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Here is my system for truly delicious and classic cucumber sandwiches, which has the advantage of requiring to be made ahead:

(1) Slice the cucumbers very, very thin. If you have a mandolin, now would be a good time to use it, though a sharp knife will do the job just as well. A dull knife is hopeless. The object is to have translucently thin and flexible slices, not opaque disks.
(2) Spread the bread with herb butter, not regular butter,... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by redfoxtail at 1:59 PM on July 10, 2006

Before I read the article, can someone here make it clear whether or not I like Pearl Jam?
posted to MetaFilter by jeff-o-matic at 8:39 AM on June 21, 2006

It means your life will be crunchy and delicious, and free of bland catch-all "predictions".
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Asparagirl at 4:16 PM on June 20, 2006

Mmkay. I'm 13 (almost 14). If you started a sentence with most of those things, I'd prolly "think" I have you figured out right away cuz I'd tell myself "He understands TIME but not me and my friends and what we live." (That might not be true, but it's what I'd think.)

Mmkay. Here's the deal. We like adults who DO stuff with us and open up the world to us. We don't really like it when they criticize the world we live in. We live in it cuz people... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by FeistyFerret at 11:55 AM on June 19, 2006 marked best answer

As his hankie turned skanky and covered in snot, it
was blabbed through the lab that "Eureka!", he'd got it
The feline solution to all sneezers woes -
A kitten whose teases would lay off of the nose!

He took off his spectacles, laid them beside him
Prayed God undergraduates would not deride him
He grabbed a new kitten from the new kitten place
and rubbed young Miss Tinkles all over his... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Sparx at 9:15 PM on June 12, 2006

Speaking as a former Front Desk Clerk:

I worked at a Fine Hotel in the days before the rise of Internet Travel sites, and it was that hotel's policy (I believe industry standard) that bed size/number was only a stated preference of the guest and was in no way a guarantee.
That said, if the Travel website you booked through DID guarantee a king bed, it was up to THEM to deliver - you should have called the website CSR line.

Also, in... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BigLankyBastard at 1:05 PM on June 1, 2006

I think it's creepy - women should have as much right as men to be stupid, to drink too much, to eat badly. Of course, you could look at it this way: the CDC doesn't care about men's health.

If they really cared about reducing infant mortality, they would be dealing with the health inequalities in the US. Canada, the UK, lots of places, have all the same problems with women not getting enough folic acid, smoking and in the UK they drink so much more... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jb at 10:01 AM on May 19, 2006

I always cringe when I hear people suggesting plumbers tell people not to do things themselves so they can make money.*Newsflash* most plumbers are telling you this for your own good and most have very high ethics regarding billing as they get taught to do the right thing during their apprenticeships(5 years plus college here),not to mention they have 6 other calls that day so they simply want to finish your job properly and go to the next so they don't work till 10 pm etc( many probably... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by plumberonkarst at 5:21 PM on May 20, 2006

sluglicker writes "Very close, but not a bulls-eye. Why are you so angry?"

I don't know that the first sentence means. When I read the second sentence I thought, I'm not that angry, but then as I thought about it more, I realized that I am angry.

I'm angry about this specific instance of conspiracy theory laced disinformation because I get to see the harm it does in the HIV clinic where I work. People come in,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by OmieWise at 8:09 AM on April 24, 2006