we bitch and complain about the smallest things? Things I'd take from the quote: Don't sweat the small stuff. Appreciate what you have. Etc. Insert your cliche' here.
Also, meme behind the cut:
The rules of the meme:
Bold those you have tried.
Strikethrough those you wouldn't eat on a bet.
Italicize any item you'll never eat again.
Asterisk any items you'd be interested in trying but have not yet.
Under line anything you don't know what it is.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea*
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding*
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp*
9. Borscht*
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho*
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo ghobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Époisses de Bourgogne*
17. Black truffle*
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream*
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras*
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche*
28. Oysters*
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda*
31. Wasabi peas*
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac*
37. Clotted cream tea*
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo*
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat*
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal***
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more*
46. Fugu**
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear*
52. Umeboshi*
53. Abalone*
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal*
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini*
58. Beer above 8%
59. Poutine*
60. Carob chips*
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads*
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst*
65. Durian*
66. Frogs’ legs*
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis*
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette*
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe*
74. Gjetost, or brunost*
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu*
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail*
79. Lapsang souchong***
80. Bellini***
81. Tom yum*
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant*
85. Kobe beef***
86. Hare*
87. Goulash
88. Flowers* (not flowers as this is suggesting, but broccoli is actually flowering buds, so... sorta ;) )
89. Horse*
90. Criollo chocolate*
91. Spam*
92. Soft shell crab*
93. Rose harissa*
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano*
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor*
98. Polenta (in the form of grits, but it's mostly the same)
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee* (possibly, but can't say for certain)
100. Snake*
And yes, I'll try almost anything once.
Despite the obvious of you NOT having seventeen grand left (you'd have $16,999.71 left), it leaves a little to think about. When some of us are so rich, why do we bitch and complain about the smallest things? Things I'd take from the quote: Don't sweat the small stuff. Appreciate what you have. Etc. Insert your cliche' here.
Also, meme behind the cut:
The rules of the meme:
Bold those you have tried.
Strikethrough those you wouldn't eat on a bet.
Italicize any item you'll never eat again.
Asterisk any items you'd be interested in trying but have not yet.
Under line anything you don't know what it is.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea*
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding*
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp*
9. Borscht*
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho*
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo ghobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Époisses de Bourgogne*
17. Black truffle*
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream*
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras*
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche*
28. Oysters*
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda*
31. Wasabi peas*
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac*
37. Clotted cream tea*
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo*
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat*
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal***
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more*
46. Fugu**
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear*
52. Umeboshi*
53. Abalone*
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal*
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini*
58. Beer above 8%
59. Poutine*
60. Carob chips*
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads*
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst*
65. Durian*
66. Frogs’ legs*
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis*
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette*
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe*
74. Gjetost, or brunost*
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu*
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail*
79. Lapsang souchong***
80. Bellini***
81. Tom yum*
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant*
85. Kobe beef***
86. Hare*
87. Goulash
88. Flowers* (not flowers as this is suggesting, but broccoli is actually flowering buds, so... sorta ;) )
89. Horse*
90. Criollo chocolate*
91. Spam*
92. Soft shell crab*
93. Rose harissa*
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano*
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor*
98. Polenta (in the form of grits, but it's mostly the same)
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee* (possibly, but can't say for certain)
100. Snake*
And yes, I'll try almost anything once.