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Just like nowadays we get vegetarian shrimps and other crustaceans
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adventurer02
on July 3, 2015 at 12:50 AM
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That's all we can do, lion, that's all we can do! 
posted by
JimmyA
on July 15, 2013 at 6:42 AM
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just nod and smile boys, nod and smile...
posted by
lionreign
on July 15, 2013 at 2:51 AM
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Kabu
on July 13, 2013 at 12:33 PM
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It was a bit of a laugher, Mia! Yes, my wife enjoyed her hot dog-less hot dog and the humorous tale that went with it! Don't apologize . . . I guess some things just don't have any explanation to them!
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JimmyA
on July 13, 2013 at 9:50 AM
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Not really, lustor. But he is usually a bit of a clown, and likes to see the humor in just about everything! I guess that's why it was so difficult to convince him that this wasn't a practical joke! But, if it made people laugh, what the hell . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on July 13, 2013 at 9:47 AM
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Jimmy, I'm sorry - I can't provide you with even a bit of helpful advise, because I'm too busy laughing at your prediciment! Glad your wife was able to enjoy her "hot dog" and a good laugh!! 
posted by
Mia890
on July 13, 2013 at 9:19 AM
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is he slow or what?
posted by
Lanetay
on July 13, 2013 at 8:46 AM
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Well, believe it or not, C C T, even though my wife is a vegetarian and would definitely not have eaten that hot dog, she hates to see food . . . any food . . . being wasted! There would have been no point really to have the hot dog on that bun in the first place just to throw it away, whether I told my wife or not! But that's what you would have done, eh? Hmmm . . . devious indeed!
posted by
JimmyA
on July 13, 2013 at 8:07 AM
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It seemed, Rumor, to be pure and simple to me too! And to my wife! But I guess, for others, such things are unfathomable . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on July 13, 2013 at 8:02 AM
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Jimmy do you know what I would have done, but I am much more devious than you.
I would have ordered the hot dog and the condiments or whatever you call them and then as I returned I would have pulled the hot dog out and would have slung it in the bushes,.Not telling the wife of course.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 13, 2013 at 7:39 AM
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Jimmy...
Sounds like your wife had a "meatless hot dog", pure and simple....
posted by
Rumor
on July 13, 2013 at 7:32 AM
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That's possible, Naut. But if that was the case, then he was very, very convincing in his role! I mean, it was hard for me to believe that he didn't believe me. But if he was trying to make me believe that he couldn't believe that I would believe . . . oh, never mind! My wife got her hot dog-less hot dog! That's all that mattered . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on July 13, 2013 at 6:48 AM
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Well, Sir Wiley, since he did bring that hot dog stand, I suppose it might have been somewhat rude to actually charge him for a bite, but I get your gesture! Who knows? He may have actually liked it . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on July 13, 2013 at 6:42 AM
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Pun intended, Bill? Personally I never give anyone grief over what they eat, or don't eat! People like what they like, and dislike what they dislike. Belive it or not, those veggie-dogs are actually pretty good . . .
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JimmyA
on July 13, 2013 at 6:35 AM
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That may be a part of it, Annicita, but his continued reluctance to believe that I was giving my wife exactly what she had asked for may go a little beyond that. For example, one of my friends couldn't fathom that my wife also likes her beer to be warm and flat, while every other beer drinker likes theirs to be ice cold and fresh! But, that's what she likes! However, he would insist on trying to give her a cold, fresh beer, simply not believing that she left that beer on the table, uncapped, to warm up and flatten out to her liking. To each his own, remember . . . ?
posted by
JimmyA
on July 13, 2013 at 6:33 AM
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I'm not sure, Dr JPT, if he was being literal or not, just non-believing! I mean, I was being literal! My wife wanted a hot dog-less hot dog, and that's exactly what I created and gave her! Why he continued to think I was actually playing a joke on her, even after I clearly explained my intentions, and her request, still escapes me . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on July 13, 2013 at 6:27 AM
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Well, FSI, it would be one thing if someone was simply observing what you were doing and thought you were perpetrating a practical joke. But it's quite another when you tell them point-blank that you are absolutely not setting someone up for a practical joke . . . and they don't believe you! A very odd situation, and exchange, indeed . . .
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JimmyA
on July 13, 2013 at 6:23 AM
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Well there ya go, Utah! See? "Special orders" are not that uncommon, regardless of their source. Hopefully the people at the McDonald's didn't give you a hard time about it, or actually question why you wanted it in the first place! I'm sure your daughter appreciated it . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on July 13, 2013 at 6:19 AM
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I guess not, mariss. It did become somewhat a humorous tale to pass on. And although I wasn't necessarily angry, it did become somewhat frustrating to explain it so simply and directly, and still be dismissed! Weird . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on July 13, 2013 at 6:13 AM
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After a certain point, Kabu, I guess it became obvious that, no matter how I explained it or how serious I appeared, he was just not going to believe me! Have you ever heard the expression "You can't con a con man?" Well, there's another one that says "You can't bullshit a bullshitter!" Guess where that exchange fell . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on July 13, 2013 at 6:10 AM
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I guess that's true, adnohr. It was an amusing exchange. And I suppose you're right. All you can do is smile, nod in agreement, and walk away, letting them think what they want to think. It didn't really matter. My wife got what she wanted . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on July 13, 2013 at 6:05 AM
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Jimmy
Okay, I'm gonna play Devil's advocate here and suggest that maybe, just maybe, he was having you on by pretending not to believe you...
posted by
Nautikos
on July 12, 2013 at 10:26 PM
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JimmyA
Why didn't you ask him to take a bite? For a price of of course,
posted by
WileyJohn
on July 12, 2013 at 6:01 PM
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öEveryone eats something or frankfurter Jimmy. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on July 12, 2013 at 3:23 PM
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some people can't understand that another person can be a vegetarian....I have that problem as well
posted by
Annicita
on July 12, 2013 at 2:45 PM
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You can't They are literal and don't get it. 
posted by
Dr_JPT
on July 12, 2013 at 1:47 PM
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What adnohr wrote makes a lot of sense to me...I myself do not ever recall someone believing I was partaken in a practical joke in spite of me saying that I was not...
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on July 12, 2013 at 11:42 AM
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When my youngest daughter was going through her meatless stage she made me buy her a Big Mac from Mc Donalds and have them hold the meat...And I did.
posted by
UtahJay
on July 12, 2013 at 11:17 AM
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People rarely believe me; if they can't, I let them be amused with their interpretation. Not that many people understand dedicated vegetarian types. At least someone got a good laugh at a party, Not all bad.
posted by
mariss9
on July 12, 2013 at 10:42 AM
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you do what you ended doing.....agree with him and go on your way.
posted by
Kabu
on July 12, 2013 at 10:33 AM
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You don't. You just laugh and go along with it. It made an amusing post though, so all is not lost.
posted by
adnohr
on July 12, 2013 at 10:24 AM
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