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minus-squaredarkpanda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months agoThe truly fancy places call ‘em “frites”, not French fries. That way they can charge an extra three bucks for the fanciness.
minus-squareNfamwap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoAnd the menu doesn’t show the price like: Cheeseburger £13 Instead you get: Cheeseburger 13 So cool and minimalist.
minus-squarerambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months agoReminds me of that one joke from What Men Think About. “In our restaurant, dry bread is called a crouton. It is still the same piece of slightly fried bread, but dry bread cannot cost 8 dollars, whereas a crouton can.” https://youtu.be/zVDCTuyMDLE?si=2Tw4NqVt89G_oCPR
The truly fancy places call ‘em “frites”, not French fries. That way they can charge an extra three bucks for the fanciness.
And the menu doesn’t show the price like:
Cheeseburger £13
Instead you get:
Cheeseburger 13
So cool and minimalist.
Reminds me of that one joke from What Men Think About.
“In our restaurant, dry bread is called a crouton. It is still the same piece of slightly fried bread, but dry bread cannot cost 8 dollars, whereas a crouton can.”
https://youtu.be/zVDCTuyMDLE?si=2Tw4NqVt89G_oCPR