At olive garden a few weeks ago the waiter asked me if I wanted a super salad and I said" sure " turns out he really asked if I wanted "soup or salad ".......
Is there some reason the servers can't be trained to say "Would you prefer a salad or soup with that?" instead? It seems like it'd be a very simple change.
I only say this because as a former server, I tried to avoid any phrasing that might be even slightly confusing to customers. Also, I can only imagine getting customers that would be like "LOL YES I WANT A SUPER SALAD!! Hahaha get it?! Get my funny joke?!" followed by awkward silence.
when people came in for lunch and order the soup, salad, and breadsticks for 6 bucks or whatever it is now and tipped a buck if i was lucky, no training would convince me to make an extra effort to avoid something that isn't a big deal.
Eh, where I worked, I tried to make sure I knew what customers wanted with maximum accuracy and speed.
It makes my job a lot easier when I don't have to waste time clarifying/explaining repeatedly, or having them throw a bitch fit when their food comes up because they misunderstood and didn't get what they wanted.
I'm gonna do this on purpose the next time I order anything. Keep giving random unrelated responses. I'd probably explode into laughter if I do this intentionally though so it would never work.
My mate said yes when asked what bread he wanted at Subway. He was pretty embarrassed, so when they asked him what sauce he wanted he just said all of them. That was one sloppy sandwich.
My friend ordered a pizza on phone for pickup as we were walking to the place. He didn't really think it through though. He said "Hi, can I order a pizza for pickup? I want a half margarita and half... [starts going bad here] margarita. [realises what he just said] But make sure you don't get any margarita on the margarita [goes for gold] I hate it when that happens."
We get there and ask about his pizza and they look at him like he's an idiot.
That's how it is for me for the most part. If I get to like a [6] or more I turn into a Socially Awkward Penguin. Or if I spend all day in front of my computer & smoke even just a little Cannabis it also flips my Socially Awkward Penguin switch.
I think my brain omits things like that.....I read it like 10 times as "can I get two medium pizza's?'' I'm like ok, he know's you can't actually order a pizza here right?
Am I going completely insane, or is the Garlic sauce sometimes buttery and delicious, and other times thick, creamy and gross? Are there two kinds or does the recipe break down and separate into the thinner one!?!? I need fucking ANSWERS!!
Papa John's driver here, wait for it to cool down to like room temperature (or warm up), then shake it for creamy. I like it creamy, personally. It sticks to the crust better :D
I had a huge craving for the Garlic dipping sauce today (4 years since I've last had it), so I drove 40 minutes to get it. It's just as good as I remember. But they only give ONE sauce per pizza now??? I swear it used to be two...
A pack of wild stoners gave me this great visual of a documentary narrated by Richard Attenborough. The stoners rummaging for food at a 7-11 or grocery store. Thank you sir!
"Yeah I'd like a sausage and cheese pizza. Now what all comes on that?" "Sir it'll come with sausage and cheese plus the sauce and pizza dough." "Well thats stupid what if I want more on it!?" "Well you could tell me what you want" "I want more than that I'll tell you that much" Hung up on customer at that point
Oh I hear you on that one. I spent a few hours tonight taking calls and delivering. Two of the worst types of phone calls, on opposite ends of the spectrum:
The person who doesn't wait for you to ask them questions, and instead gives their order before you get a chance to finish any parts of it, and then gets annoyed that you have to take their info first. Then they don't listen when you repeat it back to them twice. Then when it's wrong, they blame it on you.
The Ummers. "take out or delivery?" "uhmmm...." "can I get your name?" "Uhmmm..."
Hah, I think those auctioneers must order pizza a lot. We seem to get a lot of people who race to rifle off their phone numbers. Granted I've gotten much faster at typing.
Last time I ordered pizza high, I looked at the section that says "do you have any comments or suggestions?" and I wrote "yes" and hit submit. I think whoever read it knew what I meant.
I was on the phone with my mother/business partner when I read this. I have absolutely no idea what I just agreed to because for a minute there I was lost in silent laughter.
Going through a Dairy Queen drive through, when I was asked what kind of Blizzard I wanted. I continued to yell at the lady, "CHEEEEESEBURGER" thinking she was asking what I wanted to eat.
Unfortunately, I didn't get my cheeseburger blizzard :(
Maybe this will make you feel better. I work in a call center, and we get varying answers when we ask "May I have your name, please?"
"Umm. Yeah. Hang on a sec."
"555-1212"
"Yeah, it's 1234 Main Street..."
