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Title: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: TatoRage on October 16, 2011, 04:18:58 PM: Hello everyone,

My name is Taylor, but myself calls me Tato. I'm from Orange County, CA and I'm hoping to meet some like minded people so we can share in some good/geeky conversation. Please feel free to ask me any questions, make fun of my name or send me any Smurf/Highlander crossover fanfic you might be working on.

THANKS!
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: ivan on October 16, 2011, 04:49:19 PM: Where do you go for the best banh mi?

Not cheapest. Best.
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: TatoRage on October 16, 2011, 05:15:20 PM: Quote from: ivan on October 16, 2011, 04:49:19 PM
Where do you go for the best banh mi?

Not cheapest. Best.

Haha that's a great question! Hmm I guess I'd have to say Bahn Mi Che Cali. I know alot of people hate that place but I really dig it. Their meatballs taste like awesome.
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: ivan on October 16, 2011, 05:39:10 PM: Try the meatball at Boulangerie Pierre on Brookhurst. Also try the meatball at Banh Mi Cho Cu, on Magnolia and Hazard (tiny little place). I can't decide which one I like better. My wife likes Pierre's.

Have you ever been to Au Cour de Paris on Edinger and Bushard? Sweet little place with great pastries and also good banh mi. I really like their iced coffee.
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: ivan on October 16, 2011, 05:41:15 PM: The pate chaud at Au Cour is really good, too.
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: TatoRage on October 16, 2011, 05:56:55 PM: Yeah! Boulangerie Pierre is right by my house. I've been there twice but both times I just bought a few baguettes. Everything they have there looks so good though. I'll make sure to try their Banh Mi :) I haven't had anything from Banh Mi Cho Cu or Au Cour de Paris but I'll try both for sure.

So, Where do you go for Pho? (I think this follow up question is an obvious choice haha)
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: ivan on October 16, 2011, 06:57:01 PM: Quote from: TatoRage on October 16, 2011, 05:56:55 PM

So, Where do you go for Pho? (I think this follow up question is an obvious choice haha)

I was going to ask you! I've had pho only a handful of times in the last decade. We don't get out to GG very often, but when we do we hit a few banh mi spots, get a bunch of them, try a few bites of each and have the rest for lunches. Can't do that with pho. But if you recommend a place, I'll try it the first chance I get.
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: Min on October 16, 2011, 07:18:29 PM: Is this really one of ivan's alter egos? Created so he can talk to himself?

Well...if that were the case, he'd have asked for Homoerotic A-Team Fanfiction instead of the Smurf/Highlander crossover fanfic that Tater asked for.

So welcome.
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: TatoRage on October 16, 2011, 08:51:12 PM: Quote from: Min on October 16, 2011, 07:18:29 PM
Is this really one of ivan's alter egos? Created so he can talk to himself?

Well...if that were the case, he'd have asked for Homoerotic A-Team Fanfiction instead of the Smurf/Highlander crossover fanfic that Tater asked for.

So welcome.

In fact I'm Ivans long lost defective clone. The subtle screw ups in the cloning process explains my passion for Smurf/Highlander crossovers rather than any boner-filled A-Team stories. Speaking of the A-Team, that show was/is extraordinarily homoerotic in general. I mean, all those big strong men in that oh-so-private van. Makes all kinds of sense :D

Aaaaanyhooch.....Hello Min!
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: Demosthenes on October 16, 2011, 10:38:48 PM: Holy crap, I haven't had good pho since I was stationed in Newport News, VA. There was a strip of Vietnamese restaurants down by the shipyard entrance downtown where my ship was moored. We called it the Ho Chi Minh trail. I used to eat there at least twice a day, every day, for six months or so (when we moved across the bay to Norfolk naval base).

Thanks. I'd almost gotten over that until now. :(
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: TatoRage on October 16, 2011, 11:50:26 PM: Quote from: Mr_Shifty on October 16, 2011, 10:38:48 PM
Holy crap, I haven't had good pho since I was stationed in Newport News, VA. There was a strip of Vietnamese restaurants down by the shipyard entrance downtown where my ship was moored. We called it the Ho Chi Minh trail. I used to eat there at least twice a day, every day, for six months or so (when we moved across the bay to Norfolk naval base).

Thanks. I'd almost gotten over that until now. :(

You seem to have some real emotional issues tied into noodle soup my friend. Maybe it's time to put down the chop sticks?

Only kidding! Yeah, I know the feeling man. I spent some time in Thailand and the first thing I did when I landed was head to In and Out. I tried "American" food over there but it just didn't cut it :-(
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: Demosthenes on October 17, 2011, 09:57:21 AM: Quote from: TatoRage on October 16, 2011, 11:50:26 PM
You seem to have some real emotional issues tied into noodle soup my friend. Maybe it's time to put down the chop sticks?

