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02/10/2007: Roy Rogers Lives?

I’m back from Philly, wearing a shirt covered with cat hair to prove it. I took a train there after work on Wednesday, which brought me to Penn Station in the city. I haven’t been to Penn Station in years, but if you can somehow picture a train terminal mixed with a dilapidated shopping mall mixed with enough hardcore city grime to build a second city solely out of grime, that’s Penn, and that’s where I spent two hours waiting for a train last Wednesday night.

Since I was going to get to my hotel pretty late, the odd assortment of eateries in Penn Station provided my only opportunities for dinner. The place is kind of like an airport, and whenever I’m in an airport alone, I feel too stupid to go to any real, respectable restaurant. The rare times that I have, I rushed through the entire meal making sure to be on my cell the entire time, because I have a complex about eating out alone and can’t stop thinking that everyone is looking at me.

So, aiming to eat quick, I stumbled onto a disgusting food court composed of several small fast food joints. I say it’s disgusting, but the place was great. Looked like it hadn’t been remodeled since the 1600s, with stained glass touches, all kinds of weird, broken tile mosaics, and the ultimate showstopper: A Roy Rogers.

Roy Rogers restaurants used to be all over the place when I was growing up, and I often lobbied to marry their fried chicken. Then, they all went away. The franchise didn’t completely die off, but there were just a handful of restaurants left for a great many years. While the owners are now trying to rebuild the once great house of chicken, it’s been a slow burn, and this tiny shack in the middle of Penn Station is the only Roy Rogers I’ve seen for roughly a decade. Obviously, I had to eat there.

Research tells me that this particular restaurant is probably privately owned and not a true franchisee. It was tiny, gritty and staffed by demons, but against all better judgment, I handed a dirty hand my five bucks and left with a tray full of familiar fried fowl and a misshapen biscuit. Incredibly, the chicken tasted exactly the same as I’d remembered. Crispy, crunchy, oily and guilt ridden.

They even had the Fixins Bar! The mighty Fixins Bar! The place where customers could doll up their sandwiches with all kinds of day-old toppings and unmarked condiments!

This means nothing to you if you’re in one of the few towns where Roy Rogers restaurants are still competitive with the larger fast food chains, but for me, it was like someone let me borrow their time machine with the rule being that I could only use it to eat food once loved.

I didn’t finish the chicken because the only seat left in the place was a tiny table practically attached to the order counter and I felt really dumb eating there, but now, whenever life throws me a curveball, I’ll know that salvation in the form of binge eating can be found in the filthiest corner of Penn Station. Yay!

Happy SNT.

I myself have eaten at this dirty dirty Roy Rogers and I must admit that, although tasty, I would have walked the extra 20 steps to the Pizza Hut Express next door =)

Awesome. Roy Rogers was everywhere when I was a kid.
I had forgotten all about it actually.

Wow I am proud to say I have eaten at a Roy Rogers! I prolly would have enjoyed it more if the flies were not puking, pooping and flying all over the fixin’s bar.

Hmmm, they don’t have Roy Rogereses in the South (at least, I have never seen or heard of it outside of X-E) BUT I will say the missing “I” in “FIXINS” and the brick interior still make this a magical SNT.

Actually, if you go down 95 through Delaware/Maryland, there are still some Roy Rogers restaurants inside the giant Rest Stop Houses along the way. Also, apparently, there are others in New York, but according to the Roy Rogers Website, they’re mostly upstate.

In the world of KFC, Popeye’s, and Zaxby’s…is there room enough for good ole Roy to truly make a comeback?

Replace Zaxby’s in my example with Bojangles. It’s more fitting in this form.

Matt! Since you’ve started writing articles again, I’d like to remind you that there’s a Comic Con in New York February 23rd. Me thinks X-E goes on location?? Yes??? (yes…)

Coke + Chicken + Blendtec Blender = Cochicken = Will It Blend? is perversely entertaining.

I’ve been to that Roys and it’s really nasty in there. There’s also a Nathan’s and Dunkin Donuts right there all crammed together in a dirty glorious mess.

I’ve never heard of Roy Rogers until now, but that Fixins bar looks mighty wonderful.

I always saw Roy Rogers at rest stops when we used to take road trips. I never went because they were always against Nathan’s. And Nathan’s is so, so good.

Does anyone remember a fast food chain called Rax? There was one in a food court in a mall where I grew up in Portland, Oregon. All I really recall about it was that it had a mascot, an alligator named Rax who was plastered all over everything. They made sandwiches. I’m not even sure they had burgers. And why I remember any of this eighteen years later is anyone’s guess.

Manimal, you speak of Zaxbys. As far as I know they are almost all in SC. And started here. You must be close by. But ya, they are not in the roy rogers league. The only roy rogers I have ever seen was inside a rest area in Kentucky or Ohio…I am not sure which state I was in at the time…it was late and I had to pee.

(also the web site just told me I cannot post a comment within 15 seconds of my last one. It’s been an hour. How do people double post on here?
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It’s an acquired skill Rache. You just wait slightly more than 15 seconds. If it already has been 15 seconds (or you haven’t posted at all and it told you to slow down for no apparent reason) just submit it again.

I’ve only eaten at Roy Rogers once. When I was 8, with my dad. I have absolutely no memory of what the food tasted like, but I DO remember getting a nifty “AAAAHHHH! Real Monsters!” toy.

I ate at Penn Station once too, back in 2002. The day I left New York to go to Orlando and have the best vacation I’ve ever had. I had Dunkin’ Donuts and some coffee. So, I have good memories attached to Penn Station.

Drew YES! They totally had those here. And when you were little you got the Uncle Aligator Meal. Yeah, that was our after church on Sunday restaurant when I was growing up.

Here’s the inner-city Milwaukee lineup of fine chicken establishments:
1. Popeye’s
2. Church’s
3. Gold Rush Chicken (27th and North)
4. JJ’s Chicken and Fish (the j’s in the name look like fishhooks)
5. Shark’s Chicken and Fish (There’s an inflatable shark atop the place in summer months.)
6. Champion Chicken (on Burleigh)
7. Chicken Man (merged with Gianelli’s Pizza, 87th and Fond du Lac)

There used to be a Roy Rogers on a rest stop at Ocean View on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey, and that was the closest (and as far as I know, only) Roy Rogers near me for years. I THINK it’s since been replaced with a Burger King.