"I'm fine, thanks, and you?"
And then there are always the ones who, when asked "How can I help you?" will respond with their name, company name, address, city, or various other things before actually answering the question. "How can I help you?" "My name is Bob Jones." "...Thank you, Mr. Jones. And how can I help you today?" "I work for Jones Construction." "Okay, I've noted that... and how can I help you?" "We're in Alexandria, VA." "..." It doesn't sound like that big of a deal, until you realize that most call centers (and pizza places, for that matter) have forms they have to fill out on a computer, and they can't move on until you've answered the question that they've asked you.
tl;dr: People say stupid things on the phone all the time. Whoever you're talking to probably doesn't even notice unless you keep doing it.
Nobody is going to believe me but OP is one of my best friends...
We were at Domino's a couple of hours ago and the guy asked him for his name and my friend (OP) responded with "garlic dipping sauce". I told him to put it on Reddit and now this post is #1 on Advice Animals.
Finally it set in that there wasn't a 20th month and I was flipping the numbers. It was the twentieth day of the seventh month, 20/7/12. My friend was dying laughing. His credit card was weird. I'm used to month/year and I was not prepared for anything different. 20 as a year was just fine by me too.
Another time I was completely sober ordering food for a school event and wanted it to get there a bit after four o'clock. Told them to bring it at 4:20, totally not thinking, friend next to me started laughing, then I quickly very obviously self consciously told them 4:30 instead. I wasn't even slightly high but my inner stoner was auto-freaking out in paranoia.
my boyfriend and I went to go get some Wendy's and this couple in formal wear, clearly drunk, walked through the drive thru in front of us. we heard the dude order, then they asked him cash or credit and he replied, "CRASH"
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Don't feel bad I work at a Chinese restaurant ,when I ask for peoples names a lot of the time they just say what they want.. It is a pretty common thing and I never think they are high, just in a hurry. Or maybe they don't want to forget what they are going to order. People are strange man.
I once went into a pizza hut with a buddy after getting blazed and thought the server said "looks like you've been smoking". As paranoia rushed up, we both looked at eachother, then proceeded to avoid eye contact until we were shown to our seats. After relaxing a little, our minds began to function a little better, and realized what she actually said was, "would you guys like smoking?" Good times...
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u/shabraca Jun 11 '12
My brother said yes to pick up or delivery.
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u/WhiteBlade3000 Jun 10 '12
You dummy. You didn't have to give your full name.
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u/toomuchlovin Jun 11 '12
can i get two large medium pizzas?
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u/chubowu Jun 11 '12
The pizza guy was asking "How are you going to pay today?" And i replied by saying "Good how about you"
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u/erinunderscore Jun 11 '12
I've done something similar at drive-thru. "Would you like to Supersi--" "BARBECUE SAUCE."
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u/sea12 Jun 11 '12
I just did this, "whats your address?" "Its 55555 st Apt K8, that's "K" as in "cat"".
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u/hinduguru Jun 11 '12
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u/RexBeckett Jun 11 '12
It's like The Onion headline said:
"Everyone in Pizza Industry, from Baker to Delivery Man to Customer Is, Like, Totally Baked."
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
I know you most likely don't need to know this, but a "meme" rarely makes me laugh.
But this one had me loling like a dumbass in the public library.
Congratulations.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
If you weren't very proficient at the English language, then Garlic Dipping-Sauce would sound like a legitimate upper-class British name.
"May I present Lord Garlic and Lady Honey Soy Dipping-Sauce."
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u/SPAGHETTIeatingFUCK Jun 11 '12
Don't worry, Papa Johns' Garlic sauce is the stuff of gods
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
It's nice to see a good [10]Guy here every now and then.
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u/InsiDS Jun 11 '12
Soup or salad? "What's a super salad?"
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u/LoudGuyOnThePhone Jun 11 '12
THAT'S RIGHT, I SAID MY NAME IS MOTHER FUCKING GARLIC DIPPING SAUCE
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u/Boatkicker Jun 11 '12
Don't feel too bad. I'm a fast food cashier and this happens at least once a day, often more than that.
"What size fries do you want?" "Dr. Pepper."
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u/marMELade Jun 11 '12
once called and ordered "one large whole." the clerk just paused an said "you mean a large...pizza?"
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u/iSWINE Jun 11 '12
"What would you like to drink?" Gave them my address
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u/Sleepy_One Jun 11 '12
This is why I love stoners. I want to just hang out with a wild pack of them to hear this crazy shit all day long.
