Sorry if I implied something that didn’t happen. He glared at me, my adrenaline got pumping, I walked out, he stayed in line. I was kind of keyed up and on edge for the next hour over the confrontation, which should have been rather trivial.
We Texans are about the most polite folk around. The prick shouldn’t give us all a bad name. And how do you know he was carrying?
Funny how concealed carry comes up in this discussion. The testimony of a doctor whose parents were killed in the Luby’s massacre led to passage of the law to allow concealed carry.
I don’t. That’s the point, isn’t it? That if you don’t know who the fuck might be carrying, everyone is polite so they don’t get shot in the face.
Doesn’t quite work out that way, does it?
Not saying that you held that position, but I heard it often enough when people were arguing for concealed carry. We can discount it now though, there is concealed carry in Texas and there are still pricks in Texas.
Why did you bring it up then?
:rolleyes: I was with you til you went here with the rant. For all you know, the guy was from freakin’ Arkansas. And even if he was, it would’ve been just as rude to blame the whole state of Arkansas for his bad behavior as it is to blame Texas.
And for all the shit-talking about Luby’s, I must mention that ever since I was a little kid, I’ve gotten cravings for perhaps their best-selling menu item…fried fish with tartar sauce. A fat rectangular plank of fried cod, each bite dipped in their supremely delicious tartar sauce, is something to be tried before anyone knocks it.
If you’re like me, you’ll add a helping of macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes with gravy, a roll, and perhaps even a slab of whatever cake has the nuttiest frosting.
For me it’s comfort food.
The only thing I will concede is that
a.) I’ve literally never had anything else they serve, so I have no opinion of the rest of their menu, and
b.) they don’t usually use enough salt…I assume because of their large senior crowd. Liberal table-salting is required.
Or, you could look at it the other way: the fact that folks don’t get shot in the face over simple disagreements is proof that the hysterics and hand-wringing of folks like you were pretty silly to begin with.
And apparently, in New Mexico.
Road rage.
Now served in sit-down eateries, too.
You have me confused with someone else. I’m for concealed carry, but I recognized that some of the arguements for the law were pretty stupid. The 'polite society’thing being one of them.
I might at that, but your post made it sound like you were scoffing at arguments made by proponents of CCL. As I was mistaken, I apologize.
Great. Now holster your weapons and shake on it.
Thanks, but I was scoffing at one of them.
Ok. I can still insult Texas, right? 
Eh? I usually assume that the Youth Challenged tend to over-salt everything. It’s little kids who complain of too much salt. All the senior crowds or senior-crowd hangouts I’ve eaten with or at, the food is usually a little less salty than the Dead Sea.
I’d think it more likely that it’s undersalted because it’s institutional food, and it seems to be normal practice to underseason.
Sorry, it may taste like heaven on Earth and all, and I’ve never tried it, but I’m going to knock it anyway simply on the basis of this description: “A fat rectangular plank of fried cod”. And when you add “a helping of macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes with gravy, a roll, and perhaps even a slab of whatever cake has the nuttiest frosting”, I can feel myself feeling pukey. Top it off with “Liberal table-salting is required” and I’m thoroughly disgusted.
Poor New Mexico.
So far from God, so close to Texas.
“Don’t get all overheated, honeybun, I’m just going to get my sides.”
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Audrey Levins said:
Sorry I wasn’t clear. If he were from Arkansas, he would have been just as big an asshole. Now if he had been from Oklahoma, he probably would have been an even bigger asshole. 
(Hey, I’ve lived all three places.)
I wasn’t pitting all Texans. I kinda am one. I was pitting him for being an asshole, and pitting those who share his same bigoted attitude. I was using Texas as a descriptor.
Being a hick isn’t an excuse. With or without being from Texas.
“Can I go eat now, or are you going to whine some more?”
I see where you’re coming from. Fried fish, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes and cake are all generally quite revolting. Ask anyone. And don’t even get me STARTED on rolls. All soft and warm and buttery and disgusting and inedible…God, the fucking inhumanity of it all…
Hey, don’t take it personally. I just like a little more variety in my meals. A big pile of starch, with a side of starch, with some hot buttered starch on the side, and a nice fried plank of rectangular fish-like substance just isn’t my idea of a tasty meal. Especialy when topped off with copious amounts of salt. But if you enjoy it, knock yourself out.
Wow–if I didn’t know better, I’d think you were me! This is exactly the meal I’d get every time my family went to Luby’s! Mmmmm, good!
Agreed. But it was still delicious!