KFC is the only chicken franchise I really have any familiarity with. There’s one in North Cape May and there WAS one in Wildwood, right off the main bridge (it’s closed during the winter and there were threats of a permenant shut-down as of early 2006). Never heard of any of the others mentioned above. Never saw a Popeye’s in my entire life until I moved to Philly/Camden suburbs.

If we’re going to just start naming chicken places, then I feel obligated to include Chik-Fil-A, the undisputed king. Although it wouldn’t be a great “after church” location for kb’s Sunday outings [Closed :(]

Does anyone remember a fast food chain called Rax?
Used to have one in town before Mcdonalds. I actually know where one still exist, but I’m afraid if I point it out to anyone, it’ll go out of business. I used to get a lot of gift certificates for that place but I’ll be damned if I can remember if it were really any good. The cruely fries is about all I can remember.

That didn’t make a lot of sense, to clarify, yes I know where a rax still exist but no I’ve never ate at that particular one. I just want it to be around forever in case one day I do want to try them again.

On a somewhat related subject… Has anyone ever eaten at a Mean Gene Burgers restaurant? Yes the WWF/WCW/WWE announcer has/had a burger joint franchise. I don’t know how many are out there but I found one at a rather rare location. The Lake of the Torches Casino in Lac DeFlambeu (sp) Wisconsin.

I sure do remember Rax. And Uncle Al the Seemingly Cajun Alligator. I also remember them getting our orders wrong every single time we went there. No wonder they vanished from the Portland area.

I thought they were gone for good, but a few months ago somebody told me a few were still in operation somewhere in the US and gave me the address to the official Rax website. If there’s anything I’ve learned, it’s that a food franchise never, ever truly dies. Like the whooping cough, anything you thought had been defeated can somehow yet return. A&W is back, believe it or not–now that KFC owns it I’ve seen a few A&Ws built into KFC restraunts. I’ll bet there’s even still a Burger Chef somewhere.

Bad news though….the address for the Rax website no longer leads to one. …Maybe they ARE truly dead….

Has anyone ever eaten at a Mean Gene Burgers restaurant?
I’ve always wanted to
A&W is back, believe it or notâ€“now that KFC owns it I’ve seen a few A&Ws built into KFC restraunts.
I know of one on its own. Also, never ate there but want to try it.
I’ll bet there’s even still a Burger Chef somewhere.
I think I know where one is…

Dude, I have that same complex about people watching me eat, as if being alone makes people think that I shouldn’t have the right to eat at all. I don’t know WHY I think that - surely people have more important things on their minds than watching me eat - but I’ll be damned if eating alone in public doesn’t make me feel like Martha Dumptruck anyway.

Yeah, I’ve eaten at this filth-hole. Once, many years ago. If I recall correctly, my buddy had the same reaction as Matt about finding a Roy’s. I will say this about it. at least it didn’t give me food poisoning like the pizza place in the Port Authority did.

The only Roy Rogers I know of on LI that’s still around is in Shirley/Moriches, off exit 58 on Sunrise Highway. Those things are everywhere at rest stops on the Jersey Turnpike & NY Thruway, as are Bob’s Big Boys (or any variation thereof).

Sadly, around here, KFC is the king, with Popeyes & Pudgies being less common and nothing else. There are Church’s Chicken, but fortunately for me, they’re co-broanded with White Castle.

Well while we do not have any roy rogers here we do have one of the best chicken places around. We have Cane’s. If anyone else on here is from Louisiana, at least a lager LA city, they will know of Canes. Not sure if they have any sites outside of the boot but it is GOOD.

Matt you are brave for eating in a place that looked like that. Wow the fixin’s bar just looked like a NO NO. You might need to update your shots after eating there, just in case.

Rache, sorry to correct you twice in one post but I did not mention Zaxby’s earlier.
HOWEVER, I DID HAVE IT FOR DINNER TONIGHT!!! (True story).
Also, Zaxby’s did not start in S.C. It was started in Statesboro, GA by two GA Southern University students. As a fellow GSU Eagle alum, I would not be the doing my job if I didn’t represent.

Oh yessss, RAX. There was one in Jax on Normandy Blvd (there you go jazzy). I remember the alligator AND the shakes that had REAL fruit in them.

We just got the second Popeyes restaurant in Iowa a few weeks ago. I tried it a couple of weeks ago and liked it, especially the biscuits, and I usually don’t care for biscuits. We also have KFC’s, but on whole, if we want fried chicken, we just go to the supermarket deli (either Hy-Vee or Dahls).

At least up until a couple years ago (don’t know if it’s still there) there was a Roy Rogers in NYC across the street from the Late Show with David Letterman theatre. I’ve been a Roy Rogers loyalist since I was a kid, even as I’ve watched a half-dozen of their franchises close here in northern VA (there’s still a location in Springfield that seems to be flourishing, thank God). From what I’ve heard, the chain wasn’t even doing that badly, but the owners started closing them all anyway. I stop at a Roy’s every single time I drive up 95 to New York, or when I go into PA.

I remember walking past that Roy’s when I was at Penn Station on the way to a thing at the UN building. Thought it was odd, but remember seeing a Roy’s at a rest stop along the NJ turnpike in one of those rest stops, that was 1999. Come to think of it I ate at one in 2005 at another rest stop in Maryland on my way back from the Holocaust museum in DC.

Minnesota never had a roy rogers, but I vaugely remember stopping at one on a greyhound trip once. It was like manna from heaven!

Matt, In one of my first posts on X-E I warned you about the Penn Station Roy Rogers.
Whenever I go to Penn Station I usually make a stop at the Krispy Kreme Donut shop. It’s only like 20feet from the Roy Rogers.

Alright, let’s see I used Cochicken AND Kenny Rogers. What do I have left in the ol’ bag o’ tricks?

We have a Chick-Fil-A in our Student Center/Union/Thingee. I’ve been eating there for 7 years. Not religiously, of course, but regularly. It was moved into the new building before the bookstore was, I guess that’s priorities for ya. I’m not complaining.

But for chicken strips, here in Waco a local chain called Bush’s Chicken (no relation to the pres) is where it’s at…

Never been to (or heard of) a Roy Rogers.. Guess we don’t have them down here in the South..

I wish I had a Chick-Fil-A near me. There’s a whopping one in the state of Michigan that I know of, and Rochester Hills isn’t a convenient city for me to get to.

