Lunch At The Big Chicken
Mom, Skylar, and I recently dined at the Big Chicken in Marietta. Basically it is a KFC with a big, gaudy, metal chicken serving as the roof. The eyes rotate and the beak opens and closes. My three-year-old was impressed. Mom did not seem to notice. I think she considered me as being cheap for taking her to a fast-food restaurant, instead of her preferred buffet. I simply wanted to do something a little different. Inside are big steel posts painted as chicken legs. Various souvenirs are offered, and of course, chicken.
Mom, what would you like to eat?
Oh, I don't know. I'll take a hamburger.
You don't go to a chicken place and order a hamburger.
I'm 89 years old. I'll order whatever I want. Now, get me a hamburger.
Skylar, what do you want?
Hamburger.
Skylar got a kid's chicken meal.
We will be having lunch with mom again today. Skylar wants to go to McDonald's, strictly for the playground. Mom will probably order chicken.
02.27.09 (10:21 am) [
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posted by:
surrogate (
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02.27.09 (7:54 am)
Now, at least, I know you come by your contrary-ness(?) honestly.
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emerging (
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02.27.09 (7:56 am)
Sounds like a real character-building exercise ;)
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bawdy (
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02.27.09 (1:40 pm)
Haha. I only have it about once a year, if that, but I love KFC. I like it even better cold the next day.
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PastorDave (
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02.27.09 (8:05 pm)
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I remember one time she told a police officer to- well, I'd best not give the details. He was rather upset. But he shut his mouth and left her alone. She's always been spunky, and I've been lucky to have her on my side.
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PastorDave (
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02.27.09 (8:08 pm)
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Character building- eating at the Big Chicken? I do like to eat at strange places. I remember eating inside a giant orange, somewhere in Missouri. I remember a place in Mississippi where the waiters literally threw rolls to the customers. And, of course, there was Abdullah The Butcher's House Of Ribs & Chinese Food.
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PastorDave (
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02.27.09 (8:09 pm)
Reply to: bawdy
Once a year? Fast food is on my menu at least once a week.
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emerging (
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02.28.09 (8:15 am)
Reply to: PastorDave
I was referring to how your mom didn't seem terribly pleased with trying something different.
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B (
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02.28.09 (8:50 am)
Your mom always notices the Big Chicken when she and & I go by there. She thinks it's "cute". And if I ask her what she wants for lunch while we're out "thrift-storing" she ususally says chicken. She must be tired of chicken since she asked you for a hamburger.
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02.28.09 (1:40 pm)
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Yeah, but I have Arby's a few times too, as well as pizza. Too much KFC would wreak havoc on the arteries.
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auntconi (
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02.28.09 (10:25 pm)
Well, the first time I went to Alabama and saw a sign saying "home of throwed rolls" we HAD to eat there to see that they actually 'throw the rolls' to the customer ... it is Lambert's and they have restaurants in Missouri and Alabama ~ love that place!
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RebeccaNelle (
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03.02.09 (12:30 pm)
I lost mama in 2007. She was 88. I'd give anything to have her fuss me out for taking her to a chicken place when she wanted a hamburger. :(
