I also hate pretentious menus
I used to work in a cafe presided over by a twatty bloke who couldn't spell. I'd tell him what the special was each day in plain English, and he'd write the menu up in some kind of abuse of pretentious French.

So gravy would become "juice" (he was trying to say "jus") and raspberry sauce for cakes and puddings would become "cooley" (he meant coulis).

I'm generally a laid-back sort, but this made me want to grind a lightbulb into his face. Even now, walking past a window with a pretentious restaurant menu on display makes me feel really stabby.
(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 23:01, 12 replies)

say la vee, eh?

( spacefish bong!, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 23:06, closed)

manj too, Rodnay, manj too.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 23:07, closed)

Re. Manj too...
Yeah, I used to call him "Del Boy" but he didn't get it, of course.
(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 23:27, closed)

Bon hey de doosh, Rodney! Bon hey de doosh,
hehehe
(champagnerocker, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 17:18, closed)

There's a place in
York giving off fake French class called "The Papillon" which annoys me as they couldn't be bothered to translate the 'The' and do it properly.

Apparently, 'Papillon' can mean "one of a breed of toy spaniels having a long, silky coat and large, erect ears held so that they resemble the wings of a butterfly." in English. That said, their logo is of a butterfly, not a spaniel.
( monkeon schmonkeon, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 23:12, closed)

A Spaniel Butterfly!
Have you been studying that diagram I gave you, dougal?
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 23:14, closed)

nothern continuity announcer on tv recently..
announced the (rather good) movie Papillon recently as 'Pa-pillion' - as in the rear seat of a motorcyle.
twat.
(micky2shoes has more shoes than feet, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 18:55, closed)

see also pub signs

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 23:32, closed)

You've all got me started now, I'd better log off...
Yeah, I walked past a pub the other day with a menu that had a side dish of a "muddle" of potatoes.

What ...the ...fuck...
(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 23:35, closed)

what the fuck?
how can you have a muddle of potatoes?
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 23:43, closed)

You didnt see the so called roast spuds I did last weekend
Muddle doesnt even cover it, some black outside and raw in the middle, others fell to mush.
I blame the leccy going out halfway through
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Sun 11 Apr 2010, 0:33, closed)

that's a reasonable excuse
my dad makes great roasties, my mum not so much. hers look tight, like they've had skin grafts
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 11 Apr 2010, 1:53, closed)