This SNT makes me think of Del Taco. When I was in Atlanta there was one remaining off the inner 285 loop. Sadly I think it became a Bo Jangles or something odd.

Very generic around here, though. I miss Hardees- they had excellent shakes. There aren’t any around me anymore. Ours turned into a Tim Hortons.

Along the 90 in NY, from Rochester til you hit the mass pike, and probably beyond, every rest stop has a roy rogers.

Sorry for the double post, if you guys are in the NJ area there is a Monster Mania fest this comming weekend. They are having the cast of The Moster Squad for a 20 year reunion. 20 years! Damn I’m old.

Matt, how was the Bday? Did you get cool stuff or did you get practical old man gifts?

Nice! I saw a Monster Squad reunion here in Austin last year. I asked Phoebe “the Feeb” to marry me.

I watched an episode of Tales from the Crypt today from the fifth season DVD set titled “Death of Some Salesman” and Tim Curry played not one, or two, but three freaking characters in it! As a fellow fan, I thought you’d be interested in seeing ‘ol Curry play a old man, woman, and their obese daughter..

I remember Roy Rodgers; I ate breakfast there once when I was in middle school. We were on a field trip to Washington, D.C. I had a sausage biscuit with cheese and then left to get on a bus to see the Washington monument. I’ll never forget that bus, its number was 666! That only helped fuel the passionate fire I had for all things dark and evil, and I listened to Slayers Seasons in the Abyss for the entire trip. Oh, to wax nostalgic…

The name Roy Rogers sounds familiar to me, but I’m positive I’ve never eaten there. Of the solely American chicken chains, only Popeye’s Chicken has managed to find its way across the border. It’s too bad though, because I want to visit the “FXINS BAR”.

It’s funny that you mention feeling uncomfortable eating alone, because I’m the same way, plus I despise fast food ordering because it can get a little awkward. For example, try reading the menu at a place without having an employee approach the counter and act like you know what you’re getting already. If you politely ask for more time, they’ll just stand there waiting, keeping their eyes firmly on you. It’s just as bad as someone intently watch you eat, but you haven’t even eaten yet.

I live in Louisiana, so we never had a Roy Rogers here as it was a mid-atlantic chain. We have every other Fried Chicken chain eatery, however, and lots and lots of local ones. FYI, if you’re ever here, the best fried chicken is a local place called Southern Classic. Tastes like real home fried chicken. It’s in the middle of the ghetto, though, so you have to doge the occasional drive by. It’s worth it, though.

And I too cannot stand to eat alone in a restraunt. I’ve only ever done it once, and when I did I ran out to my car and got some paper and a pen and spent my entire meal acting like I was on some sort of business or something….I was really drawing pictures of aliens fighting dinosaurs and bigfoot…

Also, according to Wikipedia there are fewer than 30 Rax restraunts currently open. It also goes on to detail that in the mid-90’s, the Rax chain was poised for a comeback until the majority of the stores were bought out by Wendy’s.

I seem to recall seeing the Roy Roger’s in Allentown, but not for a while. I don’t like to travel too far off Hamilton Blvd when I’m heading that way on account of my horrific sense of direction. But if I need my fix of crusty eating establishments, there is Yocco’s, the hot dog king.

Up here in Canada, no Roy Rogers to speak of. However, I noticed A&W posted earlier. We have those in spades. But- no Popeye’s (we do have a restaurant named Wimpy’s, go figure), no Jack-in-the-Box, Checkers, Churches, nothing.

I can’t say I’ve ever had a problem eating alone, then again I don’t think I’ve ever done it when I wasn’t sitting in my car in the parking lot of a fastfood place. Can’t recall ever eating at a “proper” restaurant alone. Of course I am fat, so I honestly think when people see me eating they think it’s par for the course and are less suspicious of me, for the moment

Sometimes things are better alone, but it really depends. Concerts always dictate having friends, for me. But most times I prefer to see movies alone. Unless it’s something like Snakes on a Plane

Just to mirror what Venkie was saying, I too am from north of the border and all of this talk about fast food really depresses me. Here in Newfoundland, we have the major chains (McD’s, BK, KFC, etc) and thats about it. But for fried chicken, there is a chain called Mary Brown’s that will knock your proverbial socks off with its greasy goodness. And taters.

Matt, here’s a listing of all the places roy rogers are in New York. http://www.royrogersrestaurant...4/Franchisee_State_Prov/NY.htm the penn station one is only one of two in nyc. the other’s on 7th ave. there’s some in jersey too but although i grew up in jersey i dont recognize any of the areas.

Yeah, we Canadians are missing a lot of the US chain restaurants- alas, I have only seen commercials for such places as Jack in the Box, and Checkers. (many many others as well- you see them on TV, they look great, but you will never find one).

A&W is great, though- we have tons of them here- I even WORKED at one for awhile, and I still think it is the best burger chain, even after working there, which is a bit unusual, I think.

A&W is excellent. I especially enjoy having my fries coated with an unhealthy amount of seasoning salt. By gum, methinks I’m going to go get some A&W right now.

There’s actually an A&W left around here — a real old school version, too. I think they still do the orders-to-the-car shit.

We have an A&W, too, it’s fantastic! They still take orders at cars and everything. And they use the lot to sell Christmas trees at that time of year. It may be one of the best places in the whole state.

Matt, There’s an A&W on Route 1, but I’ve never been there. Is there one in SI?

As far as I know, we don’t have any Roy Rogers in Missouri, sad I know. There is one A & W by me, but I’ve never been in it. We had a Popeyes and a BoJangles open up last year I think, but they closed down not too long ago. Missouri is apparently a horrible place for fast food that isn’t McD’s or Burger King. There is a Chick-Fil-A in mall in Springfield, and another is getting ready to open this month. I just got back from vacation in Rocheseter NY, but I don’t really remember noticing any Roy Rogers, but it’s not something I would really pay attention to.

I haven’t posted in a while and you guys will probably shoot me for this but I was always more of a kfc guy. Roy rogers was always kind of…… I dunno, bootleg to me. the last one I saw was at the NJTransit station in Trenton NJ and that was a few years back. I know there used to be one in Willowbrook mall in Wayne NJ, and there used to be one in Paterson NJ where I live but its been gone forever

Matt,
There’s another Roy Rogers right across the street from Penn Station diagonal from the MSG entrance. It’s a hole in the wall but it is indeed a Roy Rogers and the only other local one I’ve seen. There used to be one 5 minutes from my house but it’s been turned into Wendy’s many years ago and has been one ever since.

