NewMexiKen’s top ten reasons to judge a restaurant unsuitable

10. You pay before you eat

9. You pay after you eat, but you stand in line and pay a cashier

8. More men eating with caps on than those without caps

7. The piped-in-music is louder than the TVs

6. Soup served with soup spoon already in soup

5. They fill the condiments while you’re at the table

4. Menu includes photos of the food

3. Menu includes samples of the food stuck to pages

2. They wipe your table with a wet rag

And the number one reason to chose another restaurant if you want to impress your date or customer:

They wipe the seats of the chairs with the same rag

Redux post of the day

iPhone hype

The only way the iPhone can live up to the hype.

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First posted here three years ago today. I guess the oil spill would make an updated version.

Redux post of the day

Taking a lesson from Saint Francis Xavier, born on this date in 1506, NewMexiKen has decided to raise the level of the insults I hurl, for example, at other drivers. From now on, instead of “Hey, a**hole,” or “m*****f*****,” or some other Deadwood appropriate language, I am simply going to yell:

“It upsets me to know that at the hour of your death you may be ordered out of paradise.”


First posted two years ago today.

Full Body Scans to Double as Annual Checkups

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — In what some in the White House are calling a “win/win” solution to the nation’s airport security and health care reform problems, starting next month U.S. airports will begin conducting full body scans that will double as annual physical checkups.

President Obama announced the breakthrough solution this morning, telling reporters, “With this all-purpose exam, we will be able to find everything from a hidden weapon to a spot on your lung.”

After scanning a passenger, Mr. Obama said, “We will either give you a clean bill of health or wrestle you to the ground.”

The President added that instituting the body scan/checkup could ward off some terrorists right from the start, “because a lot of them will balk at the $25 co-pay.”

Borowitz Report

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