June 21, 2009

Specifics?
FOUND by Erin in Bellinham, WA
I found this comment card in one of the dining halls at my school, the reply by the chef was just too amusing to pass up, so my boyfriend took it off of the bulletin board for me.
Kermit Fog in the reverse side
The chef's reply Erin actually wasn't that funny Erin and I will no that you thought it was funny Erin but why Erin didn't you take it off the board yourself Erin SORRY Erin just asking Erin
+ June 21, 2009 12:15 AM +
Dog breath in Vernal Utah
Pink is a flavor.It may not be a desirable flavor, but it is a flavor none the less. Some of you know what I am talking about.
+ June 21, 2009 01:50 AM +
baby basil in the herb garden
The word is actually "sherbet" from the French word "sorbet". And yes, pink IS a flavour. It's the flavour of that awful pink bubblegum that I can't bear to smell even at 10 paces. They call it "strawberry"---yeah right. Chemical strawberry. Nature's strawberries never tasted like that.

I always wanted to make pink sherbet and flavour it with mint or chocolate or something unexpected like that.
+ June 21, 2009 02:06 AM +
Dina in oz
So was this at Fairhaven, Ridgeway or the VU? XD
+ June 21, 2009 03:42 AM +
SexyNinjaMonkey in your mothers bed
Schools with Dining Halls, WTF. Even worse, they have 'share your thoughts' forms... In this world gone mad we won't spank the monkey, the monkey will spank us.
+ June 21, 2009 04:06 AM +
Farmer in The Dell
nk, like green, is in fact a flavor. Plaid, however, is not. Steve found this out when he visited the dining hall for the first time and ordered the plaid pudding, which he found to be distinctly void of any identifiabl
+ June 21, 2009 05:46 AM +
Larry the Cable Guy in Dooky, FL
"Pink" is a flavor like "Britney Speers" is a flavor.
+ June 21, 2009 08:46 AM +
Terrie-Is-So-Very in totally-unique-ville
Pink it's my new obsession
Pink it's not even a question
Pink on the lips of your lover, 'cause
Pink is the love you discover
Pink as the bing on your cherry
Pink 'cause YOU ARE SO VERY...
+ June 21, 2009 08:57 AM +
fooch
Pink isn't a flavor?!

My day is now ruined.

Certainly blue is a flavor, right?
+ June 21, 2009 09:32 AM +
Night in gale
Pink sherbet is not a flavor, but rainbow sherbet is??
+ June 21, 2009 10:10 AM +
Muse on the Loose
Louise had an obsession with pink sherbet. She didn't know or care what kind of fruit it was supposed to taste like, but she had to see it on the menu. If there was no pink sherbet, she would freak out. In the school dining hall, there was no pink sherbet. "Pink Sherbert!" she wrote, so distressed she couldn't spell right. She started having a panic attack and her friends had to take her away. When Jerry the chef got it back, he decided to write a reply and put it on the bulletin board so girls with chivalrous boyfriends might spot it.
+ June 21, 2009 11:39 AM +
Sam in Maryland
i actually laughed out loud at this one...!
+ June 21, 2009 12:32 PM +
j in portland, or
I've gotta say, taking a comment card off of a bulletin board is stealing not finding. It actually goes against what this website is supposed to be about, I think. Change it to "Random Stuff," or "Stolen," if you're gonna post this sort of tripe. Just sayin'
+ June 21, 2009 12:34 PM +
Sammy Davis Junior Jr
Pink: strawberry, bubble gum, pink lemonade, watermelon, pink grapefruit.
+ June 21, 2009 01:35 PM +
The Taunster in West-By-God
"friendliness of service" score just dropped.
+ June 21, 2009 02:40 PM +
Snurf in Burgh
What about "Sour Green"? Even if Pink Sherbet's not technically a flavor--that chef knows darn well they want strawberry sherbet. He was just lashing out after getting too many snarky, "I'm so clever" share-your-thoughts slips from hordes of ungrateful college student diners.
+ June 21, 2009 02:43 PM +
Neu in the school
strawberry
watermelon
cherry
pink lemonade???
+ June 21, 2009 04:27 PM +
Liibrarian in the woodwork

