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I Accuse the Restaurant.

posted 16 years ago by SilentJerry
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Anyone else see that bill for the restaurant? It was $78.80, which by today's standards isn't very bad for three people. Probably a nice dinner. I wouldn't spend that much on a girlfriend, but I'm a cheap ass. But then, I checked out an inflation calculator on that price. Adjusting for inflation, the cost of that meal in 2007 dollars: $928.33!!! Holy Crap! What kind of restaurant is that? I mean, it didn't look like anything fancy. Geez. No wonder he accused his parents, they didn't teach him to avoid restaurants that charge that kind of money for three meals....

[–] linda-570 16 years ago

Ha ha ha! And did you see what the three of them ordered?

4 Lobsters Louis $12
4 Fillet Mignon $10
3 Bottles Champagne $36
Cover charge $8

Question #1: Who was the mysterious 4th person at the table?
Question #2: What's with the the rodeo theme & fancy menu? Rodeo/barn theme, I'm picturing burgers and dogs. But lobsters and fillet mignon? Huh???
Question #3: "Miss Reed, will you sing a song for us? Oh yeah, and here's your FULL BILL." Wouldn't you think they'd knock a little off the bill? Or at least comp the cover charge!

I agree with you SilentJerry. I accuse the restaurant! :)

[–] AtariBaby 10 years ago

LOL'd hard.

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[–] jmaher59 10 years ago

Did anyone besides me calculate the implied tax rate? 19.4% !!! What state do they live in, Newyorkifornia?

[–] tylerism1 8 years ago

LMAO! @ Newyorkifornia

Michael Bay didn't ruin my childhood. My childhood happened more than twenty-five years ago.

[–] BasqueNYC 10 years ago

The 4th person maybe it was the Maitre'D who the bots joked when he said introducing kitty but said ....

"Everyone I have a special announcement (crow says) "I'm Rudolph Hess" hahahaha!!!

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[–] BasqueNYC 10 years ago

Haha I noticed that too as being a waiter /Bartender in Manhattan,NYC and got a kick out of it,lobsters,filet migon 3 bottles of champagne ! Man times have changed!!

[–] Ddey65 9 years ago

I accuse the restaurant too. Not so much for the price of the meals (and yeah, that's highway robbery in 1944), but of actually making Jimmy drive for the mob hits of the owner.