Watch What You Put in Your Mouth

[mrdreamjeans]

If anyone's been following my journal, you'll remember that in Appleton, WI, I nearly broke a tooth on a chili-covered rock. It resulted in a visit to a dentist in that fair town; the dentist had to file down a rough edge created by the rock in my chili. During my break for Christmas, one of the owners tried to get out of paying the $183 bill; but there were witnesses, so she was shamed into paying.

I didn't write about it, but in Spokane I was eating breakfast in the hotel, a simple serving of bacon and scrambled eggs and found a long white hair in the eggs. Since the waitress had long white hair in a pony tail, she was embarrassed and comped my meal. She also made a remark about how it couldn't be my hair since there wasn't that much hair on my head. (Not an endearing remark:)

Yesterday, in a Thai restaurant around the corner from the theater, I was having a quick dinner before my benefit rehearsal with our Associate Conductor Elaine. I was making my way through a tasty serving of Yellow Curry Chicken when I noticed something glinting on my plate. Buried in the curry, was a two-inch piece of wire, corkscrewed on one end. If I had eaten it, I would have sliced the inside of my mouth open. Elaine's mouth dropped in shock. I held it up and showed it to the owner who was horrified. They did the right thing, apologizing profusely. My meal was free plus they threw in a dessert of fried bananas and coconut ice cream, but I'm beginning to wonder what things I've eaten that I missed:)

Damn! I guess the moral of the story is, "Watch what you put in your mouth!

ps... The Brown Twins gave me their business card in the lobby of our hotel last night and posed for a picture with me:)

Comments

[fuzzygruf.livejournal.com]

Someone's out to get you!

Every time that my father eats cherry pie, he finds a pit. EVERY time.

Who could underestimate the tenor now?

[abearius.livejournal.com]

Dude! You have some seriously strange karma! Keep that card, too. You never know who thay might fix you up with, you charmer.

Re: Who could underestimate the tenor now?

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

LOL! Perhaps the food mishaps will cease, now that there have been three occurences:) Have a safe trip to NY! HUGs!

[gotmoof.livejournal.com]

What does that say about most of the fellas on LJ? :)

[bonkishnurtaz.livejournal.com]

That's horrible and since you are travelling most of the time, you are at the mercy of various restaurants. I hope that you don't run into any more mishaps like those aforementioned ones. BTW, I find you extremely handsome, you shouldn't worry about what that waitress says. hugs

[ursusnoir.livejournal.com]

I think you are having a phase of bad dining out luck. I had a run of that for a while when I was in Baltimore. everything from finding hair in my omlettes and nachos to being served half cooked chicken that was raw in the center. It seemed for a while that everywhere I went there was something wrong with the food and half the time potentially health threatening.

Start carrying some sage brush with you and smudge the table before you order your food. :)

[crunchmd.livejournal.com]

Remind me not to dine with you (kidding...sort of). Bon appetit!

[bearbrat.livejournal.com]

Tu Lan on 6th street? Now I'm nervous about Tuesday night's dinner with you at Opi's. Geez.

[kebecqoi.livejournal.com]

hmmm.....? can you recall if you ever pissed off a chef or a cook somewhere along your travels, you may have placed a curse on you for each time you eat out? You may have to rid yourself of it ;-)

however, they say that Karma pays you back in 3 fold......so maybe you are now over it!

Chew VERY Carefully

[markosf.livejournal.com]

I feel for ya. I broke a tooth 15 years ago at "Yet (another) Wa" in Diamond Heights on a duck bone fragment. Last year I found a metal sink aerator hidden in a open hand meal of goulash.

SNL

[howbearca.livejournal.com]

reminds me of a skit on SNL back in the 80's

John Laroquette was the host and Dana Carvey was playing an Angel in Heaven. John's character had died and the Angel told him he could ask anything he wanted.

John asked, "What was the grossest thing I ever ate?"

The Angel replied with, "Oh, you couldn't handle it."

John said, "Okay, then what was the ten thousandth worse thing I have ever eaten."

The Angel replied, "A rat turd."

Made me think about all of the crazy things we have probably put into our mouths.

[backawayslowly.livejournal.com]

oh my god, what horrible luck you have in restaurants!!!

