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elleng

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63. Thanks for that bit of 'family' history!

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Mon Mar 3, 2014, 05:16 PM

Mar 2014

I've never known either!

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What WAS the big Olive Garden thing on DU? [View all] sibelian Mar 2014 OP

Olive Garden is part of the Darden Restaurant Group, who are loudly anti-Obamacare. onehandle Mar 2014 #1

perhaps, but the Olive Garden stuff goes back way longer than that i'm pretty sure... dionysus Mar 2014 #3

Well, Olive Garden is really bad and bland 'Italian.' onehandle Mar 2014 #8

i used to enjoy going there stoned as a broke college student... it helped with the blandness issue. dionysus Mar 2014 #12

Nailed... sendero Mar 2014 #60

I've eaten TV dinners that were better Aerows Mar 2014 #89

I think Olive Garden used to be better than it is now. NaturalHigh Mar 2014 #128

Yes.. waay back before that. As I recall someone posted a layperson review that went viral that was hlthe2b Mar 2014 #22

Olive Garden was revered as a symbol of everything wrong with this country Avalux Mar 2014 #130

in the smoking section, as well, thats how old the meme is, there were still smoking sections... dionysus Mar 2014 #131

i used to love the place as a broke college student... shrimp alfredo you'd mostly bring home after dionysus Mar 2014 #132

Someone on the DU hates every restaurant! nt Logical Mar 2014 #2

you're just a shill for Big Breadsticks. dionysus Mar 2014 #4

LOL, good one! :-) Logical Mar 2014 #10

That's what she said! Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #35

Locking: no sex threads on DU. dionysus Mar 2014 #67

C'mon, I just bought these! Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #69

okay. unlocking. dionysus Mar 2014 #72

Breastfeeding in the smoking section while feeding table-scraps to a pit bull, I think Spider Jerusalem Mar 2014 #5

and the pitbull was circumsized and vaccinated by their chiropractor NightWatcher Mar 2014 #18

Oh, I spoke too soon. penultimate Mar 2014 #48

you must have missed the Woo Wars NightWatcher Mar 2014 #52

The..... WOO WARS....? sibelian Mar 2014 #53

Medicine and Science versus things that aren't exactly science-y NightWatcher Mar 2014 #77

I'm slightly disappointed that woo_me_with_science sibelian Mar 2014 #108

Dueling Curlys JHB Mar 2014 #80

How could you have missed the woo wars? NuclearDem Mar 2014 #111

I take regular breaks from DU. Also sibelian Mar 2014 #114

we still see skirmishes from the Woo Wars ProdigalJunkMail Mar 2014 #109

Most of the woo after that was about Fukushima. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #113

Wasn't there some ludicrous thread about how one of the tsunamis was an American military plot? sibelian Mar 2014 #115

Only thing I know of along those lines was the infamous earthquake weapons thread. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #116

lol... no circumcision taking place? penultimate Mar 2014 #47

Someone went to NYC for a trip, and posted here about eating at Olive Garden WilliamPitt Mar 2014 #6

^^That^^ tkmorris Mar 2014 #16

Yup. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2014 #62

Olive Garden in Times Square is your best bet, quickly seated with no bad surprises reddread Mar 2014 #24

Wow - If you think it is hard to find a good meal in NYC, you must be extremely choosy! HERVEPA Mar 2014 #36

just lucky enough to know what Mexican and Vietnamese Food is supposed to taste like reddread Mar 2014 #38

46th Street, Restaurant Row. aquart Mar 2014 #58

Excellent Italian restaurant on that block Da Rosina HERVEPA Mar 2014 #83

Thanks for that bit of 'family' history! elleng Mar 2014 #63

Thanks. That is how I remember it. n/t murielm99 Mar 2014 #71

roflmao lovemydog Mar 2014 #98

I missed it too, so don't feel too left out Warpy Mar 2014 #7

Here.... tammywammy Mar 2014 #9

^^^ This. Lex Mar 2014 #15

^^^ <--- houses. sibelian Mar 2014 #110

^^ <--- kitty ears Lex Mar 2014 #123

[^^] <--- kitty in cardboard box sibelian Mar 2014 #124

Hm! sibelian Mar 2014 #17

That was one hot mess. Raine1967 Mar 2014 #19

Well found, BTW, nt. sibelian Mar 2014 #20

That was hard to forget about. tammywammy Mar 2014 #23

HAHA me too laundry_queen Mar 2014 #84

I was able to forget my advanced statistics lecture as soon as I left the room. tammywammy Mar 2014 #85

People are such snobs. I have been to New York numerous times and eaten at Frankie and Johnnys.. Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #25

Agreed on the snobbiness tammywammy Mar 2014 #31

Do y'all still have the Spaghetti Warehouse? OriginalGeek Mar 2014 #42

You know, I do know of a Spaghetti Warehouse tammywammy Mar 2014 #54

I got so nostalgic I googled them just now OriginalGeek Mar 2014 #65

The one I was thinking of is in Arlington. tammywammy Mar 2014 #73

oh lordy! OriginalGeek Mar 2014 #78

Damn. jsr Mar 2014 #29

THIS THREAD RIGHT HERE WilliamPitt Mar 2014 #33

I'd come home after a long day and DU would have a martini ready-made for me LanternWaste Mar 2014 #41

you fascist! never show your receipt to "the man". Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #46

hahaha! that I can agree on Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #44