I grew up in Oklahoma and we never had Roy Rogers. So, a couple of weeks ago I almost ate at this one…then opted for a hot dog-ish thing from Auntie Anne’s. It was pretty gross, but I’m still glad I skipped over Roy Rogers. It just looked too sketchy.

Yep, it exists. There’s one a town or two over from me. Haven’t eaten there, but I remember eating Roy Rogers as a kid.

There’s a Roy Rogers right across the street (basically) from the TRU I work at. Like, a real honest to God, walk in, sit down Roy Rogers. It used to be a Hardees back in the day.

Now that I think about it, I think we have TWO Roy Rogers in this town. Yeah, the other one is on the outskirts of the sketchy part of town, but I think it’s still there!

I live in Maryland, and in Northern Maryland they are everywhere including the famous Fixins Bar. I go up there every few months, it’s quite a trip for me and my friends, but it’s well worth it.

I love Pen Station. It’s odd to me they still have that Roy’s there, I thought they would have taken it out years ago. Last time I was up there was in 1999 when I took a tour Marvel Comics. Now find yerself a Hardees, Matt!

i love how md and va still have roy’s. they have about 15-20 of them. their roast beef is to die for and their burgers are really good too. they have coke zero!

I’m not sure I’ve heard of Roy Rogers, but I’ve always wanted to go to an In and Out burger. Everyone says they’re very tasty, and you can make a burger with as many patties as you’ve got dollars. Sweet!

At the risk of being somewhat heretical, I’ll just go ahead and say that I’ve been to Roy Rogers many times, but I’ve never had the chicken - every time, I have me a couple of Roy’s Roast Beef sandwiches (with hot beef juice!) and curley fries.

I miss Hardees fried chicken. We used to have that weekly because it was cheap and good.

We don’t have a White Castle in Iowa. The only way to get the burgers is to get the frozen ones in the supermarket.

I remember there used to be a Roy Rogers in Hackensack NJ near where I used to live. It’s now a Boston Market. The only other Roy Rogers I know about were in the rest stops of the NJ Turnpike.

I’ve been to that Roy Rogers a few times when I used to take the train into NYC regularly. There is a bar nearby that serves food, but I was under 21 at the time. And that Fixins Bar is really disgusting. I would like to say I avoided it like the plague, but I honestly can’t remember. I guess if you’re hungry enough to eat at Penn Station, you’re hungry enough to eat at that Roy Rogers.

There are a few more of them on I-95 between NJ and Maryland. We’ll normally look for a Chick-fil-A or KFC if we’re really hankering for chicken on long drives, though.

Do you live in Natchitoches by any chance? My wife recognzed the discription and having lived there during her college years, thought it might be the same establishment.

Wukong: “And I too cannot stand to eat alone in a restraunt. I’ve only ever done it once, and when I did I ran out to my car and got some paper and a pen and spent my entire meal acting like I was on some sort of business or somethingâ€¦.I was really drawing pictures of aliens fighting dinosaurs and bigfootâ€¦ ”

That’s funny–I do the same thing. If I ever have to eat alone, I always bring a pad and paper with me. I always kinda hope that they think I’m some hotshot restaurant critic and try to bribe me with free food. Or at least they’ll think I’m some eccentric novelist who spends his life alone.

Also, I know it’s been mentioned, but the Maryland/Delaware House type rest areas off of I-95 all have Roy Rogers w/fixins bars. They are hilariously bad, but I still eat there, beacuse how often are you going to eat at one of those?

I highly recommend their breakfast sandwiches. If I remember correctly, they cost about four bucks, and come with probably one-tenth of an egg. One of the saddest/funniest food items I’ve ever paid for.

This all reminds me of the Seinfeld where Newman was addicted to Kenny Rogers chicken. Jerry encounters him in the restaurant and makes him try the side of broccoli he bought, knowing he only bought it to look “normal” and he spits it out. “Vile weed!”

I dunno, I heard someone say that line or something similiar to it at work the other day. It brought it all back.

Matt, if you’re on it, there’s a Roy Rogers on the NY Thruway between exit 17 and 18. I always see it going back up to school in New Paltz, but never stopped. Maybe one day…

Man, I love Chick-Fil-A when I was in Atlanta. There was a particular one in Canton that had a “Dwarf House” connected to it. How PC can you be? They should film an episode of Little People, Big World there. Awkward. For some reason I always felt like it on Sundays but in the Bible belt, no beer or chick-fil-a on the Sabboth. Mother f!

I too hate eating alone at restraunts. I always forget to bring something to read or write. It makes me feel like some sort of Farm animal. Just chewing and looking around the room.

The Dwarf House is an ode to the beginnings of Chick-fil-A, as that’s what it’s started out as.

Once you walk up the stairs to the front of MSG, there’s another Roy Rogers right across the street. And other than that, there’s one on the Jersey Turnpike and another in Berkley, NJ. And there used to be one in East Brunswick Square Mall, but they never had any food (seriously) and now it’s a poorly-manufactured t-shirt store… These are the things you need to know in life.

K- - Hey! Sorry I haven’t posted in ages. Bunch of stuff happened here recently, or sort of recently, and I dunno why, but I just haven’t felt like posting I guess. :\

But, you know, I still haven’t finished Dirge!

I haven’t played it in ages but I think I’m still in the sewer system going to the mansion. I have way too many games to finish or start!

Add me to the list of people that hate eating alone, at least at a “real” restaurant.

I also always go IN to order at fast food places–never through the drive through. Some of that is because I am hearing impaired and can’t hear anything on those horrible speakers, but I’ve also noticed that 85% of time, I can go in and get food WAY faster than I can going through the drive through.

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Roy Rogers was an important resteraunt of my youth. In fact, my family would go there every Sunday after church. I remember their chicken nuggets, and more important for me, their sundaes. The Roy Rogers closed down, and so we stopped going to church. I’m glad to hear that its special to other people too

Also, I remember the commercials they had where they featured the “fixins” bar as a novelty features in poem form.

“And once you’ve gotten your ____,
you can go to the fixins bar.
So your ___ can really reflect,
who you are!”

