Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Dr. Hal started this. I cannot be held responsible for the consequences. Dredging up memories. I remember as a kid, I liked root beer the best. There was a Dog 'n Suds not too far away. They had root beer but they had something no other drive-in had. Grape soda. When you went there it didn't matter if you liked root beer better, you got the grape soda because there was no where else that had that and this point in your life might never come again. Dog 'N Suds had a mascot that looked like a rip-off of Pluto (the cartoon hound) and was carrying a tray in one hand that looked like it had a float and a burger on it. I remember many times we'd drive on right past that place and I'd look longingly at it thinking I'd really like a grape soda just now. Later, when I was older, and much more sophisticated, I had a summer job when I wasn't going to college at an A&W drive in. We had car-hops who worked for tips! Imagine that. Those clunky aluminum two-way speakers you hung on your car window. You'd often as not drop them and they'd hit the asphalt below, but they were indestructable and at the same time unitelligible when someone was trying to talk to you. It sounded like the teacher in a Charlie Brown cartoon, "Wah wah, wah wah wah wah." There was a KFC next door. Many times I would make cole slaw for the both of us, put it in those little foam containers that were unmarked and carry a big tray of those over to the KFC for them to sell. I knew the owner of the A&W and he didn't own the KFC, it was just a matter of convenience. Sometimes they'd make the cole slaw.

You went to college at an A&W?!! Awesome! Did they take your buns for tuition?

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Dr. Hal started this. I cannot be held responsible for the consequences. Dredging up memories. I remember as a kid, I liked root beer the best. There was a Dog 'n Suds not too far away. They had root beer but they had something no other drive-in had. Grape soda. When you went there it didn't matter if you liked root beer better, you got the grape soda because there was no where else that had that and this point in your life might never come again. Dog 'N Suds had a mascot that looked like a rip-off of Pluto (the cartoon hound) and was carrying a tray in one hand that looked like it had a float and a burger on it. I remember many times we'd drive on right past that place and I'd look longingly at it thinking I'd really like a grape soda just now. Later, when I was older, and much more sophisticated, I had a summer job when I wasn't going to college at an A&W drive in. We had car-hops who worked for tips! Imagine that. Those clunky aluminum two-way speakers you hung on your car window. You'd often as not drop them and they'd hit the asphalt below, but they were indestructable and at the same time unitelligible when someone was trying to talk to you. It sounded like the teacher in a Charlie Brown cartoon, "Wah wah, wah wah wah wah." There was a KFC next door. Many times I would make cole slaw for the both of us, put it in those little foam containers that were unmarked and carry a big tray of those over to the KFC for them to sell. I knew the owner of the A&W and he didn't own the KFC, it was just a matter of convenience. Sometimes they'd make the cole slaw.

You went to college at an A&W?!! Awesome! Did they take your buns for tuition?

That's right, my diploma was written on the back of a cash register receipt.

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ORIGINAL: Schanilec

I toasted the best hot dog buns in the business. The toaster looked like a female tank.

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

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ORIGINAL: Schanilec

I toasted the best hot dog buns in the business. The toaster looked like a female tank.

You just derailed my imagination.