Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Oh, And I Almost Forgot....What Almost Happened



8/12/2007 - London Café,
Addis Ababa Airport, Ethiopia

Well, I almost pulled a Jack Nicholson from Five Easy Pieces. I sat down and looked at a menu and finally decided on a egg sandwich. Hoping to make it quasi-McDonalds, I decided to ask for it with cheese, since I noticed that there was also a toasted cheese sandwich on the menu. When the waitress inquired as to my order, I replied that I would like the egg sandwich with cheese. Confused, she asked if I wanted the toasted cheese sandwich or the egg sandwich. I replied that I wanted an egg sandwich with cheese, to which she solemnly shook her head. I then began to suggest that since they had both a toasted cheese sandwich and an egg sandwich available in the kitchen, could they not simply take the cheese from....and there I stopped myself. I paused, smiled, and said, "just the egg sandwich and a water, please". That was close.....

The waitress brought this huge egg sandwhich with ripe tomatoes, sliced hot peppers and french fries. After two Ethiopian oranges sodas, I was amazed that it came to only $5.00 US.

If you are wondering what connection this episode has to do with Jack Nicholson, you would need to see the movie mentioned above with the interaction between Jack and the diner waitress...

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