[enhydrasf.livejournal.com]

Next thing you know, you'll be like the kings that have their food tasted first, to make sure there is no poison in it! Who's gonna be Neil's food taster?

[quietkub.livejournal.com]

damn.. you found wire in your food...EEEK!!!

I wouldnt go back there for a while..

[teddybtoronto.livejournal.com]

YIKES!! You have had a lot of bad luck in restaurants. I hope that's the end of that.

After reading what you've been through, I will definitely be scrutinizing my restaurant fare a lot more closely.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

No worries. You can dine with me. Just help me check my food when it arrives from the kitchen. LOL! Hugs!

[enhydrasf.livejournal.com]

you are posting as anonymous...dont know if you realized this

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Ummmm.... You told me that you'd get back to me on plans before the show for Tuesday:) Is this the plan? What time am I supposed to meet you?

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, I never pissed a chef off and I've never slept with one, so that can't be held against me:) I'd never had an incident before the ones I've described in the past couple of months, so it is a bit bewildering... and a whole lot funny... once I wasn't injured:)

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Actually, I've had three free dinners now:) But before anyone suggests it, I am not like the scene in "Victor/Victoria where Julie Andrews carries a roach in her purse. These were just highly unusual oversights by the restaurant staffs in these three businesses. However, one of the comments is correct. I wonder how much stuff we don't notice! LOL!

Btw, you don't seem to be having any trouble with that burrito:)!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Ok... step up... who's going to test my food... now, don't rush.... please... don't hurt each other.... Hehehe...

Thanks Josh, for telling me about the anon comments. I was having trouble with the AOL Browser and Internet Explorer. I was signed in and it was posting in correctly. I think I've got it sorted out now. HUGS!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Never fear. I'm not:) I suppose I should have had more things happen to me since I eat most meals out. This was just sooooo unusual!

"...beginning to wonder what things I've eaten that I missed:)..."

[bearchitect.livejournal.com]

I've worked in restaurant kitchens, believe me YOU DON"T WANT TO KNOW!!! :)

[crispan.livejournal.com]

I guess the moral of the story is, "Watch what you put in your mouth!

A good moral for all your pleasures LOL.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the compliment:) I'm fine with what she said. She said I was balding, not ugly:) I still have all of my hair, it's just sliding down my back.... hehehe...

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Some kind of Native American protection/cleansing ceremony just might work:)

[copperred.livejournal.com]

Ok I got my end of day giggle, as well as remembering how glad I am I cooked enough food for the week last night.

That is well and truly weird, but I've always believed that bad things happen in threes, especially plane crashes, in short periods of time. I think your "curse" has passed.

[bonkishnurtaz.livejournal.com]

IMHO, that makes you just that much more sexy. You're a very good looking man. ;-)

[carharttmo.livejournal.com]

Wow... that is some strange happenings! Glad you saw it first! Nice when the place does the right thing and comp the meal etc.

Happy Birthday to you too!! Just read it. Hope you have a wonderful day!!

Hugs

Happy Birthday

[sfbritskin.livejournal.com]

Hey there Neil. Happy Birthday mate. Hope you are enjoying SF in your breif stay. Hope to get to see you perform before you head out. Hugs

Re: Happy Birthday

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I appreciate the birthday wishes. It's also nice to see a new face here on my journal!

Re: Happy Birthday

[bearfuz.livejournal.com]

And happy birthday from me too! :-) This is me playing "H. B." on the melodica. Okay, well, it could be.

Re: Happy Birthday

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Btw, I saw the recent picture of you playing the trombone. Nlotic (Lee), TBone 1961 (Jim) and I also play around with slides:), though I quit playing trombone after my freshman year at Texas A&M. Maybe, we should form a subgroup on LJ.... Men who play the trombone and those who love them and live to write about it....LOL!

Re: Happy Birthday

[bearfuz.livejournal.com]

Of course, that trombone was borrowed. I don't own one, unfortunately. Or perhaps fortunately. The picture was taken in Montreal on Pride Day 2003; I was there with john_nyc because he was in the Big Apple Corps playing trumpet and I had volunteered to help carry the banner in front of the band (with another band spouse). As we were waiting to line up and step off, a trombonist lent me the instrument so I could see whether I still "had it." I still did! ;-)

So maybe (if I can snag an instrument) we could form our own LJ bear bone band?