Comments on: Things I learned this week, or how to greet someone while sitting on a camel https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/things-i-learned-this-week-or-how-to/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:34:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/things-i-learned-this-week-or-how-to/#comment-21912 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:04:00 +0000 #comment-21912 I didn’t know Oz had beaten the US in the fatness stakes, however, reading about the Quad Stack, I’m not surprised. I don’t know why people don’t wake up and realise what these enormous burgers etc. etc. are doing to them. Its easy enough to put on weight eating fairly normally, let alone eating things like that.

]]> By: Satima Flavell https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/things-i-learned-this-week-or-how-to/#comment-21911 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:37:00 +0000 #comment-21911 It’s eating stuff like that has given Oz the dubious distinction of being the worlds fattest nation. America used to beat us hands down in the fatness stakes, but alas, no longer:-(

]]> By: Jason https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/things-i-learned-this-week-or-how-to/#comment-21910 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:12:00 +0000 #comment-21910 I feel so ignorant. Macaroni cheese never occurred to me, perhaps because it’s been so many years since I had it (I do recall it being a favourite in my pre-teens and teens).

My co-worker who ate the Quad Stack subsequently snacked on a box of mini-Mars Bars. He’d had a chicken roll an hour or two before. Some people just have big appetites, I guess.

I’d only eat something like the Quad Stack under (extreme) duress. After so many years of low-fat, low-joule eating, the cognitive barrier to indulging in such excess is just too high.

]]> By: hrugaar https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/things-i-learned-this-week-or-how-to/#comment-21909 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:52:00 +0000 #comment-21909 Um, apart from cereal first thing in the morning, I only really have one meal a day, early evening. Unless I’m on holiday.

But yeah, the Quad Stack would probably take me most of the evening to get through. 😀

]]> By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/things-i-learned-this-week-or-how-to/#comment-21908 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:15:00 +0000 #comment-21908 Definitely a lost cause Ru, I would think it would take the best part of a day to eat that anyway. Apart from which, what about the variety during your day’s meals. Boooring.

]]> By: hrugaar https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/things-i-learned-this-week-or-how-to/#comment-21907 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:21:00 +0000 #comment-21907 I see the ‘Quad Stack’ article says you could eat one of them and then survive the rest of the day on just fruit and veg – presumably including salad – which would actually suit me okay. And I like burgers with bacon and cheese.

Okay, so I’m a lost cause … :

]]> By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/things-i-learned-this-week-or-how-to/#comment-21906 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:05:00 +0000 #comment-21906 Yes, chai is a big favourite in this neck of the woods, I don’t much like it either. In the south if you ask for tea you are likely to get iced tea, ask for chai and you might get blank looks. As for Kraft mac ‘n cheese, that is a staple in all of North America. I said the other day I should try it and see what it is really like.

That Quad Stack Burger sounds really disgusting I agree Jason. They criticise North America for their oversized portions, but I’ve not heard of anything so huge here.

]]> By: Satima Flavell https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/things-i-learned-this-week-or-how-to/#comment-21905 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:40:00 +0000 #comment-21905 Ordering tea can certainly be an adventure. In some places “black tea” means “black, as opposed to white” (i.e. with milk) while in others it means “black, as opposed to green”. and in some places if you ask for chai that’s exactly what you’ll get. and I hate chai:-(

Coffee’s a safer bet. At least if you ask for black coffee that is generally what you’ll get!

]]> By: glenda larke https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/things-i-learned-this-week-or-how-to/#comment-21904 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:04:00 +0000 #comment-21904 Jason – just in case you don’t know, mac ‘n’ cheese is kidspeak for macaroni and cheese. You are probably right about the salt content though, as there are many mac n cheese quick meals on the market for kids.

]]> By: hrugaar https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/things-i-learned-this-week-or-how-to/#comment-21903 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:01:00 +0000 #comment-21903 The acabadora phenomenon sounds fascinating, and strangely enlightened. I wonder how they rated job satisfaction.

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