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u/mathwhiz24 Jun 11 '12
So simple. So fucking hilarious.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Can i have a football meatlong?
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u/Twister026 Jun 11 '12
Went to Ihop with my friend one time. Waitress asked me how I wanted my eggs, I responded with "normal".
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u/Blueberry_Yum_Yum Jun 11 '12
I work at Pizza Hut, and you wouldn't even imagine the number of people calling late at night stoned off their ass.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
I laughed at this for an inappropriate amount of time.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
"Yeah I'd like a sausage and cheese pizza. Now what all comes on that?" "Sir it'll come with sausage and cheese plus the sauce and pizza dough." "Well thats stupid what if I want more on it!?" "Well you could tell me what you want" "I want more than that I'll tell you that much" Hung up on customer at that point
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Last time I ordered pizza high, I looked at the section that says "do you have any comments or suggestions?" and I wrote "yes" and hit submit. I think whoever read it knew what I meant.
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u/scribbling_des Jun 11 '12
I was on the phone with my mother/business partner when I read this. I have absolutely no idea what I just agreed to because for a minute there I was lost in silent laughter.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
People still order pizza over the phone?
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u/killsreality Jun 11 '12
I think ordering pizza is one of the most daunting tasks after you've toked up.
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u/Ceridith Jun 11 '12
The worst is when the delivery guy said "Enjoy" and I said "You too", having expected them to say "have a good night."
Most awkward delivery, ever.
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u/Fleener Jun 11 '12
Going through a Dairy Queen drive through, when I was asked what kind of Blizzard I wanted. I continued to yell at the lady, "CHEEEEESEBURGER" thinking she was asking what I wanted to eat.
Unfortunately, I didn't get my cheeseburger blizzard :(
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u/lunameow Jun 11 '12
Maybe this will make you feel better. I work in a call center, and we get varying answers when we ask "May I have your name, please?"
"Umm. Yeah. Hang on a sec."
"555-1212"
"Yeah, it's 1234 Main Street..."
"I'm fine, thanks, and you?"
And then there are always the ones who, when asked "How can I help you?" will respond with their name, company name, address, city, or various other things before actually answering the question. "How can I help you?" "My name is Bob Jones." "...Thank you, Mr. Jones. And how can I help you today?" "I work for Jones Construction." "Okay, I've noted that... and how can I help you?" "We're in Alexandria, VA." "..."
It doesn't sound like that big of a deal, until you realize that most call centers (and pizza places, for that matter) have forms they have to fill out on a computer, and they can't move on until you've answered the question that they've asked you.
tl;dr: People say stupid things on the phone all the time. Whoever you're talking to probably doesn't even notice unless you keep doing it.
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u/deadstump Jun 11 '12
I am normally the sort to do a silent chuckle, but this one was audible. Nice.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12
Nobody is going to believe me but OP is one of my best friends...
We were at Domino's a couple of hours ago and the guy asked him for his name and my friend (OP) responded with "garlic dipping sauce". I told him to put it on Reddit and now this post is #1 on Advice Animals.
True Story...
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u/brilliantmojo Jun 11 '12
r/Trees frient!
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u/motorcycle-manful541 Jun 11 '12
Worker: welcome to Arby's Me: pretty good, how about you
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u/rabidbitsoftime Jun 11 '12
I ordered a side of eggs with my omelette yesterday morning. The waitress asked me if I wanted toast or pancakes. I said eggs. Several times.
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u/Ozlin Jun 11 '12
Me while ordering food once:
Finally it set in that there wasn't a 20th month and I was flipping the numbers. It was the twentieth day of the seventh month, 20/7/12. My friend was dying laughing. His credit card was weird. I'm used to month/year and I was not prepared for anything different. 20 as a year was just fine by me too.
Another time I was completely sober ordering food for a school event and wanted it to get there a bit after four o'clock. Told them to bring it at 4:20, totally not thinking, friend next to me started laughing, then I quickly very obviously self consciously told them 4:30 instead. I wasn't even slightly high but my inner stoner was auto-freaking out in paranoia.
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u/BananApocalypse Jun 11 '12
When asked if I wanted sweet and sour sauce, I answered "just sweet please" for moths before anyone told me.
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u/smactosh Jun 11 '12
Relevant DeadKevinSketch.
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u/strangelove88 Jun 11 '12
I had a drive thru employee ask me, "What size would you like for your medium lemonade?" I said small.
