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Could someone please hint to the writers at the New York Times's "Dining & Wine" section that there's an economic recession under way? Here's from the e-headlines today:
Great Meals for Two, Under $100 (It's Possible)
By FRANK BRUNI
Getting food of some distinction in full-service restaurants and staying below $99 isn't too easy, but it can be done.
Y'know, I've been lying awake at nights preoccupied with the difficulties of finding a decent restaurant meal for under a hundred bucks. Oh dearie, dearie me. Where to turn? And now at last, thanks to those doughty folks at the NYT, I've found a few pointers . . .
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"Arm or leg?"
Lunch?
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"How do you break lunch?"
Messily.
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It is after it's been thoroughly broken.
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"leg?"
Talking of which, the first Test starts tomorrow. Are you going to be poring over cricinfo.com, like me?
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If the ODIs are any guide, we'll be able to catch the last few overs of the day before our breakfasts.
When I underwent pre-admission testing (twice!) back in May, the guy who drew my blood was an Indian. Pam couldn't understand why, the first time, we emerged from his little room as Best Buddies. I had to explain to her that I'd been able to tell him the latest score (at least, before we'd left home) in whatever Test it was underway in the UK at the time. As he observed, Months On End could go by without him having a patient who could bring him such crucial information.
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