The Battle For My Wallet V: Beyond the Number IV (Chapter Eighteen, p.75, 5/18)

[TarzansKat]

The best dessert at Walt Disney World is still served by the Liberty Tree Tavern.

It's the Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake -- "vanilla cake with a gooey toffee filling and caramel sauce."

The toffee pieces melt in your mouth (not unlike See's California Brittle and completely unlike Heath).

The caramel sauce ... well, you've had that if you've had the pound cake. Then sigh not so, but let it go.

Alright, ZZUB, I know it's not your mecca of all cakes, but I'm with Tink here. That looks pretty good.

Of course, by the time I get there it'll probably be gone. And since I live in New England, where turkey dinners are aplenty (although not containg our fab five dressed in Colonial gear), I just don't know if I could sign myself up for LTT knowing I'd potentially be facing major disappointment.

I can't lie, though. It wouldn't be the first time I'd picked a restaurant based solely on the dessert.

 

[MNRMommy]

Chapter Ten: Big Block of Cheese DayAfter PHD, we headed back across the courtyard to Little Mermaid. I didn’t see Patty Rodham-Pissytoes anywhere. We went inside and enjoyed the show. Met some nice people.

"Where y'all from?" I asked.

"Oklahoma."

"Oklahoma? OK." I smiled.

Sadly, almost no one gets that joke.

Sadly, I keep repeating it.:[/URL]

Ok, I have finally made it to page 36 (at least I think it is 36) - Yeah for me!! Anyway, I totally get this but am a little confused on why you are quoting Big12 chants.

Sing it with me, "You're doing fine Oklahoma, Oklahoma's OK L A H O M A - Oklahoma, STATE!!"

(I am giving you the benefit of the doubt here that you were going with the Poke - i.e. cowboy, version of this song solely because I can't stand OU)

Only while we were standing next to Mrs. Incredible, there was an incident. I was standing next to her and I accidentally touched her. On her tushy.[/URL]

BORG! DH and I were having our picture taken with Cinderella once and he started to put his arm around her waist. Well Cindy grabbed that arm faster then you grabbed Damiens and politely informed him that a Gentlemen offers a lady her arm (code - don't touch me you grubby tourist). The picture shows the many shades of red this caused him to turn.

 

[loonieroonie]

I love your writing style. You've made me laugh and cry while reading your reports. Thank you.

I can relate to the cake chapter. Dh and I used to go to a restaurant close to home for their dessert, sometimes we wouldn't even order dinner. They stopped serving our favorite dessert, we haven't stepped foot in that restaurant in over 6 years. We don't care what they've replaced our dessert with or how good it might be. We don't hold grudges ( )

Dh loves cake, hates frosting. Dh is known to eat the interior of a cake and leave me the frosting only. I love frosting, but want some cake to go with it. We're also known to occassionally let our boys eat dessert before dinner. Never killed anyone.

Funny, in all my years of going to WDW I've never eaten dessert there (mickey bars not counted).

 

[LaLa]

I have no idea what the heck happened here.

It double posted before I even got started with the smack!

If I hear one word about the cow college thing, it's over.

 

[LaLa]

It was much funnier the first time. You shoud've been here.

Leave it to the rednecked LaLas to have a cat named Elvis. It's truly surprising you didn't end up in Dollywood.

Ask Elvis, apparently he's living in LaLa's backyard. To no one's surprise. One imagines there's a whole bunch of freakiness in her backyard. Most of it on cement blocks.

Yes, but where you live, even though that pathetic cow college has beaten us six years in a row, they still have an inferiority complex. Mostly b/c they are inferior.

You could put that on a turd and it'd be good. NOLaLa'shomecooking.

I have a sneaking suspicion there are WAY more than that but who has the time to quote all the sorry low down no good smack you've been throwing my way while I've been in the kitchen slaving over a hot vat of butter?

That's right Cake boy.

I've got a fresh loaf of Butter Grilled Poundcake sitting on my counter.

And it could've been yours!!!

If only...

You're so far on Ignore right now, I don't expect to see you again until The Battle For My Wallet 16: Dogpatch USA hits the streets.

