Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-17 Thread Michaelian Ennis
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:18 AM, Robert Raschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:11 AM, Andrew Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On the one hand, "Too many cooks spoil the broth." On the other hand, >> "Many hands make light work." > > Cooks don't work, they give orders.

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-17 Thread Robert Raschke
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:11 AM, Andrew Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the one hand, "Too many cooks spoil the broth." On the other hand, > "Many hands make light work." Cooks don't work, they give orders.

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-15 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Nov 14, 2008, at 8:38 AM, Eric Van Hensbergen wrote: There are those that say too many cooks spoil the broth. This isn't our problem. Our problem is that we have a kitchen full of food critics attempting to direct the cooks. Ok, since I happen to be on a soul searching expedition today --

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread Michaelian Ennis
Insert random in-applicable cooking allegory here.

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread Andrew Simmons
2008/11/15 Eric Van Hensbergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > There are those that say too many cooks spoil the broth. > This has been bothering me ever since I was a lad (which I'm pretty sure was well before Ron was born. (Nurse! Turn me over!! Time for my medication!!!) On the one hand, "Too many co

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread andrey mirtchovski
and then there are those who eat too much :D

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread Andrew Simmons
And then there are those who don't want to eat most of the dishes on the menu on a regular basis, but wish they could learn to cook half as well as that, and attempt to apply some of the cooking methods in their own dishes. 2008/11/15 Fernan Bolando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > There are a few customers

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread john
> There are a few customers waiting to be fed. There are others who > looks through the windows and menu occasionally to see if there is > anything that they want. > Then they demand to know why we don't have Big Macs, and tell us that we'll never be able to compete with McDonalds while we insist

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread Fernan Bolando
There are a few customers waiting to be fed. There are others who looks through the windows and menu occasionally to see if there is anything that they want. On 11/15/08, Jack Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:46 AM, David Leimbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dang,

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread Jack Johnson
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:46 AM, David Leimbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dang, in a pinch I'll even eat at McDonalds... I think I booted McOS this morning -J

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread David Leimbach
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Jack Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Eric Van Hensbergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > There are those that say too many cooks spoil the broth. > > > > This isn't our problem. > > > > Our problem is that we have a kitchen f

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread Jack Johnson
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Eric Van Hensbergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are those that say too many cooks spoil the broth. > > This isn't our problem. > > Our problem is that we have a kitchen full of food critics attempting > to direct the cooks. Is it good or bad that we keep eat

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread Thorben Krueger
because this kitchen has access to the better cooking utensils. 2008/11/14 hiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > why are you staying, all that time, when your cousin is chef and gets > a great award every other year and works in the restaurant just the > other side of the road? > >> (No, I'm not arrogant en

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread hiro
why are you staying, all that time, when your cousin is chef and gets a great award every other year and works in the restaurant just the other side of the road? > (No, I'm not arrogant enough to consider myself the egg, the omelette, the > cook, or the critic. I'm the hungry soul looking into the

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread Eris Discordia
Ah! The Frenchman speaks. --On Friday, November 14, 2008 6:22 PM +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:38:01AM -0600, Eric Van Hensbergen wrote: There are those that say too many cooks spoil the broth. This isn't our problem. Our problem is that we have a kitchen full of

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread Eris Discordia
"Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes." They say George Bernard Shaw said it. (No, I'm not arrogant enough to consider myself the egg, the omelette, the cook, or the critic. I'm the hungry soul looking into the restaurant from behind the glass walls.)

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread tlaronde
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:38:01AM -0600, Eric Van Hensbergen wrote: > There are those that say too many cooks spoil the broth. > > This isn't our problem. > > Our problem is that we have a kitchen full of food critics attempting > to direct the cooks. And if, despite their sabotage, you happen

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread Eric Van Hensbergen
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:01 AM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Our problem is that we have a kitchen full of food critics attempting >> to direct the cooks. > > except there are no cooks. > There are a few cooks, but perhaps no chefs. The chefs grew weary of the critics a long tim

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread erik quanstrom
> Our problem is that we have a kitchen full of food critics attempting > to direct the cooks. except there are no cooks. - erik

Re: [9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread ron minnich
"And of course, with the birth of the artist came the inevitable afterbirth - the critic." --Mel Brooks, History of the World Part I. ron

[9fans] An Observation

2008-11-14 Thread Eric Van Hensbergen
There are those that say too many cooks spoil the broth. This isn't our problem. Our problem is that we have a kitchen full of food critics attempting to direct the cooks. -eric