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Babies and restaurants are the Chernobyl of parenting (Dave Barry)
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| Dave Barry
Posted on 10/02/2005 7:48:26 AM PDT by nuconvert
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posted on
10/02/2005 7:48:27 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
To: Boxsford; Ditter; Irish Rose
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posted on
10/02/2005 7:49:30 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: nuconvert
Answer: GET A BABYSITTER...
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posted on
10/02/2005 7:51:35 AM PDT
by
LaineyDee
(Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
To: nuconvert
Cute. Thanks for posting it.
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posted on
10/02/2005 7:53:48 AM PDT
by
Alexander Rubin
(Octavius - You make my heart glad building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
To: LaineyDee
As a member of a former restaurant owning family, I'd hate to think of the $$ my family would have lost had we not allowed families into our establishment.
Get a babysitter? Easy for you to say when you aren't paying the lease.
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posted on
10/02/2005 7:54:49 AM PDT
by
Carling
(http://www.marriedadults.com/howarddeanscreamaudio141jq.mp3)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
10/02/2005 7:55:59 AM PDT
by
apackof2
(There's two theories to arguin' with a woman. Neither one works. Will Rogers)
To: nuconvert
Alas and alack.......I think Barry strikes out here. The travails of bringing babies to finer restaurants is not a prevalent-enough practice to make his humor/satire effective.
This is from a literary point of view.....not that of starry-eyed parents.
Leni
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posted on
10/02/2005 7:58:28 AM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(Re: The Anti-War Sheehan-ites - They want to live in the garden but not tend the garden)
To: nuconvert
cute but sad that this reinforces all that is destroying the traditional family - you know the one where the father worked and the wife raised the children.
and its apparent that the writer never enjoyed the added dimension that children add to ones life - even at restaurants. ours dined out with us starting at several months - first "fancy " restaurant at 4 years - never had a problem - perhaps we needed to take one of them out once when they were teething. its amazing what happens when the family raises children and offers them a modicum of respect.
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posted on
10/02/2005 7:58:51 AM PDT
by
spanalot
To: nuconvert
Lots of great laughs in there.
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posted on
10/02/2005 8:00:30 AM PDT
by
jwh_Denver
(Become a liberal. Try to make everyone's life miserable.)
To: spanalot
Are you familiar at all with Dave Barry?
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posted on
10/02/2005 8:01:02 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: nuconvert
Anyone who can't cope with someone else bringing a baby to a restaurant should be asked to leave...
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posted on
10/02/2005 8:01:28 AM PDT
by
Canard
To: nuconvert
BTW, where IS Dave Barry? He hasn't written a new piece for over a year.
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posted on
10/02/2005 8:03:15 AM PDT
by
mc5cents
To: MinuteGal
"The travails of bringing babies to finer restaurants is not a prevalent-enough practice to make his humor/satire effective."
I think it's effective even if you can only relate to babies at the IHoP
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posted on
10/02/2005 8:03:50 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: Carling
Get a babysitter? Easy for you to say when you aren't paying the lease.You'd probably have alot more patrons if the kiddo's weren't disturbing meals. Sorry.. but I've left restaurants ..as I'm sure many have... when the noise level wasn't compatible to digestion. If you have a burger joint.. that's fine and probably expected.
Look...I love kids....that's my biz.... but people have lost the art of courtesy to others in this regard.
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posted on
10/02/2005 8:07:02 AM PDT
by
LaineyDee
(Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
To: mc5cents
He's written one or two since he went on his 'sabbatical'.
Hope he's had enough time off to be back by Christmas. ;~ )
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posted on
10/02/2005 8:07:13 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: nuconvert
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posted on
10/02/2005 8:09:22 AM PDT
by
WOSG
(http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com/)
To: nuconvert
IHOP.......and Denny's, too.
Denny's....the consistent holder of the One Crumb rating in all national surveys.
Leni
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posted on
10/02/2005 8:10:01 AM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(Re: The Anti-War Sheehan-ites - They want to live in the garden but not tend the garden)
To: LaineyDee
"Look...I love kids....that's my biz.... but people have lost the art of courtesy to others in this regard"
Well the certainly have lost the art of raising respectful kids. We never had a problem with our kids.
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posted on
10/02/2005 8:11:57 AM PDT
by
spanalot
To: LaineyDee
I can't say I ever left a place because of noise but I'm a little predisposed to Russian restaurants: where vodka is mandatory/included and the music is so loud you can't hear yourself think.
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posted on
10/02/2005 8:15:32 AM PDT
by
varyouga
(Reformed Kerry voter (I know, I'm a frickin' idiot))
To: spanalot
Well the certainly have lost the art of raising respectful kids. We never had a problem with our kids.Agreed. I have two grown kids that were prepared at home....before being launched on the public. *chuckle* When they were little...we hired babysitters so we could take a breather and have a quiet meal... with adult conversation.
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posted on
10/02/2005 8:17:39 AM PDT
by
LaineyDee
(Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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