Ate at a Chick-Fil-A on Saturday, as a matter of fact. We have one in our local mall. Best waffle fries EVER! I could go there just to eat 10 lbs of waffle fries with mayo (don’t judge me! haha)

We have Cane’s here in the Sooner State, but I don’t like them. We also have Popeye’s but it tastes NOTHING like Popeye’s in New Orleans, so I refuse to eat there. I love N.O. Popeye’s fries…

I’m OCD so I can’t go anywhere alone, least of all somewhere where I have to sit and eat with all my strange habits. Usually I’ll just go the drive-thru route and take it home where I can perform my rituals in peace. haha

Sorry for the double post, but I forgot I wanted to say that Roy Rogers look suspiciously like a Grandy’s… Anyone else have a Grandy’s or is that just an Oklahoma thing? Grandy’s has the BEST sweet tea anywhere! And chicken-fried steak. And rolls. Damn, I’m hungry and I just ate at freakin’ Arby’s!

Thorzul
What’s the name of the shady chicken joint on Milwaukee Ave. near the Marquette Campus?

So…My husband worked for years at one of the NYState Thruway Stops north of Coxsackie…at the Roy Rogers.
Although the man smelled of chicken for years…he still craves the Gold Rush Sandwich.

man I loved Rax when I was growing up, we went there on the sundays we didnt go to Chi-Chis. The thing I remember most about Rax are the plastic aligator cup things that came with all the kid meals, at one point we must have had about 30 of them because my brother and I always snuck them home.

Last time I was in Penn Station I watched the cops arrest a homeless woman, a drunk guy threw up all over the floor of one of the waiting/seating areas, and I bought/drank a 22 of Corona from Sbarros. Never had the pleasure of dining at Roy’s though…Next time.

Saturday Night Thread.
Just a place to hang on Sat. nights when you have to plans, or are too hungover still from friday.

There is anoher Roy Rogers in manhattan, across the street from MSG, its on the corner afew doors down of the Penn Plaza pavillion i think its called. its a roy rogers/nathans, i love it!

All the Roys in Staten Island changed to Wendy’s years ago- the mall, arden ave., hyland blvd, etc… but there are still a bunch hiding around NJ. Theres at least 2 on Turnpike- one in that rest stop near secaucus, and theres one on Rt. 9 in Bayville. I’m pretty sure the Livingston Mall still has one too.

OMG, I fear the Roys, and the one across the street. I much rather prefer my Roys coming from a highway rest stop. Just as an interesting aside, Hardee’s bought Roys chicken recipe.

And my Canadian friends, I will gladly trade you a chain of your choice for a Swiss Chalet. I heart Swiss Chalet.

There are at least 4 Roy Rogers in service areas on the New Jersey Turnpike - two north and two southbound in Mercer and Camden counties… There were more, but a bunch of them were converted to Burger Kings when the service area buildings were refurbished. I don’t understand the lack of love for the roast beef sandwiches, though. Sure, it may not be as good as Arby’s, but Arby’s doesn’t have a Turnpike presence, so you have to take what you can get.

The Roy’s across from MSG is just as old and grimy as the one in Penn Station. But if you are anywhere near Livingston, there is indeed still a Roy Rogers on the second floor on the Sears side.

Ryane: oh, bummer, hope everything’s alright or gets there soon. You’ll like seeing Shinra Mansion in 3D though, once you get there! Imagine it with a XII level of polish and you can see why fanboys are clamoring (in vain) for a VII remake. The extra ending is thought provoking, hence my wanting to discuss it with ya

Broomstick: We had Grandy’s about a decade and a half ago. My grandmother used to take me there all the time. It was always filled to the brim with the elderly. I felt out of place.

We used to be crawling with Grandy’s it seemed. I don’t even see a TV ad for it now, but I remember seeing one in OKC but it wasn’t as upkept as it used to be. Any Bay Area folk remember Doggie Diner? I never got to eat there, but any Cali kid will tell you, they used to make great landmarks. I heard they went away a few years ago. I wonder if Pioneer Chicken is still going? I miss getting a drumstick on my birthday.

We have a Roy Rogers where I live (southern Maryland). I don’t eat there very often, but I LOVE their cheeseburgers!

You know, I didn’t realize Roy Rogers was so well known for their chicken. I always thought Roast Beef was #1, but maybe I’m just remembering the days of Hardees when I could endlessly suck down the Roast Beef sandwiches. I was about 7 and could eat two of those thing, which was just really odd for me. I think they were laced with crack.

K- - Things are getting a little better, thanks!

I keep hearing stuff about new FFVII games but, I don’t really know what’s going on with them or if it’s real. :\ I really really hope they are though. Oh God it’d be so beautiful. And yes, now I’m really getting in the mood to finish Dirge. I wish I never would’ve set it aside! I pretty much remember what I was doing but I hate re-learning controlls.

Oooh, are you getting the special edition Advent Children on the 20th? I reserved mine at Suncoast a few weeks ago. I really hope this is the last set they put out - I’ve already bought the regular one, the PSP version and a friend burned the japanese with subtitles for me about 6 months before it came out over here, along with the extra anime short. I have too many damn versions. No- I know, one can never have too much VII ANYthing.

Oh, I also finally found the latest Kingdom Hearts figurine of Cloud. It’s pretty sweet, but I’m not sure why he has what looks like Vincent’s cape and claw on. (No, I never finished KH’sII yet either. :()

Right now the only other VII game that will be remotely attainable is Crisis Core (for PSP). Before Crisis is on cell phones, and I’m not going to buy another one just for that (though I LOVE the Turks). There’s an extra mission for Dirge on Verizon phones right now, but meh. The VII remake is a pipe dream, but if it happens, of course I’ll buy it

I hadn’t really thought about getting the new AC, since I got the limited edition version from GameStop when it came out (with a third disc of interviews with Steve Burton, Mena Suvari, and Rachael).

I liked Dirge’s story, but the gameplay was lacking (I beat it in one day). Unfortunately, the part of the ending I want to talk about is the secret ending, and it requires the 3 G Reports scattered throughout the game. But you can just watch it here after you’re done. It’s in Japanese but all that is really said is “there is much work to do.”

I responded Ryane, but I put in a link, so it’s in the approval bin

It’ll show up eventually.

Never got into Roy Rogers much. I don’t think we had them in Indiana. However, I do remember Rax. They were a roast beef joint, right? What I miss is Pizza Hut of all places. For some reason, their pepperoni pan is the tops in my book. We don’t have the actual restaurants in New York. I’ve only seen the expresses in terminals and bus stations. That isn’t a REAL Pizza Hut.

