The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
News of the Tautological
“News Summary: Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Salmon”–headline, Associated Press, Oct. 2
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “Freshwater Shrimp: Still Not a Midwestern Cash Crop”–headline, NPR.org, Oct. 3
- “Service Industries in U.S. Probably Little Changed in September”–headline, Bloomberg, Oct. 3
- “U.S. Airlines in No Rush to Allow In-Flight Cellphone Use”–headline, Los Angles Times, Oct. 3
- “Housing Industry Steadfast in Support for Mortgage Interest Deduction”–headline,TheHill.com, Oct. 2
- “Candidates Ignore Climate Change Debate”–headline, San Francisco Chronicle website, Oct. 3
All You Can What?
“Two men have been banned from an all-you-can-eat restaurant after their appetites left the manager fearing for the future of his business,” London’s Daily Telegraph reports:
George Dalmon, a former rugby player, and his friend Andy Miles were banned from all-you-can-eat restaurant, Gobi, In Brighton, after the manager branded them “a couple of pigs,” . . .
The manager, who did not want to be named, said the two friends were eating him out of business. He said: “Basically they just come in and pig out. We have put up with them for two years but I’ve had enough.
“They are in such a hurry to beat everyone to the food they spoil everything. We are supposed to be a buffet but they eat everything out of the bowls before people can get there. We just can’t keep doing this.”
We have to side with the pigs on this one. If a restaurant advertises all you can eat and then imposes limits because some people can eat more than the proprietor bargained for, isn’t that a breach of contract?
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