She also started the Asian woodcarver thread. madinmaryland Mar 2014 #55

I remember reading that. tammywammy Mar 2014 #57

And don't forget the singing Mexican kids. Frank Cannon Mar 2014 #106

That is hilarious! nt TBF Mar 2014 #56

Post 17 in that thread implies anti-Olive Garden stuff started earlier. But I think this thread... Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2014 #68

That thread actually prompted me to try the OG (in NYC) JHB Mar 2014 #79

Plus ca change... cyberswede Mar 2014 #81

seems someone asked for a NYC restaurant recommendation . . . and a DUer recommended DrDan Mar 2014 #11

^^That. Orrex Mar 2014 #21

Liking chain restaurant food, enjoying TV.. WTF has DU become? nt Blue_Adept Mar 2014 #107

I wonder how many of these self-proclaimed foodies dine at McDonalds weekly DrDan Mar 2014 #117

Or just sniff in derision as they drive by? Blue_Adept Mar 2014 #118

I can't order a Papa Johns because of their owner DrDan Mar 2014 #119

I totally get that. Blue_Adept Mar 2014 #120

Years and years ago, somebody posted that snooper2 Mar 2014 #13

I hear Kate Upton is planning on doing her next photoshoot at an Olive Garden. Dr. Strange Mar 2014 #40

Weightless. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2014 #95

Someone ate at an Olive Garden sharp_stick Mar 2014 #14

Not evil alcibiades_mystery Mar 2014 #28

yes. I noticed you were all over that thread too Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #49

decent food is such a hard thing to find there reddread Mar 2014 #30

All kidding aside... jmowreader Mar 2014 #122

Olive is to "Italian" as Taco Bell is to "Mexican." Atman Mar 2014 #26

And all of us eat "Chinese" food that bears very little resemblance Common Sense Party Mar 2014 #32

Not all of us. REP Mar 2014 #129

I take a lot o credit for that, and I still believe it: RUBE FUCKING CENTRAL! alcibiades_mystery Mar 2014 #27

so rude. I bet you've done many things others here would look down as bush league Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #50

Once upon a time, a pit bull was going to bomb the moon Solly Mack Mar 2014 #34

And everyone held the door open for EVERYbody. sibelian Mar 2014 #37

lol! Of course! Solly Mack Mar 2014 #39

Oh! Is that what you meant by Door Wars? murielm99 Mar 2014 #74

Yes! sibelian Mar 2014 #112

All of it coated in crispys. suffragette Mar 2014 #100

It is the secret ingredient. Solly Mack Mar 2014 #101

Oops, I never did know what that one was about. suffragette Mar 2014 #102

No! Don't edit it. :) Solly Mack Mar 2014 #103

I think you get the gist from the thread. A couple of third-grade kids pretended to know... LanternWaste Mar 2014 #43

Oh. sibelian Mar 2014 #51

THE REAL STORY: REP Mar 2014 #45

I don't recall the nudity part but it was all about her wasn't it? Sognefjord Mar 2014 #59

I can't forget it - a good memory can be a curse REP Mar 2014 #61

There was nude lounging? She was in the wrong part of DU! Sognefjord Mar 2014 #90

yeah, the Asian Woodcarver bit was what finally put her over, right? fishwax Mar 2014 #125

...moon thread sibelian Mar 2014 #66

Thanks. Those were great days! Sognefjord Mar 2014 #94

this is how i remember it. she was such a racist little troll. La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2014 #70

That's how I remember it too. n/t tammywammy Mar 2014 #76

Indeed. LiberalAndProud Mar 2014 #93

so true La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2014 #96

TAMALES!!! flvegan Mar 2014 #88

Woodcarvers! REP Mar 2014 #97

There are all kinds of urban legends about the Olive Garden. Rex Mar 2014 #64

Putting a cornflake batter on breast-fed pitbulls ought to be a crime struggle4progress Mar 2014 #75

I don't get the OG snobbery tularetom Mar 2014 #82

frankly, OG is very easy to avoid in NYC. La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2014 #86

I seem to recall now from lurking that she was some kind of bathing beauty in 1952 or so. Sognefjord Mar 2014 #91

LOL. yes, bathing beauty with asian woodworkers and assorted other issues. nt La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2014 #92

I think it was about Aerows Mar 2014 #87

it was mostly a food snob thing Skittles Mar 2014 #99

just another reason Niceguy1 Mar 2014 #104

It was a dark time in DU history... Deep13 Mar 2014 #105

on the first day god created du and it was good-on the 2nd god said olive garden sucks dembotoz Mar 2014 #121

This? muntrv Mar 2014 #126

Low pay and benefits Omaha Steve Mar 2014 #127

No beer or travel money? sibelian Mar 2014 #133