Mattman I’m all about NY Comic Con. I went last year and it was insane. However it is in a bigger space this year so it shouldn’t be that much of a mob scene. Any other NYC residents plan on attending? A good time is had by all, even if you aren’t in to comics.

What are waffle fries? I think I have an idea but I’m not sure. They sound amazing mmmm!

Living in Canada, I had always seen commercials for Popeye’s restaurants, and then of course the movie ‘Little Nicky’ came out with the whole “Popeye’s chicken is fucking awesome” thing, so I always wanted to try one….

I taught in South Korea for a year and THERE I found a Popeye’s! I really liked it! I miss it…

Actually, a friend and I are considering taking the bus up to the New York Comic Con, provided our finances are in order, so there’s a chance you might catch me there.

I think Matt should throw an X-E party somewhere in Times Square. It would be off the hook!

K- and kingklash: we still have a Grandy’s in my town and I still get the craving for hella fatening southern cooking once a year or so. You’re right, it’s always rife with seniors. But I’ll mow ‘em all down to get to my chicken fried steak and Okie sweet tea… it’s just that good.

Kevin, do you happen to go to the Roy’s in solomon’s island? i’ve seen that one, but i’ve never been in it. i always went to the one in germantown.

I’d like to think the New York Comic Con will be better orgazines this year. The horror stories from last year’s con were myriad, my favorite being all the creators that missed or were late for scheduled appearances because security wouldn’t let them in.

[b]Master Splinter[/b] the video you linked to in your sig has left me in a state of never ending terror.

Taking out bank loans to buy props from the crappiest theatrical live action TMNT movie, because you can’t afford it on your paltry minimum wage income…That’s bad.

Special K, mmmmm! They look really good. I guess this summer on our way to yearly trip to New Jersey we will have to keep a lookout for a Chick-Fil-A. I cannot rest until I try waffle fries!

This would be a good time to say…anyone remember the salad bars in Wendy’s??

That’s also the only reason my family and I would eat at Rax in the late 80s/early 90s. It was pretty much lettuce with limited dressings and choc. pudding!

I remember the Salad bars. I wonder why those went away? My guess is healt regulations.

You’ve never had waffle fries, IHAQ? That is perverse. And I’m going to assume you’ve never had Chick-Fil-A either. Just don’t go on a Sunday. I didn’t know they were closed until this thread, and The Colonel told me. Blue law mentality, blech. I want sumptuous chicken on Sunday, ***dammit

Well, this is the first time I’ve posted in, like, two years or something. It feels so wrong that it must be right…

Anyway, I’ve always preferred those glorious chicken sandwiches that Chick-Fil-A had to offer, and plus, their ad campaigns — the cows with the misspelled signs — are freaking hilarious. Now, about “Roy Rogers,” I know that I’ve heard of those restaurants, but I was way unaware of their continued existence, even within some dark subculture of folks who desperately cling to hope that they can resurrect a defunct franchise despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles and fierce competition from the Colonel and the aforementioned illiterate bovines. What I don’t get is why somebody would name a chicken franchise after an old-timey cowboy actor. I wonder if one of the menu items is the “Trigger”…that would be twisted but laugh-worthy…

MMMMmmmmmmm…… Arby’s curly fries with Horsey Sauce.
This thread makes me want to go to KFC and eat a whole bucket of chicken, a large side of mashed potatoes and gravy, and a diet Coke.

According to Roy Rogers Restaurants corporate website, (which doesn’t look like it’s been updated since 2003) their ranking of their offerings are as follows:
1. Roast Beef - “A healthy(!) alternative to a hamburger…”
2. Chicken - “Sales of restaurant chicken reached 10.6 billion in 2001″ - doesn’t say if it is counting all restaurants in the US, or just Roy Rogers - I doubt it’s just Roy Rogers…
3. Hamburgers - “Hamburgers are still king, appearing on seven out of ten restaurant menus. Four out of every ten sandwiches served are burgers. Americans eat over eight billion burgers a year. Roy Rogers serves 1/4-pound hamburgers, bacon cheeseburgers and Royâ€™s signature Double R Bar BurgerÂ® made with American cheese.”

For the few of you from Oklahoma City here, have you ever eaten at Coit’s Root Beer? From the rumors I’ve read about Roy Roger’s, Coit’s lunch buffet bar matches the fly and gnat count, but has something Roy Roger’s doesn’t, some green pudding stuff with mini-mallows in it.

Sounds like a variation on that “Ambrosia” stuff somebody’s mother would always bring to a family picnic or covered-dish supper when I was a kid… the green is probably some variant of pistachio pudding.

K- We don’t have Chick-Fil-A’s in Cananda. Sadly we miss out on a lot of good food chains

In November I got to eat at a Checkers, Papa Johns and a Shoneys for the first time, next up I want to try Chick-Fil-A, Popeyes and Krystals. I’ll have to wait for awhile though, next time we go on vacation down south.

Hoverbored yes I did try Dr Pepper and Coke! It’s really really good, lots of flavour!If I added a little less DP I could see how it would taste like V-Coke.

Jim, yeah I’ve seen stuff that resembles this at family picnics, but this is a bit different, I’m not sure if it’s made from all pudding, or a pudding/whip cream combo or what, all I know is the stuff at picnics is delicious, this stuff looks like watered down green cottage cheese and marshmallows.

Yep, that’s what I thought, IHAQ. I’ve been slowly learning what Canada does and doesn’t have relative to the US, through you and Muppet Baby.

But then again, you guys have some awesome stuff that we don’t. Like Our Lady Peace on the radio and on television, on a regular basis.

K- I’ve heard Raine and Chantal Kreviazuk referred to as Cananda’s music power couple. I think that’s pretty cool even if Chantal does really annoying hair dye commmercials.

We have tons of A&W’s in OKC, most, if not all, that I’ve seen are merged into the same building as KFC or Long John Silvers.

I’m not a big fan of Popeye’s chicken, it’s good, but I’ve never tried the N.O. Popeye’s.
I wish KFC would share their recipe with Church’s chicken, it would make for the ultimate chicken deliciousness, Church’s has bigger pieces while KFC has better flavor.

I wish White Castle would build in OKC, hell I’d settle for a Krystal’s (if those are even still around out east).

This grody little Roy’s is where I always stop at Penn whilst waiting for a train. I know that fixin’s bar well.

