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Post by inger on May 9, 2021 18:06:01 GMT -5
My neighbors took out their pity on me for being alone and invited me out to dinner last night. I was to arrive at their place and we were to head out to a restaurant for dinner. They had asked me where I preferred to go, but I had deferred to the wife of the inviters.
First thing she asked me when I walked in was where I wanted to go. They had already been making phone calls to see how long waits were, etc..
We just wound up going to a nearby barbecue shack, which was fine with me. I had a delicious pulled pork Sammy with their hottest BBQ sauce and fries. It was the smallest and cheapest thing on the menu, and it was delicious while filling me up. Little sucker was only about a 4” long sandwich, but it was stuffed with pork... gotta go back there again soon...
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Post by rizzuto on May 9, 2021 18:06:55 GMT -5
Thank you Rizzuto! Currently in rainy NYC with the family going to a Korean BBQ place! Will check in once I get home! Grateful for the win today! Your fam sure does enjoy getting the variety of ethnic foods when you get out. I think you’ve tasted the world! ... That’s the beauty of New York City. So many different flavors to choose for any meal. It’s the next best thing to travel. I know you’re not an adventurous eater, Inger, but for me it’s one of the great joys in life. |
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Post by inger on May 9, 2021 18:24:34 GMT -5
It’s funny, but if others want to go to something unusual, they look at me and ask if I’ll eat it. I tell them that we’ll just go, and I’ll find something I can eat. Most places have a burger on the menu for us weirdos anyway. Once I’ve given my blessing to go, it seems they always decide to go somewhere else.
I will ask questions at restaurants and I will choose as wisely as I can. I usually tell the waiter/waitress that I’m not familiar with the food of the culture and would prefer something not too out of the American norm. They help me, and I wind up with something I can handle. It’s not that hard...
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Post by sierchio on May 9, 2021 18:34:32 GMT -5
Where's ballsonya?
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Post by sierchio on May 9, 2021 18:40:46 GMT -5
There it is! hahah Guy at work used to tell people his name was Harry... Harry Ballzonyah |
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Post by pippsheadache on May 9, 2021 19:43:48 GMT -5
There it is! hahah Guy at work used to tell people his name was Harry... Harry Ballzonyah Harold Balls. His nickname had to be "Brass." Good find Inger. As a lifelong admirer of major leaguers like Tony Suck, Rusty Kuntz, Johnny Dickshot and Peter LaCock, I thank you for discovering Mr. Balls. Can you imagine how difficult it must have been not to laugh if you had to ask "will Mr. Balls please come to the front desk?" or "are you Mr. Balls?" |
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Post by Renfield on May 9, 2021 19:56:14 GMT -5
There it is! hahah Guy at work used to tell people his name was Harry... Harry Ballzonyah Harold Balls. His nickname had to be "Brass." Good find Inger. As a lifelong admirer of major leaguers like Tony Suck, Rusty Kuntz, Johnny Dickshot and Peter LaCock, I thank you for discovering Mr. Balls. Can you imagine how difficult it must have been not to laugh if you had to ask "will Mr. Balls please come to the front desk?" or "are you Mr. Balls?" How couls yoy leave mlb pitcher Dick Pole off that list? |
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Post by pippsheadache on May 9, 2021 20:02:23 GMT -5
Harold Balls. His nickname had to be "Brass." Good find Inger. As a lifelong admirer of major leaguers like Tony Suck, Rusty Kuntz, Johnny Dickshot and Peter LaCock, I thank you for discovering Mr. Balls. Can you imagine how difficult it must have been not to laugh if you had to ask "will Mr. Balls please come to the front desk?" or "are you Mr. Balls?" How couls yoy leave mlb pitcher Dick Pole off that list? Yikes, major oversight. Thanks for restoring him to his rightful place. I remember when JJ Putz came up and O'Neill was obviously struggling not to laugh at his name. There was a 19th century player named Pebbly Jack Glasscock. |
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Post by pippsheadache on May 9, 2021 20:18:59 GMT -5
One more popped into my head before I sign off. In my baseball card days there was a chubby catcher named Harry Chiti. And he actually was pretty Chiti as I recall.
