# Surreal times at the Waffle House **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626 "2005-02-24T01:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/21 "2005-02-24T15:26:45Z")
Waffle House is a good place to grab a quick, well cooked sirloin steak, too. And I enjoy 'em, when there’s a little extra left over at the end of the month. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/22 "2005-02-24T15:35:46Z")
Waffle Houses are temples to the Fast Breaking god of Pecans. Mmm mmm… I love those things. The waitress at one in Florida told my group that there were over 200 down a certain highway. I can’t remember the highway name (74 probably), but clearly it was a highway to heaven. A maple syrupy heaven. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/23 "2005-02-24T16:27:26Z")
Former graveyard-shift Waffle House cook–I mean “grill operator”–here. Man, I love a patty melt double plate, scattered, smothered, and covered. And a bottomless glass of that sweet tea that’ll have your eyeballs humming by the time you’re done. Damn, I’m hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/24 "2005-02-24T16:40:33Z")
> [@JavaMaven1](#): > > Man, I wish they had Waffle Houses out here in L.A. I’d do just about anything for a pecan waffle right about now. Yup, according to their website, furthest one West is in Phoenix, AZ. And you’d better believe I went to that one when I was there! But it’s just not the same as that one I experienced at 2 am when visiting Columbia, SC. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/25 "2005-02-24T17:21:16Z")
> [@Elysian](#): > > only go to a Waffle House at 2 AM when there are the really interesting people about… You’ll miss the flirting off-duty cops and the hopped-up waitresses and the greasy guy in something resembling a black trash bag muttering and swaying in a corner, and the college students pulling all-nighters, and the drunks and the potheads and the cokeheads, and the teenagers giggling because they are doing something _naughty_. No you won’t. They might not all be there on one day at three in the afternoon, but if you go a half-dozen times you’ll always see them. > [@leenmi](#): > > No matter how bad I feel, I know there is someone at the Waffle House that has it much worse than me and they are usually working the grill. True, but at least they get to smoke at work. I love the Waffle House, although the last one I went to a few months agi was a little weird – the waitress had all her teeth and I didn’t see a single fly in the whole place. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/26 "2005-02-24T17:29:24Z")
If it wasn’t for my horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college. - Lewis Black. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/27 "2005-02-24T17:47:00Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > We may contort our bodies in sinful ways but our men like it. 😉 And we may _date_ rats sometimes, but we don’t worship them… 😉 I pine for a Waffle House now. The closest substitute we have is the Golden Griddle. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/28 "2005-02-24T18:05:51Z")
> [@audiobottle](#): > > The waitress at one in Florida told my group that there were over 200 down a certain highway. In Guadalajara, there is Casa De Waffles. But alas, it’s not part of the chain. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/29 "2005-02-24T18:20:39Z")
In LA, there is always [Roscoe’s](http://los.angeles.diningguide.net/data/d100383.htm) when you need a waffle fix, but it isn’t the same. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/30 "2005-02-24T18:46:42Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > In LA, there is always [Roscoe’s](http://los.angeles.diningguide.net/data/d100383.htm) when you need a waffle fix, but it isn’t the same. ☹ Mmmmmm. Roscoe’s. Fried Chicken AND Waffles. Certainly a divine combination. And their greens are pretty darn good, too. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/31 "2005-02-24T18:59:41Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > And we may _date_ rats sometimes, but we don’t worship them… 😉 > > I pine for a Waffle House now. The closest substitute we have is the Golden Griddle. ☹ What about Fran’s Restaurant? Motto: “I feel like Fran’s” 😃 Which means, “I feel like I’ve stayed up all night consuming large quantities of alchoholic beverages, and I feel like an early morning freakshow in a '40s pancake house” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/32 "2005-02-24T23:14:59Z")
