how to order breakfast

**jd_1138** · 05-08-2012, 09:27 PM

From Five Easy Pieces:

**Phog Allen** · 05-10-2012, 05:44 AM

Classic Nicholson. Funny thing though. Back in the day if you would have pulled that at a little roadside greasy spoon the waitress would have likely kicked your arse.

Cheers, Todd

**Oregoneon** · 05-12-2012, 11:21 AM

that was filmed in what is now a Denny's right outside Eugene, Or. I drive by it on my way to work every day. Great scene

**Alacrity59** · 05-13-2012, 06:15 PM

Classic indeed.

The real answer is corned beef hash, two eggs over easy, two slices of toast . . . buttered.

And to prove what a Cretan I am . . . can I have a bottle of ketchup?

**jd_1138** · 05-13-2012, 08:06 PM

Mmmmm, sounds great Alacrity59. At Waffle House, I usually get the All Star breakfast -- hash browns with peppers, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, and a waffle for dessert. Not too healthy, but we don't go there often.

**JoshuaNY** · 05-16-2012, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by Alacrity59

Classic indeed.

The real answer is corned beef hash, two eggs over easy, two slices of toast . . . buttered.

And to prove what a Cretan I am . . . can I have a bottle of ketchup?

Make that 2.

**Prince** · 05-17-2012, 10:41 AM

Reminds me of a hamburger chain I went to in Seattle. All hamburgers came with mayo. I said mustard please. They said all came with mayo, but I could buy a mustard packet for 10 cents. I said can't you just make on and hold the mayo and I'll pay extra for the mustard.

Answer - no sir, all hamburgers come with mayo.

I could've screamed.

**smalltank** · 05-17-2012, 10:59 AM

lol..my wife looked at me "oh for heavens sake"!

**seizure** · 05-17-2012, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Prince

Reminds me of a hamburger chain I went to in Seattle. All hamburgers came with mayo. I said mustard please. They said all came with mayo, but I could buy a mustard packet for 10 cents. I said can't you just make on and hold the mayo and I'll pay extra for the mustard.

Answer - no sir, all hamburgers come with mayo.

I could've screamed.

Reminds me of the first time I took my girlfriend home to Chicago... She wanted ketchup on her hotdog. The guy politely told her "F--- No." I warned her...

**LuckyR** · 05-17-2012, 05:04 PM

Life lesson: unless you live in the movies, don't pi55 off folks who handle your food before you get it...

**Doc4** · 05-17-2012, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by LuckyR

Life lesson: unless you live in the movies, don't pi55 off folks who handle your food before you get it...

... but they don't actually get any food, do they?

I grew up on Vancouver Island, where much of the film was shot. The location of the final scene ... we drove past that all the time, although I never understood until later when I finally saw the film.

http://tomhawthorn.blogspot.ca/2011/...sons-hold.html

**Slash McCoy** · 05-17-2012, 08:22 PM

Clearly, what they had there was a failure to communicate.

**Dave41079** · 05-17-2012, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by Slash McCoy

Clearly, what they had there was a failure to communicate.

Sometimes nothing is a pretty cool hand.

**Rushman2112** · 05-18-2012, 07:00 AM

Ha ha, that could have been filmed in Singapore!

I was in an Italian place here and I fancied a half portion of pasta to start and a main course: no, they didn't do half portions of pasta. OK, I said, charge me for a full portion but only bring me half, I don't care. No, cannot-lah, not on the menu. In the end, I paid for a full portion and left exactly half of it.

The restaurant is no longer there - can't help but wonder if their intransigence was a factor. Wuckfits.

**ouch** · 05-18-2012, 07:01 AM

I usually just say "I'll have the lot."

**jd_1138** · 05-18-2012, 11:28 AM

It's interesting to see how the names of things have changed in 40 years. She says "cottage fries" which I had to look up on Wiki. It's the same as home fries which are different than hash browns. I guess hash browns are more thinly cut up than home/cottage fries. Perhaps the term "cottage fries" is used up in the Pacific Northwest. This scene was filmed at a Denny's, by the way.

And for 1970, Jack Nicholson's character Bob is pretty ahead of his time when he orders tomatoes instead of potatoes (less carbs) and when he orders wheat toast. But I guess people were eating healthy back then too. I didn't come along until 1972.

**xraygun** · 05-18-2012, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by ouch

I usually just say "I'll have the lot."

Uh, Gaston! A bucket for monsieur.

**Doc4** · 05-18-2012, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by Slash McCoy

Clearly, what they had there was a failure to communicate.

'Mah boy kin eat fifty eggs'

'No substitutions. He can have a three-egg omlette.'

'Give him sixteen three egg omlettes. Hold the fries. Hold the toast. Give him a seventeenth omlette, hold the fries, hold the toast, and hold the third egg. Then you haven't broken any rules."

"Where should I hold the third egg, and all that toast and fries?"

"See that guy over there? Just put it in his bucket."

**Dave41079** · 05-18-2012, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by Doc4

'Mah boy kin eat fifty eggs'

'No substitutions. He can have a three-egg omlette.'

'Give him sixteen three egg omlettes. Hold the fries. Hold the toast. Give him a seventeenth omlette, hold the fries, hold the toast, and hold the third egg. Then you haven't broken any rules."

"Where should I hold the third egg, and all that toast and fries?"

"See that guy over there? Just put it in his bucket."

This is LOLtastic. Now where's my wafer thin mint?