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I try to keep my complaints to a minimum because, you know, who really listens. Anyhow, the last time I can remember having a real problem with something was when I purchased a bag of Brach's bridge mix, which you can read by clicking here.-Well, I guess it is about time I complain about something else. This time . . . Wendy's junior bacon cheeseburger. But let me back up a bit.-Hunks' fast food joint of choice is Wendy's, so when we are out and about together and get hungry, that's usually our stop. He quite often gets a spicy chicken and I more-often-than-not will order a junior bacon cheeseburger. -So I guess I'm a bit of an expert on the jbc. Well . . . -The other night we stopped at a Wendy's, ordered our usual, sat down, and this is what I opened up. A sandwich, yes; but hardly. I actually had to take a picture of it. 
The burger was no more than 1/4" thick, if that. Maybe more like an eighth. The lettuce was thicker than the burger. Do you see a tomato slice? It was so thin, it was embedded in the mayonnaise (with mayo oozing through the tomato) and looked like someone had merely painted it in.-Now . . .-I could have taken the sandwich back and asked about the quality. I could have probably gotten another one, but would it have been a repeat of the same? But I seriously do not believe the employees have any control over the quality, just service (which was very good, by the way), and their job is to deliver the product that Wendy corporation delivers to the store.-So that's where I complained. I looked up Wendy's online, found a feedback form, and said my piece. When I was finished, it showed someone would be calling me in a couple days, but I guess we will just have to wait and see.-Until then, I wonder how Burger King is faring these days . . .
Some of these you may have heard before, some maybe not so much on others. No matter what, enjoy again . . . Alternate meanings for common words: 1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs. 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained 3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent. 6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absent-mindedly answer the door in your nightgown. 7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp. 8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash. 9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller. 10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. 11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam. 12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist. 14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishism.
15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that, when you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there. 16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.
It is estimated that the average English speaker's active vocabulary ranges between 15,000 and 50,000 words, while the passive vocabulary (the words a speaker understands but doesn't use) can include up to 100,000 words.
The last few days have been full of trivia . . . for a reason. I have to get back into the "saddle" at work and so these are pre-posted. If I have time, more will be added. Thanks for sticking with me.In 1945, the first Volkswagen Beetles were made in a factory in Germany. It was not until 1967 that the name "Beetle" or "Bug" was used for the car; before that, the car was referred to as the "Type 1," "1200," "1300," or "1500," with the numbers representing the engine size in cubic centimeters. The Beetle was first imported into the United States in 1949 with very little success. Then a second attempt to import them began in the early 1950s and in 1953 sales began to improve. In 1972, the Beetle overtook the Ford Model T as the most popular car ever made. In 1981, the 20,000,000th Beetle rolled off the production line in Mexico. The last new original Beetle was sold in the United States in 1978, but it continued to be produced in Mexico up to the 2004 model. In 1998, an updated model called the "New Beetle" appeared in the United States. Volkswagen means "people's car" in German.
I haven't quite gotten to chocolate overload . . . but close. There are so many sweets leading up to Christmas, and then they all have to be finished off before our New Year's resolutions. Work, work, work.But just so you know . . . The double M in M & M's stands for the last names of Forrest Mars and William Murrie, the two founders of the company that first produced the candy. M & M's were first made in 1941 and packaged in paper tubes; they became very popular with American soldiers in World War II because they were easy to carry. The original six colors of M & M's were: red, yellow, green, brown, orange, and violet. Tan replaced violet in 1949. The "m" stamp on the shell of M & M's first appeared in 1950 to distinguish them from counterfeit candies. In 1954, Peanut M & M's were introduced. Over 400,000,000 M & M's are made each day.
The burger was no more than 1/4" thick, if that. Maybe more like an eighth. The lettuce was thicker than the burger. Do you see a tomato slice? It was so thin, it was embedded in the mayonnaise (with mayo oozing through the tomato) and looked like someone had merely painted it in.