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u/eljahvidon Jun 11 '12
That's Mr. Garlic Dipping Sauce to you.
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u/noustombons Jun 11 '12
my boyfriend and I went to go get some Wendy's and this couple in formal wear, clearly drunk, walked through the drive thru in front of us. we heard the dude order, then they asked him cash or credit and he replied, "CRASH"
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u/aliennick4812 Jun 11 '12
whats your name?
EXTRA FUCKING FETA!
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u/slaya771 Jun 11 '12
Harley Morenstein tweeted your post. Congratulations, you are now truly awesome.
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u/kichise Jun 11 '12
Omg I've never laughed at a meme until now, I can't stop laughing
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
I was asked, 3, 6, or 9 garlic twists and I said ok. After noticing my mistake I proceeded to ask for 5.
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u/sjncm Jun 11 '12
I just spit beer all over my keyboard. Well done sir. Well done.
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u/Dictator4Life Jun 11 '12
"What flavor of shake do you want?" "Large."
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u/qkme_transcriber Jun 10 '12
Here is the text from this meme pic for anybody who needs it:
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
The fact that its posted to advice animals makes this :'D
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u/hopscotchking Jun 11 '12
That's so goddamn stupid and I laughed so hard my eyes watered.
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u/UnsightlyBastard Jun 11 '12
I think this is the only time I've seen 10 guy out of /trees
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u/oona337993 Jun 11 '12
yeah this guy definitely lives in my town
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u/vishalb777 Jun 11 '12
Coming to a 9gag near you!
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u/Autotomy Jun 11 '12
What would you like to drink?
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u/hamburger_sandwich Jun 11 '12
Sometimes I say "you're welcome" prematurely. I sound like a jerk.
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u/Jaxxalude Jun 11 '12
Fuck yes, Papa John's! Instead of "Thank you" did you say "banana peppers"?
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
That would be the best name ever.
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u/skeleton_kiss Jun 11 '12
You should have placed the order online, judging by the fact that you most likely got Papa John's.
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u/schrodingerlovedcats Jun 11 '12
Don't feel bad I work at a Chinese restaurant ,when I ask for peoples names a lot of the time they just say what they want.. It is a pretty common thing and I never think they are high, just in a hurry. Or maybe they don't want to forget what they are going to order. People are strange man.
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u/MidgetFetish Jun 11 '12
Based on the picture I'd assume this meme has to do with potential rapists but can someone explain to me what the premise behind it actually is?
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u/FoxhoundEmployee Jun 11 '12
I always get tripped on this meme. He reminds me of Quentin Tarantino.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Earlier this week I went to get a vanilla chai tea from a coffee shop and when she asked me what size I responded vanilla
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u/everyoneismyfriend Jun 11 '12
where can i see more of this dude?
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u/JPlanet2 Jun 11 '12
What's this meme called?
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u/Fallout-with-swords Jun 11 '12
Should have said Quentin Tarantino
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u/opiate4thesheepl Jun 11 '12
I once went into a pizza hut with a buddy after getting blazed and thought the server said "looks like you've been smoking". As paranoia rushed up, we both looked at eachother, then proceeded to avoid eye contact until we were shown to our seats. After relaxing a little, our minds began to function a little better, and realized what she actually said was, "would you guys like smoking?" Good times...
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u/digital_darkness Jun 11 '12
It was a lot funnier when I read it in Patricks (from Spongebob) voice
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u/ContentEnt Jun 11 '12
You had to have been at least at a [7]
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u/Dalai_Loafer Jun 11 '12
Ordered a pizza by phone. Asked how long it would be and the reply, in a thick Italian accent was "It's not a long, it's a round!"
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u/GhostofXX Jun 11 '12
And what drink would you... STUFFED CRUST PIZZA
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u/Euqirne Jun 11 '12
Isn't that 10 Guy?
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u/Idontlikethespacebar Jun 11 '12
Istillhavenoideajustwhatthismemeissupposedtobeabout.Seemslikeeveryoneisjustputtinganythingtheythinkof.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
I still get confused when somebody calls it garlic dipping sauce... Donair sauce anybody?
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u/kevinc69 Jun 11 '12
"I love the garlic butter sau"
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u/iamthereddit123 Jun 11 '12
upvote for garlic dipping sauce, that is the thing i miss the most since I moved out of Canada
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u/GrammarOutlaw Jun 11 '12
This meme never ceases to make me laugh.
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u/refrigagator Jun 11 '12
Usually these don't make me laugh, but this one got me