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http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/02/jimmy-johns-gourmet-sandwich-franchise/

Jimmy Johns actually came by the library today and dropped off like 15 free mini-sandwiches for some strange reason. As a thank you for being awesome I guess. Anyway, so yay Jimmy Johns.

Sucks. Can't they irridiate them?

What we need more of is irradiation.

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Congrats, aj. That act of kindness must have sapped my local JJ's goodness today.

I actually told them "if any of your jimmy johns comrades serve a man named Jesse K*** today, make sure to give him horrible service and food"

See, that's the kind of personalized service I expect from them.

I really liked Jimmy John's for a long time. Okay, "really liked" is an overstatement, but I would sometimes buy sandwiches from there on purpose when I had other options, because I specifically wanted a sandwich from Jimmy John's. But it's like there's a Jimmy John's punchcard in my heart, and they used up all their punches, because about three months ago I was just like... nope. I no longer like Jimmy John's.

potbelly>>>jimmy johns

JVC, I was trying to make a joke. It was a dumb joke. I hope you didn't think I was being rude to you.

Nope, figured thats what it was.

I cannot eat Jimmy John's. I've always avoided them, ever since that stuff came out about the owners being racist, but then I ended up there during a quick break during a meeting and managed to get food poisoning. Now even seeing their logo makes me midly ill.

I feel confident that my opinions on major fast food sandwich chains are well documented in previous threads, but I hate Potbelly. Hate. From the second I walk in and somebody wants me to yell my order across the restaurant to the first bite of that nasty, dry breadstuff they use for their sandwiches, the whole experience is dire.

I will always hate Subway the most, though.

Sara joins you in your hatred of potbelly. I seriously find their tuna sandwiches nigh-addictive.

Potbellys not that bad, if only because they often have warm, freshly baked cookies that are infinitely preferable to those shitty coasters Subway passes off as cookies. Also, malts.

For some reason I really like Potbellys' mustard.

I've never had Potbelly cookies but their milkshakes are good.

I love JJ's bread. I didn't know about the racism. Potbelly is also good.

I think it was mostly rumor I'd heard about the racist stuff, but then a couple years ago there was a whole series of articles about Jimmy John's donating money to the campaigns of the suppoters of Arizona's batshit racial profiling law.

I've consistently been disappointed in JJ's.

http://www.fightbacknews.org/2010/6/17/minneapolis-immigrant-rights-protest-targets-jimmy-johns

The last time I went to Jimmy Johns, I walked out during ordering. They're like, "What kind of bread do you prefer? The whole loaf or the large?" I didn't want to go into carb shock.

I have read more of The Countess and I misspoke about it's grossness. It's not that gross. There are a couple of gross parts, but given how that book could have gone, it's pretty tame.

Speaking of books, I needed to take a hilarious screenshot of my Facebook feed a few days ago, but I forgot. One of my friends from college was posting the most hilarious lines from that 50 Shades of Grey book, but in between were status updates from my aunt and a family friend both enthusing about how fantastic the book was.

there's this comix podcast I listen to and a couple of weeks ago they spent about 20 minutes just doing a (relatively) straight reading of a scene from fifty shades of grey. It was among the funniest things I've ever heard in my entire life.

I think I need to hear that. Just reading the lines in print was sending me into fits of laughter.

Kenan what are you talking about?

Too damn much bread is what I'm talking about!

http://www.breakwatercooler.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/rent-is-too-damn-high-party-250x300.jpg

"The bread is too damn much!"

Jon here's a link to the podcast, if you want to check it out:

http://theinkpanthers.mikedawsoncomics.com/episode-129-50-shades-of-grey/

It is a vaguely embarrassing fact that The Ink Panthers is my favorite podcast.

Thanks for the link!

I think it is demonstrably more embarrassing that I enjoy a Kevin Smith podcast, so don't sweat it.

I still don't understand why Kenan walked out while ordering a Jimmy John's sandwich. Because they were going to put it on... bread?

A whole loaf of bread?

http://www.tinynewyorkkitchen.com/files/2011/04/Dagwood-Sandwich-2.jpg?

Aw goddamnit. Don't make me explain a joke. There's nothing more tedious, for everyone involved. Just let it go.

I didn't know there was a joke.

Alright, you guys love bread and I don't. I see how it is.

brag brag

Only beef I have with Jimmy Johns is that I get the Slim 2 (roast beef, bread, that's it) and it's priced a bit high for just that.

Nice write up, E!

I hate sandwich shops altogether. They push giant cheap loaves of bread wrapped sloppily around shitty pieces of meat and TONS AND TONS OF MAYONNAISE if you don't say say out loud, "STOP putting mayonnaise on that!" It's crazy. It's like they can skimp on every other ingredient as long as they put a whole ass-crack load of oily mayonnaise on every sandwich. It's truly disgusting. It's the worst food yet invented by someone other than the evil Queen in Snow White.

Wow, nice, EZ!

FYI Potbelly doesn't put anything on your sandwich without asking 1st. I always get mustard and not mayo.

Also, that article is awesome Eazy. Congrats!

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Did anyone else see tHe sunset tonight? I've never seen another like it. I took this shitty iPhone pic, which is not worth more than a vague description

http://i.imgur.com/c0cC3.jpg

Whoa. Well done.

Gah, that picture is shit.

The western sky was black except at the horizon where the sun was blazing as seen in the pic, but sheets of rain obscured the glow, and big white lightning arced amid the black and red clouds. Just amazing.

jesse that picture is amazing. it looks like an a-bomb is going off.

thanks. i'm happy with it as a snapshot, but there was actually blue-white lighting in the shot. and the contrast between the black, black clouds and the terrifying sunset isn't there. at least you can see a little bit of the sheets of rain.

i have a point and shoot Canon camera, but for the life o' me that would have been way better, i can't find the damn charger.

I never eat at subway/jimmy johns downtown because I'm always close to a Hannah's, which is infinitely better.

oops - see if you can spot the mistake in that last sentence

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everyone should go to Z&H in hyde park for a sandwich sometime, I'm sure I've evangelized for them before

also I saw that sunset while leaving the laundromat and grocery store, and with the added lightning it was awesome indeed