Oh,speaking of resturants that are only in the US, my in-laws have told me about a place called Cheeburger Cheeburger!(not cheese,Chee) I really hope they take me for my bday! This is the great thing about living in a boarder town!
Has anyone ever been to a Cheeburger Cheeburger? I wanna know what it’s like. Click
here for the site!

Speaking of food places you can only go in the US, my in-laws told me about a place called Cheeburger Cheeburger(not cheese,chee)Has anyone been to one? I hope I get to go for my bday b/c there’s one just over in the Buffalo area, this is the great thing about living in a boarder town!

Cheeburger’s menu reminds me a lot of Steak n Shake, except with a huge ass burger.

You know what I appreciate? That people have been able to talk about fast food without some self-righteous health freak saying, “I hope you all enjoy your coronaries!” Fast food is my comfort food. I love it, which, contrary to what many people seem to think, does not equal being stupid enough to eat it all the time. It seems like every time I start talking about my favorite fast food places, someone has to give me that condescending look and say, “I don’t know how you can put that stuff in your body.” Oh my gosh! Shut up! I like indulging in a cheeseburger once in a while, I’m not injecting pig lard directly into my veins! Besides, I mostly eat Chick-fil-A when I do fast food (I try to limit myself to one meal a week), which is pretty low on the death-inducing scale compared to other fast food restaurants, and I try to eat better during the other meals of the day to compensate.

For the record, Chick-fil-A is the king of all fast food restaurants for me. I weep for those who have never had it. My usual is a Chick-fil-A sandwich, waffle fries, and a fresh-squeezed lemonade. If nutritional values meant nothing, I really could eat it every day. For a burger, I tend to choose Wendy’s (though sometimes I get a Burger King craving, usually if I’m playing one of the BK XBox games.) McDonald’s still does excellent fries, even if most everything else there is practically inedible.

IHAQ Cheeburger Cheeburger!!!!!!!!! Yum. I’m wondering if there could possibly be more than two chains with that name? Last I knew, they were only in Florida. This may take some research. Anyway, when I lived in Delray Beach, FL I frequented the joint. It was a tiny little joint with polaroids of people who had finished eating the largest, “we dare you to eat it” burger. I loved it.

One of the things I miss most about not living in RI or MA is not having Spike’s Junkyard Dogs around here. I’ll eat a Samuari Dog and a Poodle Fry over Nathans anyday.

I used to go to Roy’s all the time as a kid after church too. I’d always get the roast beast…
I thought they had all disapeared, but I guess I don’t stop at enough rest stops.

Someone mentioned finding a Hardees. There’s one near me, and they show comercials for it all the time now. They made a big comeback (here at least).

There’s a place called Cluck-U Chicken that offers some of the hottest wings around.

All the Hardee’s around me in OKC have been either (I assume) bought out or just had a name change to Carl’s Jr, they seem to have pretty much the same food though if I remember right.

Lori I’m glad no one has said anything either. I realized that most of the time when I’m posting here its about food, so I feel like I making myself sound like all I do is eat, and only eat junk food. I just think its always a great way to break the ice with someone. Everyone has to have a favorite food! Just so you know, fast food is my comfort food too, so your not alone.

I used to eat at McDonald’s every morning when I was a freshman in college (2000). That was just foul looking back on it. I’ll usually eat fastfood like once a week now.

And it is usually dinner on Friday night. I’m not sure if it’s “fastfood” per se. It’s from my local Italian restaurant. The place where I can kick the jukebox for always playing only half of I’m Not Okay (I Promise), because the management knows I’m going to keep pumping money into it for all eternity anyway.

Oh hey, I forgot! I just got the new Fall Out Boy and guess what X-E alum has a guest appearance!?

Any Okies ever have a Meers’ Burger? I loves me a Meers’ Burger, all huge and giant, served up in a pie plate. Add some fried okra, and a fresh lemonade. Golly-bob-howdy! That is some heavy fuel for whatever you got planned for the weekend. If you are a carnivore passing through southwest Oklahoma, Meers is the place to visit. If I find out you haven’t, I’ll personally send a buffalo to scratch up your DVDs. See if I don’t.

Though I’m glad some places are open on Sunday, I’m proud that Chik-fil-a chooses to close on Sunday and give their employees the day off. Nothing Blue-Law about it….

I’ve heard Truett Cathy (founder of Chik-fil-a) speak, and he’s one of the most inspiring people around. Kudos to him for going against the mainstream and closing his restaurant on Sunday…

That washed up, 2 bit Hollywood floozie nobody Roy Rodgers and his dime store hot dog stand can’t possibly hold a candle to the Legendary Kenny Rodgers Roasters. I will give a small amount of props to the fixin’s stand, but other than that, this Hopalong Cassidy’s pretzel hut strikes out hard in the presence of the Great Grey Bearded Balladeer’s palace of gourmet chicken fried eats.

Note that I did say mentality. I’m not trying to start a religious war here, not in the slightest, just being a wise-ass in sharing my opinion, as I usually am.

To each his own, as always. I’m glad you have an opinion about it, even if it’s different from mine. I’ll take Antagonism over Apathy anyday

There was a cheeburger cheeburger on either Sanibel or Captiva island in west central Florida.. They have some of the best burgers I’ve ever had..

I DID eat at Mean Gene Burgers off of I-5 near Redding in California (Cottonweed I think?). The sign featuring the chrome-domed WWF legend in tux with mic in hand is a must-eat joint. I also remember eating at Rax in Eugene, Oregon in the late 80’s. They were like the poor-man’s, red-headed-stepchild Arby’s with their junior cardboard roast beef bastroscity sandwiches.

I’ve only ever eaten at Cheeburger Cheeburger once, and it was either in Sanibel or Naples Florida. I’m slightly depressed because they boarded up our Checkers. They say it’s going to be open for the summer season, but I don’t believe them. I mourn for my banana shakes. If we’re going to talk about gourmet fast food, I feel the need to enter Fudrucker’s for the blog’s consideration. I

since everyone is shouting out their favorite obscure fast food joint I will too.
Has anyone ever been to Dick’s in Seattle? Go there.

I’m loving how everyone is thinking of their favourite obscure fast food joint, and some with near exact directions!

I don’t know if this qualifies as fast food, but my favorite quick eat is Gray’s Papaya. Not sure if they exist anywhere besides NYC. Two hot dogs and a drink for $2.75. Can’t beat that.

Yes! That’s the one I go to. There used to be one in Prince Frederick, but that’s a KFC now.

