maybe . . . maybe the sign-writer knows a real person called Sheppard, and got confused? Maybe the cook at the bar is called Sheppard! And he hates making Shepherd's pie because then everyone always makes jokes.
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an AU where John is a cook at an Irish pub, but hates it because everyone always asks him to make his "famous Sheppard's pie," and they put it on the menu like that, and eventually he refuses to cook it anymore, and all the customers are sad. Except for Rodney, who comes in occasionally for a beer and some stew, and who tells John that really his haggis is much better anyhow. la la la, makeouts.
Seriously, "Mmmm, it's a tasty repression crust wrapped around a filling of latent homosexuality!" is possibly the most hilarious description of both Sheppard, and Shepherd's pie I've heard all... life? (Although where I'm from there's no crust in Shepherd's pie, which would be like a OOC/fanon Sheppard, without the repression?... now I'm thinking way too much about both the person and the food.)
What about the corn and meat? Do I even want to imagine what it could be? Maybe creamed corn, and dark chunks of meat? Sounds like a description out of a "bad sex" challenge. Well that fixed my appetite :P
I saw the "Sheppard's Pie" on a sign too and complained about it, but your comment is far, far better than mine!
(I must say, I usually see "Bangers and Mash" rather than "Bangers and Smashed"; is this a legitimate variant of which I was previously unaware, or should I start mocking now?)
Oh, man, I didn't even notice that! I don't think Bangers and Smashed< is a legitimate variant, which probably just means that the sign-writer is unfamiliar with ... food. And menus.
There is a place near where I grew up in London called Shepherd's Bush, which always makes me laugh now, esp. as I totally set the boarding school girl AU right near there.
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Also, for reals, who makes that error for non-fannish reasons? If it's not a fannish person, I am confuuuused!
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an AU where John is a cook at an Irish pub, but hates it because everyone always asks him to make his "famous Sheppard's pie," and they put it on the menu like that, and eventually he refuses to cook it anymore, and all the customers are sad. Except for Rodney, who comes in occasionally for a beer and some stew, and who tells John that really his haggis is much better anyhow. la la la, makeouts.
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Come on, we can do better than that! :)
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But also I like that AU, except for the haggis, because Rodney wouldn't eat haggis! He mocks Carson about it!
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This post makes me want to go grocery shopping with the two of you. (Not a euphemism.) (Or is it?)
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Well that fixed my appetite :P
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(I must say, I usually see "Bangers and Mash" rather than "Bangers and Smashed"; is this a legitimate variant of which I was previously unaware, or should I start mocking now?)
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Ahahahaha! There's a joke in there about meat and the eating of which I am too tired to work out:)
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There is a place near where I grew up in London called Shepherd's Bush, which always makes me laugh now, esp. as I totally set the boarding school girl AU right near there.
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