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Post by rizzuto on May 9, 2021 21:52:41 GMT -5
How couls yoy leave mlb pitcher Dick Pole off that list? Yikes, major oversight. Thanks for restoring him to his rightful place. I remember when JJ Putz came up and O'Neill was obviously struggling not to laugh at his name. There was a 19th century player named Pebbly Jack Glasscock. We had a kid in my school named Glasscock. You could always see him coming.  |
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Post by inger on May 9, 2021 22:27:21 GMT -5
Yikes, major oversight. Thanks for restoring him to his rightful place. I remember when JJ Putz came up and O'Neill was obviously struggling not to laugh at his name. There was a 19th century player named Pebbly Jack Glasscock. We had a kid in my school named Glasscock. You could always see him coming. We had a Hitchcock. With Alfred on TV maybe that shouldn’t have mattered, but this guy would actually wear clothing with “Itchcock” on it and kind of just go ahead an razz himself. Pipps, I blamed you because I need that you got a bit of joy out of those old baseball names and Nick names. Though it’s tempting, I don’t think I’ll personally dig into the bowels of the world’s obits to find people that probably lived. I’ll stop with Harry Balls and not search hot the Richard Heads, etc. of the world. I’ll just be like little Virginia in her quest for Santa. I’ll just let myself believe they exist, or existed. If I find some more interesting baseball names, I won’t hesitate to dredge them out for you. That’s a promise. And you know that if anyone can find them, I can do it... |
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Post by kaybli on May 10, 2021 2:41:10 GMT -5
Yikes, major oversight. Thanks for restoring him to his rightful place. I remember when JJ Putz came up and O'Neill was obviously struggling not to laugh at his name. There was a 19th century player named Pebbly Jack Glasscock. We had a kid in my school named Glasscock. You could always see him coming.  |
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Post by kaybli on May 10, 2021 2:47:28 GMT -5
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Post by pippsheadache on May 10, 2021 6:34:45 GMT -5
Further proof that you are a genius, Kaybli. You know, I hadn't thought of Chief Bender in that way before because I was so used to hearing his name. Thanks for showing me a better way.
First photo I've ever seen of the great Johnny Dickshot. I always found it odd that he actually changed his name TO Dickshot from the equally cringe-worthy Dicksus. You'd think that once he was in the market for a name change he'd go in a completely different direction. Like maybe Balls or PeePee.
I don't think they had baseball cards in Tony Suck's day.
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Post by pippsheadache on May 10, 2021 6:43:48 GMT -5
We had a kid in my school named Glasscock. You could always see him coming. We had a Hitchcock. With Alfred on TV maybe that shouldn’t have mattered, but this guy would actually wear clothing with “Itchcock” on it and kind of just go ahead an razz himself. Pipps, I blamed you because I need that you got a bit of joy out of those old baseball names and Nick names. Though it’s tempting, I don’t think I’ll personally dig into the bowels of the world’s obits to find people that probably lived. I’ll stop with Harry Balls and not search hot the Richard Heads, etc. of the world. I’ll just be like little Virginia in her quest for Santa. I’ll just let myself believe they exist, or existed. If I find some more interesting baseball names, I won’t hesitate to dredge them out for you. That’s a promise. And you know that if anyone can find them, I can do it... I knew a guy at Los Alamos National laboratory named Dick Herbst. Dangerously close to the legendary Mr. Hertz of high school sign-up fame (once we moved past Ben Dover and his sister Eileen.) This guy was a serious physicist and not the type you would razz about his unfortunate moniker. Harold Balls is still making me chuckle. I thought I would have outgrown that 60 years ago. Maybe when I'm in my 90s. |
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