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Gary Schnierow's avatar

Is that 60 Minutes Vietnam video a subtle troll of me, as I have to wait for Caro's LBJ volume 5 about Vietnam?!

Jared Blank's avatar

The world doesn't revolve around you!!!!

(Too busy revolving around me)

Gary Schnierow's avatar

Yes, but what about Gobbledy?!

Gary Schnierow's avatar

Wait a second, that video is 4+ hours long?!

Jared Blank's avatar

It's every vietnam story they've done. that's why i linked to the one i mentioned...

Gary Schnierow's avatar

It linked to the beginning, so I had to chiffonade my way to the segment, which was amazing. Say what you will about the war, at least the soldiers were flown in comfort+.

Jared Blank's avatar

Oh interesting - if you click on it and watch on the gobbledy site, it starts at the beginning but if you copy/paste, the link is correct.

Anyway - isn't that segment incredible? I was fascinated at how even the soldiers who were against the war (and still went!) were complaining about the protesters. I had never really believed the idea that the troops were bothered by the protesters - but they were. Also Mike Wallace was a bad ass...(as was Morley Safer, who is amazing in the My Lai segment in there)

Gary Schnierow's avatar

I stopped reading after the mac& cheese picture because I can only think that in no world has someone snipped parsley like that for mac and cheese.

Jared Blank's avatar

I thought the choice of "snipped" was interesting.

You were alive in 1975 - nobody put that much care into making a parsley chiffonade for your pasta?

Gary Schnierow's avatar

While your readers should surely be impressed with you using a fancy word like "chiffonade," I'm here to tell them that snipped parsley is not a chiffonade.

Jared Blank's avatar

Those are the words of someone who never had a parsley chiffonade on their mac and cheese.

Gary Schnierow's avatar

The only people who have had a parsley chiffonade on their mac and cheese are fictional diners at the Bear.

JimmyJames's avatar

I'm confused. You're saying that macaroni and cheese, tomato, hot dog, and a minuscule amount of parsley is now NOT a great meal? That doesn't track. Also, if Susan wants to put that box of Goodles in the mail, you have my address, I'll take it off your hands.

Jared Blank's avatar

If Susan wants to mail you a box of Goodles, I will insist that the box also include 25% of a tomato, 50% of a hotdog, and 2% of a bunch of parsley.

That's basically a 1975 Mac and Cheese salad.

JimmyJames's avatar

That sounds good; I'll have that.

Susan Blank's avatar

i have wondered how that box of Goodles got in the pantry....

Jared Blank's avatar

Teen made a very convincing argument ("it's not as gross as Poppi!")

Susan Blank's avatar

Actually NOTHING is as gross as Poppi

Jared Blank's avatar

They sell it as "probiotic" because you'll want to get it out of your system as quickly as possible.