Chicago: They paved a fetid swamp/and put up a parking lot

But I did wear short sleeves for that.

I went for a run this morning and it was fine. Hot, but not horrible.

Have you guys heard of this rapper Serengeti? Apparently he frequently raps in character as a Brian Dennehy fan with a pronounced "Da Bears" Chicago accent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqrtoFWglMY

rises like an empress (a leopard?) above the seeeeeeeeeeeeeeerengeti

I feel like I've raised my hot weather dressing to a new level this summer. Lots of long cotton dresses/breezy skirts with light tops. Also discovered my weekend bras are much better in the heat than my usual bras, which are more like buildings I strap on my chest, so please enjoy my slightly less well supported and defined boobs, coworkers.

Actually don't.

Or if you do, keep it to yourself.

agh i am so stircrazy

You know how if you eat a McDonal'ds hamburger, by the last bite you never want to see another McDonald's hamburger? This is not the case with Arby's. I just put away the large size plain roast beef sandwich, and I want another one. Two more, maybe.

this made me lol
a McDonal'ds hamburger

i agree though - arby's is pretty good

i mean, sort of? i have bad memories of eating a rubbery rb sangwich and my mom not believing me when i said it was gross. i opened it up and the meat was iridescent. then she believed me and we went to taco bell. the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vxQqdFOeoM

I don't think I've eaten at an Arby's, which is nigh inexplicable.

I mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vxQqdFOeoM

5 for 5 dollars. Frequent lunch item. Well, used to be.

you don't eat there anymore? arbys is my go-to choice for road trips. wendy's close second.
this was my arby's as a kid
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/50196_131008983617329_182_n.jpg

Iridescence is not an indicator of meat quality, particular with your darker meats, like roast beef. Iridescent ham can also work. What you want to avoid is slimy. That's the deal breaker.

I was 7 or 8 when this happened, so my food safety skills were pretty rudimentary. I just knew that it tasted like leather and shined like an opal.

I don't think I've eaten at an Arby's, which is nigh inexplicable.

Me neither! High five!

Kenan is right! I've seen iridescent meat that was very good, and while I am no state fair meat judge, I think it was quality stuff.

did you guys have rax? (raxx?) it was like arby's, but they had a salad bar! we used to go there after gymnastics.

I remember Rax in MT and OH. They called themselves something like "Fast Food With Class!"

i wasn't allowed to go to wendy's because james a rhodes was a major shareholder and it always bummed me out

xp to jaymc and askance - Come on down to the basement of my building and I'll treat you to an RBS and some curly fries.

They used to have my favorite fast food salad which was like a chicken club salad or something but they don't make it anymore. Also the VoiceOver (thanks for the weird interstitial caps, iPhone) lady who did their commercials in NC pronounced "sandwiches" as "sanwidges" which always gave me the creeps.

Looove Arby's curly fries, but not a big fan of any of their sandwiches. Wendy's is my road trip food of choice #1 always.

curly fries are so good, esp the really corkscrewy ones

God I love curly fries. Cheese curly fires are really the best.

I feel like my family must have had some anti-arby's prejudice while I was growing up and now it is just not a place I would even consider going to. Until now.

I dislike curly fries.

we should have a movie club meeting at an arbys where we talk about over the edge

i'm pretty sure all curly fries come from the same factory. remember that one time i went to trivia nite and ate like 500K curly fries? they tasted just like arby's!

That would be wonderful. (xp re movie talk at Arby's)

Best things at Arby's:

-jalapeno poppers
-the onion petals sauce with those poppers
-jamiroquai shake
-the peppered bacon

I have fond memories of curly fries from Checkers.

-jamiroquai shake

OK what

LOL

Yeah, does it wear a big furry hat and slide around on a moving tabletop?

haha classic

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IZ7QlUCd1P8/S47v-eFU2MI/AAAAAAAABdM/-Z3d4LKGvOc/s400/Free-jamocha-shake-arby%27s.jpg

Have you guys heard of this rapper Serengeti? Apparently he frequently raps in character as a Brian Dennehy fan with a pronounced "Da Bears" Chicago accent:
http://www.youtube.com/v/oqrtoFWglMY&fs=1&hl=en

― jaymc, Wednesday, June 8, 2011 1:02 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

0w3n, who's in the band i'm playing with (TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT), is like best buds with this guy and made some beats for his new album.

Huh, far out.

when we meet at arbys to talk about movies can we also discuss our appreciation of the song "body count"

My little weather widget tells me it's 94 degrees out, but it "feels like" 92. Well isn't that just so goddamn comforting.

It's enough to drive a man to drink a Jamiroquai.

I'm sure it's like 72 in front of that fountain.

You're making fun of me. I have this incredible fifth sense about this kind of thing.

lol, which of the normal ones did you give up to be able have Fountain Sense?

sorry, excessively snarky

Also not getting my joke.

Is your fifth sense kind of like Taco Bell's fourth meal?

I don't have a fifth sense. Pretty fucking insensitive, folks.