I’ve never eaten at a Cheeburger Cheeburger (let alone heard of it until this blog), but I got really exctied when I found one at JFK airport…then I double checked that there’s one there, and not MacArthur, like I originally thought it was.

There’s a Gray’s Papays at the Roosevelt Field Mall food court (along with a Johnny Rockets and a Soup Nazi “Soup Man” franchise), in Garden City on LI.

And Happy Valentine’s Day…Mine sucked, as always. I did get 2 bags of Swedish Fish & a bag of Twizzlers from the mom, though.

Yes, Happy Valentine’s Day to all! I hope everyone gets lucky in some way shape or form tonight.

As always tonight me and DH will be getting some McDs, I don’t care if he has to shovel the driveway, we can’t break tradition!

I remember Rax - best restaurant in the tiny truckstop town I was living in as a kid for a few years. Right across the river from a town known as ‘having seen it all’ paranormal-wise, Maysville, KY. Ghosts, UFOs, sasquatch…its all been seen there.

My favorite burger joint, tho, was a small place in DC with a peanut shell strewn floor called Five Guys. Thick, thick burgers, and messy as hell, and as delish as my dad’s homemade burgers when I was a kid! :9

Hey I just wanted to tell people that would appreciate my find. Yesterday I found Zotz candy at a local Thriftway. I bought cherry, green apple, and watermelon for 25 cents a strip. For the people that don’t know about Zots they are hard candy on the outside then they are incredibly tart/sour on the inside and they begin to foam within a few seconds. I used to buy them when I would watch my sisters play little league and my one pathetic year of T-ball. The artwork is very plain by today’s standards which is appreciated by myself.

Now continue with the chain restuarants, might still be but a very small amount of them left thread.

Oh yeah there used to be a fast food joint called Spunky’s they used to have awesome hamburgers, better then anybody’s for like under a dollar. This was in portland oregon (I live in portland now, awesome there are others on this site!) right by mall 205.

This girl I was standing next to in the hall today said she was going to dump her boyfriend when she got home, so he wouldn’t have to take her out and waste his money.

“I’m just not really into it anymore, and I’m going to save us both the trouble”

I was dumped on Valentines day once. I didn’t turn into an emo kid, just learned to be more froogle about gifts.

It’s not to say it wasn’t rough or tramatic. Reminds me, If anyone’s got boomerang, there’s about 2 and half hours of the flintstones on right now, love theme episodes. I feel obligated to tell all of you this.

Ah, thanks for the answer, Moony. I guess it would make sense to name a business after yourself…

As for Valentine’s Day, I’ve never been dumped on this day because I’ve never dated! I can truly appreciate the whole “saving money” angle, too; goodness knows how many dollars I’ve kept in my pocket that would have otherwise gone towards flowers, chocolate, mushy cards, or other staples of a day whose message of “I love you” is tainted by commercialism and misunderstood by generations of people who view love as something more physical than anything else.

Hope everybody had a good Valentine’s, whether happily coupled or woefully alone or somewhere in between. I have heard that the time between Christmas and Valentine’s is the most popular time to be dumped, which seems logical.
I like eating alone, it makes me feel all growed up or something. I do absolutely have to have something to read…Last time I was out I was reading a Sin City book, and that did make me feel like people were staring disapprovingly at me and my dirty book full of boobies. Normally, though, I don’t care.
Nothing to do with the topic at hand, but I caught up on the last couple episodes of Rome and New Octavian is just not doing it for me.

See, I was nice and dumped the guy I was seeing a week ago. I almost considered keeping him around just so I wouldn’t be alone for Valentine’s Day, but he was being an emo dickhead. Plus the whole biting fetish was just too much for me.

Normally I despise people that choose the area around Valentine’s to break up with their others, but….say no more, you were in the right on this one. Yikes.

I just realized “Hooters” could take the “Rax” name and it could still have the same connotation.

Moony, Five Guys is franchised now. I’m in southeast Virginia and they’re popping up all over the place around here. I have some in-laws in Northern Virginia that first clued us in.

Zotz! Zotz! Zotz! Zotz! Zotz! Zotz! Zotz! Zotz! Zotz! I love Zotz! Now I am going to have to hunt them down. Zotz!

Cameron - I dunno.. I *do* remember they would bring out the burgers in a little cardboard car.. always the classic cars though.. lol. The last time I went to a Cheeburger Cheeburger I was young enough to play with action figures (regularly) and I’d fill up the little car with all the action figures I could fit in it.. and then push it down the stairs. No one ever made it down alive..

I live in Nashville.We have Krystals(which is like White Castle)Hardees Churchs,Popeyes,A&W\Long John Silvers,Captain D’s(which is like Long Johns)Checkers,Zaxbys,and all the other major chains.Rax hasnt been here in like 20 years.

First Place Goes To: Chic-fil-A. I lived in Florida for 5 years and there was a CFA caddy corner to the Barnes & Noble where I worked. Always order a No. 1 with Diet Lemonade, b/c I like hypocrisy with my waffle fries.

Second Best Joint: Sonic. Best. Shakes. Ever. Plus, Tatertots. And, you can order from those little speakers in the parking lot, and correct me if I’m wrong, the wait staff wear rollerskates. Maybe I’m embellishing, but still, how can you go wrong with “Birthday Cake” shake or the Cream Pie Shakes?

Someone mentioned Cluck U Chicken…There’s sadly, NONE in NY, let alone LI, but I wanna go to one badly ever since it was featured on the Travel Channel’s “Top 10 Places to Pig Out.” Another one of the 10, the Acme Oyster House, sadly is in NO and as far as I know, has been closed since Katrina came along. (Update: It reopened! yay!)

Late last night and the night before,
Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers,
knocking at the door.
I want to go out, don’t know if I can,
’cause I’m so afraid
of the Tommyknocker man.

There’s a huge Roy Rogers in my hometown; Manchester, CT. Still does decent business, from what I’m told!

I remember that Cluck U Chicken, the last time I went there in the Nineties, required you to sign a release if you ordered the “911″ heat-level hot wings, which were one step above “Thermonuclear”. I remember one time when a bunch of friends and I had rented a shore house for the summer, and as a practical joke, a couple of them bought an order of “911″ wings and left them in the refrigerator for an unsuspecting victim. Sure enough, another house member came home after the bars had closed, had the munchies, opened the fridge, and… we were all woken up by his screams of “Water!” Good times…