Family of Dooooooooom! (long and rant-tastic)

[otakuneko]

Yup. It was also the ubder-disgusting first murder scene in Seven.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Maybe if we're lucky, some waiter will offer Mom and DAD a "leetle wafer thin mint."

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Maybe if we're lucky, some waiter will offer Mom and DAD a "leetle wafer thin mint."

I do not want to be around when that happens. Unless I get a raincoat or a tarp to protect myself.

[Nyoibo]

I'm the same as JustADude, I take pleasure in eating, and at places like that I'll eat sometimes 3-4 plates of food, I won't eat for a day or two afterwards, but I pack away a fair amount.

As for the kids, take them out back and then serve them up to the parents as sweet and sour pork.

[Chromatix]

I tend to eat one large meal a day. But I don't sit there and eat five heaped platters in one go. And I certainly don't become so absorbed in my food that I would ignore my children acting up.

[Sheldonrs]

I'm the same as JustADude, I take pleasure in eating, and at places like that I'll eat sometimes 3-4 plates of food, I won't eat for a day or two afterwards, but I pack away a fair amount.

As for the kids, take them out back and then serve them up to the parents as sweet and sour pork.

How "Medea" of you.

[taxguykarl]

Of course, keep in mind that being a gourmand* is not the same as being a glutton. I like my meals hearty, and I can down 2 very full plates at a Chinese buffet and then go back for desert (Sugar-Dumplings, Mmmmmmm)... but I don't shovel-feed myself, nor am I rude and obnoxious to my fellow customers.

*One who takes pleasure in eating. They may or may not have the refined, discriminating palate that makes a gourmet as well.

I'm with you there. I like to make the buffet a multi-course meal: salad, soup, entree, dessert. At the Pan-Asian buffet in my town, I usually have 2 dinner plates-partially covered and a soup or two (depending on the offering that evening--their hot&sour and egg drop soups are the best, the miso is also pretty good). Our favorite buffet is a truck stop with a comfort food menu. Even there I could not put away 5 heaping plates.

[Nyoibo]

How "Medea" of you.

A classic never dies.



As to Ken, I'd say that the mention of their weight and appearance helps illustrate their attitude.

I will elaborate further if wanted, but I'll leave it there at the moment.