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Or in this case, not so much.

 

[PISCESANGEL]

yum, cake sounds good.

 

[ZZUB]

Ok, I have finally made it to page 36

Congratulations! You must be on Chapter 3, then.

BORG! DH and I were having our picture taken with Cinderella once and he started to put his arm around her waist. Well Cindy grabbed that arm faster then you grabbed Damiens and politely informed him that a Gentlemen offers a lady her arm (code - don't touch me you grubby tourist). The picture shows the many shades of red this caused him to turn.

THAT is freakin hilarious! I will certainly be more careful with the Princesses now.

I can relate to the cake chapter. Dh and I used to go to a restaurant close to home for their dessert, sometimes we wouldn't even order dinner. They stopped serving our favorite dessert, we haven't stepped foot in that restaurant in over 6 years. We don't care what they've replaced our dessert with or how good it might be. We don't hold grudges.

Good for you, sticking to your principles. I refuse to go to a restaurant in our city but not b/c they took away my favorite dessert. For a whole other set of reasons. I love a good grudge.

I have no idea what the heck happened here.

It double posted before I even got started with the smack!

If I hear one word about the cow college thing, it's over.

If I were you, I'd drive those dirt roads back to Starkville and demand a full refund of your tuitiion. How ever much money you spent on your "education," you were ripped off.



Finally, that emoticon is relevant!

 

[LaLa]

How Do I Worth This Here Internetty Thang?

Cute. Very cute. But apparently Tuscaloosa ain't that far from Starkville after all. In more ways that one.

If I were you, I'd drive those dirt roads back to Starkville and demand a full refund of your tuitiion. How ever much money you spent on your "education," you were ripped off.

First of all, they're gravel. Not dirt. Big difference. Second of all, exactly how long have you been waiting to drop THAT line on somebody? Thirdly, how late did you stay up thinking of it? And fourthly, from now on out, you are DED to me.

SO OVER!!!!!!!

Another one that's finally relevant:

And of course he has nuts in his Red Velvet Cake. That's how they make 'em at the 7-11.

 

[gnoles]

Cute. Very cute. But apparently Tuscaloosa ain't that far from Starkville after all. In more ways that one.

First of all, they're gravel. Not dirt. Big difference. Second of all, exactly how long have you been waiting to drop THAT line on somebody? Thirdly, how late did you stay up thinking of it? And fourthly, from now on out, you are DED to me.

Wow... My boss is a State grad and I'm 2nd generation Bama... That last exchange sounds eerily familiar.

 

[GeorgiaAristocat]

Did Scrapbookdis just call Butter Grilled Pound Cake much ado about nothing? Did GeorgiaAristocat join her? I don't know what is more troubling, that you peed on the best piece of cake I've ever tasted or that you're brining the Shakespeare.

I hate the Bard. I hate all people who like the Bard. And I REALLY hate people who quote the Bard.

So Scrapbookdis and GeorgiaAristocat can now join the ever growing list of people I have banished to Ignoreland. By the time I finish this TR, the only people left posting on it will be me and the Schpup!

I was already on ignore. Or was I?

Glad you had fun in Court today. I have Court tomorrow. Three page calendar - should be a blast. So far the highest debt I've come across is somewhere around $120,000.00. That's a lot of money to owe your Baby Mama. (By you I mean the generic you, not you, you bard-hating, cake-loving freak.)

And I'd never put the bard in brine. I think he is pickled enough as it is.

 

[50 years Too!]

Buzz, I'd really like to know why you won't eat in Seattle?
Not even the Metropolitan Grill? I love that place.

Deb

 

[Brenle]

Buzz, I'd really like to know why you won't eat in Seattle?
Not even the Metropolitan Grill? I love that place.

Deb

Ooh. I think you hit a "soft spot" with Zzub. Better watch out. You'll be getting a witty reply expressing his aforementioned disdain for Seattle food, eloquently worded with many "zings."

 

[DVCTiff]

ZZUB - A quick trip to Trophy Cupcakes might tide you over, but I feel your pain.