It was really the only good thing about being stationed in that area back then. :(
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: pbsaurus on October 17, 2011, 02:22:22 PM: Can I call you Herve for short?
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: TatoRage on October 17, 2011, 02:25:37 PM: Quote from: Mr_Shifty on October 17, 2011, 09:57:21 AM
It was really the only good thing about being stationed in that area back then. :(

I'm really sorry to hear that :( Well at least things are better for you now, right? I hope they are. I'm a born smart ass and I was just kidding about all that. I'm sorry that was a bad time in your life :(
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: TatoRage on October 17, 2011, 02:30:51 PM: Quote from: pbsaurus on October 17, 2011, 02:22:22 PM
Can I call you Herve for short?

Herve? Hmm I don't think I look like a Herve. I look more like an Olaf or possibly a Ragnar.
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: pbsaurus on October 17, 2011, 02:55:11 PM: Oh, sorry, I read Tato as Tattoo.
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: Demosthenes on October 17, 2011, 04:12:00 PM: Quote from: TatoRage on October 17, 2011, 02:25:37 PM
I'm really sorry to hear that :( Well at least things are better for you now, right? I hope they are. I'm a born smart ass and I was just kidding about all that. I'm sorry that was a bad time in your life :(

Oh that was back in 1994-1995. Things are much better now, thank you.

And we're all smart asses here. All of us.

ALL OF US.

(http://guildhaven.org/images/homer_fist.gif)
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: Novice on October 17, 2011, 04:47:22 PM: Well . .

not ALL . .

Quote from: Mr_Shifty on October 17, 2011, 04:12:00 PM
(http://guildhaven.org/images/homer_fist.gif)

Yes, well. Welcome, anyway.
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: TatoRage on October 17, 2011, 05:23:36 PM: Quote from: pbsaurus on October 17, 2011, 02:55:11 PM
Oh, sorry, I read Tato as Tattoo.

Haha I kinda thought that's what you meant.

I don't think Herve and myself have much in common though. He was very small, I'm fairly large. He looks fantastic in a tuxedo, I look ok in my overweight Scotsman-meets-Viking body and so on. You can call me Tato, Potato, Tate, Tater or Taylor :D
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: TatoRage on October 17, 2011, 05:26:19 PM: Quote from: Mr_Shifty on October 17, 2011, 04:12:00 PM
Oh that was back in 1994-1995. Things are much better now, thank you.

And we're all smart asses here. All of us.

ALL OF US.

(http://guildhaven.org/images/homer_fist.gif)

I'm really pleased to hear things are better for you now :) I hate to see people suffer in any way, shape, or form.

Ok rad, I'm stoked you guys are all smart asses. To me that's like one of the 10 Geek Commandments haha. Smart assiness is pretty vital to my existence.
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: Demosthenes on October 17, 2011, 06:08:32 PM: Oh, like that will work to keep you alive. :roll:
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: TatoRage on October 17, 2011, 06:48:36 PM: Quote from: Mr_Shifty on October 17, 2011, 06:08:32 PM
Oh, like that will work to keep you alive. :roll:

If it weren't for this smart ass of mine I'd have loads of friends, a great job and a stylish rocket scooter. Whew! What a relief I don't have to fuss with all of that! :-D
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: pbsaurus on October 17, 2011, 10:23:03 PM: (http://samplage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/arnold-schwarzenegger-screaming-kindergarten-cop_480_poster-220x123.jpg)

No it's not a tuber
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: Demosthenes on October 17, 2011, 10:33:17 PM: (http://guildhaven.org/images/total-recall.gif)
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: TatoRage on October 17, 2011, 11:00:34 PM: Hahahaha Oh my Schwarzenegger!
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: Banshee on October 18, 2011, 08:06:33 AM: (http://www.gifbin.com/bin/3001103597.gif)

Welcome d00d.
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: TatoRage on October 18, 2011, 02:07:24 PM: Quote from: Banshee on October 18, 2011, 08:06:33 AM
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Welcome d00d.

Thanks!
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: 12 on October 18, 2011, 05:05:49 PM: And this isn't just a comment.

It's a comment I like to ride on.
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: TatoRage on October 18, 2011, 06:47:24 PM: Quote from: 12 on October 18, 2011, 05:05:49 PM
And this isn't just a comment.

It's a comment I like to ride on.

Ahh, A Dairy Queen commercial reference. Very topical.
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: pbsaurus on October 18, 2011, 07:14:27 PM: Sometimes topical will work, other times you need an injection.
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: Stitch on October 26, 2011, 11:47:56 AM: Quote from: pbsaurus on October 18, 2011, 07:14:27 PM
Sometimes topical will work, other times you need an injection.
Better an injection than a suppository.

Welcome, Tater.
Title: Re: The names Tato.....short for Potato.
Post by: TatoRage on October 26, 2011, 02:21:15 PM: Thanks Stitch :)