Dear Roger,
Aside from your girly handwriting, what I've got to say to you is: "Oh good grief!" My comment didn't ask for a flavor at all, it don't matter to me what the flippin' flavor is, I just like PINK SHERBERT. I'm not saying you should serve it. I'm not saying you don't already serve it. All I'm saying is PINK SHERBERT! Revel in it. Say the name. Think it.
Now, go back to the kitchen.
+ June 21, 2009 04:29 PM +
Beth in a tizzy
Roger asked for my comment, so I have him my comment. And he rejected it. How can you reject a comment?? Way to go, Roger. Never going back to THAT dining hall.
+ June 21, 2009 04:37 PM +
Rob in Los Angeles
Yes fooch, Blue is definitely a flavor.
+ June 21, 2009 05:12 PM +
Prisoner in Azkaban
@muse that's hilarious! hahaha. On another note, I felt like the comment was a compliment, as in "Pink Sherbert! It's so good I'm going to wet my panties!" so why the snooty remark from the chef?

Friendliness of Service: Poor
+ June 21, 2009 05:35 PM +
just me in my house
SherBET, not sherBERT. I know, sherbert is becoming acceptable now, but I wish it weren't. If we accept sherbert today we might as well accept libary tomorrow.
+ June 21, 2009 07:40 PM +
Up to my elbows in sour splash sorbet. There's PINK in there..
J in portland.. save your breath. it's all been said before. .."anything goes!" Tripe? that's a little harsh.

Just me, did you somehow miss Basil's (snooty) handy historical lesson on sherBET up there?
+ June 21, 2009 09:11 PM +
Exhibit A in A Showing of Absurdities
People take this too serious. Who are you correcting on the sherbert/sherbet dispute? The writer who probably isn't reading this? Or is it some kind of concern that impressionable novice wordsmiths could be forever doomed to misspell a word so seldom used in actual writing.

The same goes for the 'pink' as a flavor debate. If we're being persnickety about the spelling of sherbet we might as well take it upon ourselves to inform the world that 'pink' is a color, not a flavor. The descriptor 'rainbow' may be used for rainbow sherbet because the sherbet does not have a flavor intended to mimic one from nature, while there are a number of pink sherbets meant to mimic flavors found in nature (strawberry, watermelon, etc.)

Now, I think we can all agree to take a moment, chuckle at this post, and remember in the future that despite the fact that we CAN correct a minor error, does not mean we should take it upon ourselves to be so overfastidious and downright ridiculous.
+ June 21, 2009 10:51 PM +
NightCleaner in another direction
As my friend just pointed out to me, it could be "pink schubert". Perhaps a very fancy Austrian pastry type dessert?
+ June 21, 2009 11:12 PM +
Clover in green pajamas
I've been calling it "sherbert" all my life. I doubt if that will change, even though I also speak French. I always assumed "sherbet" was the east-coast way of saying it; I thought both pronunciations were acceptable. It truly surprised me when I just now checked the dictionary, and "sherbert" is not even in there.

Now this makes me wonder.. is it ketchup or catsup?
+ June 21, 2009 11:58 PM +
Lindsey in UK
I don't think sherbert/sherbet comes from 'sorbet'. Sherbet was originally a drink - the name comes from Arabic, and it's more likely that 'sorbet' derives from this than the other way round. Just so you know.
+ June 22, 2009 08:12 AM +
Steve in Tyler
My original comment was deleted.

Pink it's my new obsession
Pink it's not even a question
Pink on the lips of your lover, �cause
Pink is the love you discover
Pink as the bing on your cherry
Pink cause you are so very
Pink it's the color of passion
`Cause today it just goes with the fashion

Spam protection: Please describe the meaning of life.
+ June 22, 2009 08:15 AM +
simpkins in the sun
Homer: Purple is a fruit.

Therefore, Pink is a flavor.
+ June 22, 2009 11:18 AM +
Just me in my house
@Exhibit A. Talk about taking things too seriously...




*chuckle, chuckle* There. Is that an acceptable comment?
+ June 22, 2009 01:08 PM +
Hiplainsdrifter in South Portland, Maine

Roger is a dink. Watermelon is not a color.
+ June 22, 2009 02:09 PM +
Exhibit A in A Showing of Absurdities
@Just me.

Haha. That was the point. I left a note that quibbled over unimportant things with the intention that people would see how ridiculous it is.... I was hoping the title "Exhibit A" would hint that it was an example. =] Guess I should have made it more clear.

No one likes to me made to feel dumb. That's all I was saying. Sometimes we spend so much time worrying about what's "correct" that we forget that we're talking to real people who sometimes make mistakes.
+ June 22, 2009 10:22 PM +

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