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March 9, 2014 8:41 PM Subscribe
Charlene deGuzman and Miles Crawford settle that age-old question, "What should we eat?" With drums.
Now I really want phở.
posted by hypersloth at 9:12 PM on March 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by hypersloth at 9:12 PM on March 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
OH GOD YES THIS CONVERSATION IS TRUE IN ANY LANGUAGE.
The problem of course is that you don't decide what to eat unless you're already hungry and then you're cranky and miserable and nothing sounds appealing and the conversation is the WORST THING and you might as well all be DEAD.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 9:26 PM on March 9, 2014 [4 favorites]
The problem of course is that you don't decide what to eat unless you're already hungry and then you're cranky and miserable and nothing sounds appealing and the conversation is the WORST THING and you might as well all be DEAD.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 9:26 PM on March 9, 2014 [4 favorites]
That escalated quickly.
Mrs. Pterodactyl and other indecisives, please refer to the 5-3-1 decision-making trick before you kill us all.
posted by paleyellowwithorange at 9:31 PM on March 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
Mrs. Pterodactyl and other indecisives, please refer to the 5-3-1 decision-making trick before you kill us all.
posted by paleyellowwithorange at 9:31 PM on March 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
My SO and I have this exact conversation... a lot. It's way cooler with drums though.
the conversation is the WORST THING and you might as well all be DEAD
Yep. That's what low blood sugar sounds like for me too.
posted by entropyiswinning at 10:34 PM on March 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
the conversation is the WORST THING and you might as well all be DEAD
Yep. That's what low blood sugar sounds like for me too.
posted by entropyiswinning at 10:34 PM on March 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
Mrs. Pterodactyl and other indecisives, please refer to the 5-3-1 decision-making trick before you kill us all.
Clever! When we were in college, my husband's roommate (who is also our roommate now as we are once again living in the same city) had a list of all the restaurant options we went to with any regularity ranked in tiers so whenever we started fighting about where to eat he'd pull out the list and Mr. Pterodactyl and I could just decide based on that. It worked really well (especially at getting him out of having snippy conversations) so I couldn't say anything against it even if I found it passive-aggressive (like this comment if he reads it. Sorry!).
It actually was a great option that saved us from many angry Friday and Saturday evening arguments and I think he'd still got the list around somewhere so if anyone is planning to attend the University of Chicago and would like a list of the restaurants pre-ranked MeFi mail me and I'll see what I can do.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 10:50 PM on March 9, 2014
Clever! When we were in college, my husband's roommate (who is also our roommate now as we are once again living in the same city) had a list of all the restaurant options we went to with any regularity ranked in tiers so whenever we started fighting about where to eat he'd pull out the list and Mr. Pterodactyl and I could just decide based on that. It worked really well (especially at getting him out of having snippy conversations) so I couldn't say anything against it even if I found it passive-aggressive (like this comment if he reads it. Sorry!).
It actually was a great option that saved us from many angry Friday and Saturday evening arguments and I think he'd still got the list around somewhere so if anyone is planning to attend the University of Chicago and would like a list of the restaurants pre-ranked MeFi mail me and I'll see what I can do.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 10:50 PM on March 9, 2014
That was very nicely done. As a drummer, I approve.
posted by Purposeful Grimace at 12:13 AM on March 10, 2014
posted by Purposeful Grimace at 12:13 AM on March 10, 2014
I would have sworn this has been here before...but, perhaps not... These folks do some pretty interesting videos...here's another two worth watching.
posted by HuronBob at 4:45 AM on March 10, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by HuronBob at 4:45 AM on March 10, 2014 [1 favorite]
What shoud we eat? What I'm cooking, which I planned out a week ago as part of a rigorously exhaustive meal plan.
It cuts down on arguments.
posted by The Whelk at 7:11 AM on March 10, 2014
It cuts down on arguments.
posted by The Whelk at 7:11 AM on March 10, 2014
See, sure, you can use the drums to solve the argument. But then you have to take them to the restaurant because after you have to decide where you're going next and of course he's going to want to go for coffee and she's going to want the bookstore or a movie. So then it's all "set up the drums in the restaurant or out on the street" and hash it out.
The plus side is usually there's enough spare change after this to afford whatever you agreed on.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 8:16 AM on March 10, 2014 [1 favorite]
The plus side is usually there's enough spare change after this to afford whatever you agreed on.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 8:16 AM on March 10, 2014 [1 favorite]
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