For the record, I believe they call it Pound Cake because the original recipe called for a pound of flour, a pound of sugar, and a pound of butter. At least that's what an eight year-old told me the last time it was on the table for discussion (I can't remember if it was literally ON the table at the time).

Now I'm sad and hungry all at the same time.

 

[ZZUB]

First of all, they're gravel. Not dirt. Big difference.

Maybe where you live that's a big difference. In the civilized world, where people where shoes and use nouns and verbs, it's the same thing.

Buzz, I'd really like to know why you won't eat in Seattle? Not even the Metropolitan Grill? I love that place.

Are you confusing me with Buzz? He's a good guy, but he lives in Montana and is a Fan of Disney. I'm ZZUB. I've never announced where in the Pac NW I live, so I find it hard to believe I've ever written that I won't eat in Seattle. Indeed, I have eaten in Seattle many times. Looking back over my last few posts, I did say I won't eat at a restaurant in our city. Arguably, the sentence is not artfully worded and perhaps confusing. I intended to state there was a particular restaurant in our city that picked me off and I refuse to go back there. It certainly was not a ban on all restaurants in our city. Good night nurse! I love McDonald's way too much to refuse to eat out.

ZZUB - A quick trip to Trophy Cupcakes might tide you over, but I feel your pain.

I've never been satisfied by store bought cupcakes. One time at PORiverside, I was sorely tempted by one and it left me sad and hungry.

GA: you're a Shakespeare quoting food snob who I have less affection for than the ingrown toenail of 2006. But, you have an important job and do good work. ZZUB has no patience for deadbeat dads. Go get 'em!

And then crawl back to Ignoreland.

 

[Tinkerbellarella]

where people where shoes

How does one where shoes?

Once one has completed this act, does that mean that one has whorn shoes?

Might one also be able to ware shoes?

These are the questions that keep me up at night.

 

[ZZUB]

How does one where shoes?

I didn't say use nouns and verbs correctly. Sadly, ZZUB has a spelling problem. Which I reckon is better than a drinking problem. IRL, I've been known to mispell my own name. Said but true.

 

[PirateFish989]

For the record, I believe they call it Pound Cake because the original recipe called for a pound of flour, a pound of sugar, and a pound of butter. At least that's what an eight year-old told me the last time it was on the table for discussion (I can't remember if it was literally ON the table at the time).

That eight year old was right! Add in a pound of eggs and you're good to go! In Britain, they add a pound of dried fruit also, but apparently we Americans prefer to not add in anything relatively healthy to our pound cake. Who needs fruit anyway?!

In Mexico, they add nuts too. Huh, that would go with that nutty Red Velvet Cake one can pick up at the 7-11.

 

[Brenle]

I didn't say use nouns and verbs correctly. Sadly, ZZUB has a spelling problem. Which I reckon is better than a drinking problem. IRL, I've been known to mispell my own name. Said but true.

Hmm. That's good to know, seeing Hawk & Dove is a bar in D.C. that's been around a loooong time. Now you can put me back on ignore.

 

[Tinkerbellarella]

I didn't say use nouns and verbs correctly. Sadly, ZZUB has a spelling problem. Which I reckon is better than a drinking problem. IRL, I've been known to mispell my own name. Said but true.

When I first saw the "code" for your favored little smilie I thought to myself, "Self...moped? He doesn't look like he's moping. As a matter of fact, he looks downright non-mopey. He's happy to be on that there lil'...ohhhhh...MOPED. MO-PED."

And for some reason, much like petting a cat in the wrong direction, it irritates me that his vehiculating to the left. Something in me feels very strongly that he should be moving in the other direction.

Raise your hand if your name's Tinkerbellarella and you are sometimes a dope.

 

[kelnit]

I didn't say use nouns and verbs correctly. Sadly, ZZUB has a spelling problem. Which I reckon is better than a drinking problem. IRL, I've been known to mispell my own name. Said but true.

After this I feel as if I can come out of the shadows. Apparently I too have a spelling problem which came to light when posting my first reply to a trip report (and horror of horror it was Lala's).

All that aside I do want to say how much I have enjoyed reading your trip reports. You have a knack for writing and I always look forward to the next chapter.