> [@unclviny](#): > > Damn, the Python Dopers must all be asleep. 17 posts and I have not yet been stoned for saying “Jehovah”. I really am looking for an explanation of Jehovah ratha though. > > Unclviny It’s not ratha, it’s rapha, and should be pronounced raw-fa not rah-fa. It means, roughly, healer, so Jehovah Rapha = The God who Heals. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/33 "2005-02-25T01:41:43Z")
\*\* unclviny \*\* I think the guy may have been saying Jehovah Rapha, supposedly one of the names of God. Jehovah Rapha This name means Jehovah heals or the Lord your health. God first revealed Himself as Jehovah Rapha at Marah where after 3 days traveling the Israelites came upon water but couldn’t drink it because it was bitter. God showed Moses a tree and told him to throw it into the water so the water could become sweet. And it was here that God said “I am the Lord that heals you” (Exodus 15:26). quote from this site [http://www.geocities.com/maria23139/rapha.html](http://www.geocities.com/maria23139/rapha.html) ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/34 "2005-02-25T02:00:56Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > We may contort our bodies in sinful ways but our men like it. 😉 Yeah? Well when are you going to come over here and show me how you do that nasty thang? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/35 "2005-02-25T02:11:44Z")
_shudder_ It’s a _chain_, man! If you want 2 AM weirdness, this Jersey-born girl will accept nothing other than a little local diner somewhere midway between Philly and the shore. Hmph. On that note, there’s actually a diner in Santa Fe. I’ve not been there, but all buildings in Santa Fe need to have an adobe facade. The combination of ‘diner’ and ‘adobe’ make my head go boom. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/36 "2005-02-25T04:24:44Z")
> [@unclviny](#): > > **MUFFIN** , > In WH language that makes perfect sense, here is the English version First the Sammich: > Thin sliced steak grilled with salt, pepper and onions on grilled white bread with 2 pieces of cheese. > And now for the hash browns (everything at WH comes with hash browns): > A double order of them scattered on the grill so that they are well done, grilled with diced tomatoes and a piece of cheese on each one, all covered with chili. > > “it’s Carbolicious” > > Unclviny Damn, that sounds mighty good. Thanks for the translation! I just got home from skiing tonight, and something like that would go down very well. (I’m rustling up some pastrami, hash browns, and a couple of eggs easy over.) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/37 "2005-02-25T04:35:07Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > What about Fran’s Restaurant? > > Motto: “I feel like Fran’s” 😃 Which means, “I feel like I’ve stayed up all night consuming large quantities of alchoholic beverages, and I feel like an early morning freakshow in a '40s pancake house” 😉 Good memories – my dad taking me to watch the Leafs – Jacque Plante in goal wearing a mask – Bobby Baun on defence blocking shots with his face – Dave Keon making the plays – then off to Frans for a late evening meal with the greatest dad in the world. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/38 "2005-02-25T04:47:15Z")
> [@leenmi](#): > > I love Waffle House. No matter how bad I feel, I know there is someone at the Waffle House that has it much worse than me and they are usually working the grill. > > My all time favorite was a woman in a Waffle House near the Nashville airport. She was missing several teeth, smoking a cigarette, trying to keep her dip in and poking at a plate of hash browns (smothered, covered and capped) while complaining that her boyfriend didn’t respect her. > > My life has never been as bad as hers. We just had breakfast at WF this morning. I think that woman was our waitress. Unless the waitress was that woman’s mother. :dubious: But the food was good and cheap, and there were at least two Elvis songs on the jukebox. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626/39 "2005-02-25T06:50:39Z")
> [@leenmi](#): > > I love Waffle House. No matter how bad I feel, I know there is someone at the Waffle House that has it much worse than me and they are usually working the grill. > > My all time favorite was a woman in a Waffle House near the Nashville airport. She was missing several teeth, smoking a cigarette, trying to keep her dip in and poking at a plate of hash browns (smothered, covered and capped) while complaining that her boyfriend didn’t respect her. > > My life has never been as bad as hers. Damn **leenmi** , you got me crying, thinking about my mama. _I’m just kidding, she didn’t dip._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-times-at-the-waffle-house/291626.md?page=1)