$2,000 meal, but no utensils

gldstwmn · #1 04-07-2004, 07:21 PM

Silverware banned to prevent clinking while president was speaking

JIM MORRILL

Staff Writer

It was a mouthwatering menu. Not that you'd expect less for $2,000 a plate.

Seered beef tenderloins with golden tomatoes on an herb-encrusted baguette. Grilled garlic chicken with smoked gouda on a honey wheat wrap. Fruits and gourmet olives and crudite. A gourmet luncheon with only one thing missing: something to eat it with.

The explanation was at the bottom of the menus distributed at President Bush's $1.5 million Charlotte fund-raiser Monday.

"At the request of the White House, silverware will not accompany the table settings," it said in discreetly fine print.

No silver. No plastic.

The lack of utensils might have been why many plates went virtually untouched.

The reason: So the tinkle of silver wouldn't disrupt the president's speech.

"They're just doing it so people can eat their meals prior to or after the president's speech," said spokesman Reed Dickens, who said it's standard procedure for fund-raisers. "It's just a logistical issue. Nothing more."

Apparently the White House doesn't worry about all diners.

Behind a rope on the side of the ballroom next to many paying guests, reporters scarfed down their own buffet. It came with silverware.

dissention · #2 04-07-2004, 07:24 PM

That is the epitome of ridiculousness!

darklinensuit · #3 04-07-2004, 10:15 PM

They needn't worry. Who would have an appetite while that guy is speaking?

- Jake

dissention · #4 04-07-2004, 10:17 PM

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Originally posted by darklinensuit
They needn't worry. Who would have an appetite while that guy is speaking?

- Jake

Want a list?

darklinensuit · #5 04-07-2004, 10:19 PM

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Originally posted by dissention
Want a list?

No, just the check, please.

- Jake

gldstwmn · #6 04-07-2004, 10:20 PM

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Originally posted by dissention
Want a list?

I'll start:

Karen "Stepford" Hughes

darklinensuit · #7 04-07-2004, 10:21 PM

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Originally posted by gldstwmn
I'll start:

Karen "Stepford" Hughes

Robots eat in the re-make?

- Jake

dissention · #8 04-07-2004, 10:23 PM

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Originally posted by gldstwmn
I'll start:

Karen "Stepford" Hughes

"I love- I love- I- I- I- I love you Mr. President. President. President."

darklinensuit · #9 04-07-2004, 10:31 PM

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"I love- I love- I- I- I- I love you Mr. President. President. President."

I thought that was Marilyn "Stepford" Monroe or Monica "Stepford" Lewinsky.

- Jake

gldstwmn · #10 04-07-2004, 10:33 PM

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Originally posted by darklinensuit
I thought that was Marilyn "Stepford" Monroe or Monica "Stepford" Lewinsky.

- Jake

No, no. This is different somehow. If you could have seen her on Larry King last night... Definitely robotic. Maybe they have some dirt on her. She will not in any way make Bushco accountable for anything that's happened. Of all of them, I dislike her the most. She was in on it from the begining.

darklinensuit · #11 04-07-2004, 10:38 PM

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Originally posted by gldstwmn
No, no. This is different somehow. If you could have seen her on Larry King last night... Definitely robotic. Maybe they have some dirt on her. She will not in any way make Bushco accountable for anything that's happened. Of all of them, I dislike her the most. She was in on it from the begining.

She reminds me so much of the mother of a former student. Smug, patronizing, and unblinking in her Annie Lennox plus sized suit.
Her daughter is easily the meanest kid in the school.
When Houston flooded last Novemeber (I think), their house had an electrical fire.
Now guess whose building they moved into while their house is rebuilt?
I see them on the elevator and lobby more than any other neighbors. Imagine living near Karen.
G-d has a sense of humor.

- Jake