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A chicken wing shortage. Is there no end to our first world problems? :o
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A chicken wing shortage. Is there no end to our first world problems? :o
Its been reported that Boeing needs them for their planes
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Its been reported that Boeing needs them for their planes
Any chance Trump ordered them all to make sure the new 747's that Boeing is building as replacement Air Force 1 had a "fail-safe" supply? ;D
Chris.
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A chicken wing shortage. Is there no end to our first world problems? :o
No shortage of chicken wings on the golf course.
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How can the poor chickens fly?
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A chicken wing shortage. Is there no end to our first world problems? :o
Part of it is people to process the chicken, supply and demand.
Wings come in 40 pound cases. Consider $120/case. Easy, now we have 40 orders of one pound each. Cost of goods for each order is $3.00, plus a very small amount for sauce and garnish. Depending your target food cost, sell price is $12, for 25% food cost target, maybe $12.50 to cover the extras.
Wings are now reaching $140 per case. That's $14 sell price to meet that target margin. Some places are not offering wings at the moment.
That's a lot for wings. The businesses who have a wing-based business are really feeling it. A food service representative told me he thought Wing Stop might not make it when thisHow can the poor chickens fly?
happened a few years back.
Avocados went to $99 per case a couple of years, up from $32. We stopped guacamole until the price came back down.
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A chicken wing shortage.
They are already so short, they can't fly!!!
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Won't help us with the wings... but if they every are able to pull off that genetic combination of a chicken and a millipede there should be plenty of chicken drummies to go around... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :o
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Won't help us with the wings... but if they every are able to pull off that genetic combination of a chicken and a millipede there should be plenty of chicken drummies to go around... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :o
Chickepede?
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Won't help us with the wings... but if they every are able to pull off that genetic combination of a chicken and a millipede there should be plenty of chicken drummies to go around... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :o
They tried something like that already - breeding chickens with a dozen legs.
Problem was, nobody could catch one to find out how they tasted.
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They tried something like that already - breeding chickens with a dozen legs.
Problem was, nobody could catch one to find out how they tasted.
LOL ;D ;D
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Part of it is people to process the chicken, supply and demand.
Wings come in 40 pound cases. Consider $120/case. Easy, now we have 40 orders of one pound each. Cost of goods for each order is $3.00, plus a very small amount for sauce and garnish. Depending your target food cost, sell price is $12, for 25% food cost target, maybe $12.50 to cover the extras.
Wings are now reaching $140 per case. That's $14 sell price to meet that target margin. Some places are not offering wings at the moment.
That's a lot for wings. The businesses who have a wing-based business are really feeling it. A food service representative told me he thought Wing Stop might not make it when this happened a few years back.
Avocados went to $99 per case a couple of years, up from $32. We stopped guacamole until the price came back down.
If the parsley farmer doesn't pay his bills will they garnish his wages?
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If the parsley farmer doesn't pay his bills will they garnish his wages?
Don't know about that, but if millennials don't get their avocado toast someone will have a rough day.
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I just find it odd that the news seems to be reporting that EVERYTHING will either be or is in shortage..... Computer chips, gas, chicken wings, what next, are taquitos going to suddenly be hard to find?
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I just find it odd that the news seems to be reporting that EVERYTHING will either be or is in shortage..... Computer chips, gas, chicken wings, what next, are taquitos going to suddenly be hard to find?
Ssssh! I've got a freezer full right now, don't tell anyone!
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Don't know about that, but if millennials don't get their avocado toast someone will have a rough day.
Is this really needed? Up until now this thread has been full of jokes that we can all laugh about together (or groan, in the case of Scott Holtzman's brutal one-liner that I'm definitely going to borrow).
Why post a joke that divides the group into "people who are the butt of the joke" and "everyone else"? Isn't it better when we can all laugh together?
-Russ
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Guacamole on a bagel - existed before generational labels.
I'm happy to throw know-it-all young'uns under the bus, just like I did the old, boring folks 40 years ago.. ;)
edit ps: I'm ambivalent on the chicken wings but if there's a coffee crisis... look out.
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I've learned that some of the most enjoyable people to be around are ones that can laugh at themselves-even when that means they are the butt of a joke about stereotypes.
Last week at a youth meeting, one of our speakers made fun of the stereotypical way he handled his very first solo pastoral hospital visit. It won the kids over to him immediately. We all have our quirks-that's what makes life interesting. I have a room set up for electronics tinkering-my boys call it my "nerd room". Should I be offended?
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I've learned that some of the most enjoyable people to be around are ones that can laugh at themselves-even when that means they are the butt of a joke about stereotypes.
Last week at a youth meeting, one of our speakers made fun of the stereotypical way he handled his very first solo pastoral hospital visit. It won the kids over to him immediately. We all have our quirks-that's what makes life interesting. I have a room set up for electronics tinkering-my boys call it my "nerd room". Should I be offended?
Life is too short to take yourself seriously.
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Is this really needed? Up until now this thread has been full of jokes that we can all laugh about together (or groan, in the case of Scott Holtzman's brutal one-liner that I'm definitely going to borrow).
Why post a joke that divides the group into "people who are the butt of the joke" and "everyone else"? Isn't it better when we can all laugh together?
-Russ
Surely you forgot the "sarcasm" tag.
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Surely you forgot the "sarcasm" tag.
Ah, for the Ye Olde Dayz, when the dripping sarcasm font actually dripped...
And a Nubian goat had his own advice column. Those were the days...
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Ah, for the Ye Olde Dayz, when the dripping sarcasm font actually dripped...
And a Nubian goat had his own advice column. Those were the days...
Damn right. And I miss that old goat. We got our 15 minutes, though.
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Damn right. And I miss that old goat. We got our 15 minutes, though.
And then some... 8)
Abdul, Andy, Bink, Turbo, Dave and the Anvil of Reality.
All very good thoughts, and sorely missed.
Chris.
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Last week at a youth meeting, one of our speakers made fun of the stereotypical way he handled his very first solo pastoral hospital visit. It won the kids over to him immediately. We all have our quirks-that's what makes life interesting. I have a room set up for electronics tinkering-my boys call it my "nerd room". Should I be offended?
It's absolutely OK to make fun of yourself. Making fun of other people is where one needs to be very careful.
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In an effort to shock this thread back on track, it looks like the next shortage will be...pool chlorine.
Between an uptick in sales, and a fire at a plant in Louisiana after Hurricane Laura in August, there's not as much to go around and a higher price because of it.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/05/01/chlorine-is-the-latest-shortage-how-this-will-affect-swimming-pools-hot-tubs/
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Is this really needed? Up until now this thread has been full of jokes that we can all laugh about together (or groan, in the case of Scott Holtzman's brutal one-liner that I'm definitely going to borrow).
Why post a joke that divides the group into "people who are the butt of the joke" and "everyone else"? Isn't it better when we can all laugh together?
-Russ
Don't worry, there probably aren't many millenials reading this
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It's absolutely OK to make fun of yourself. Making fun of other people is where one needs to be very careful.
Thanks, Scott. Glad it's not just me.
Surely you forgot the "sarcasm" tag.
I'm not sure how widely-known the history of "millenials and their avocado toast" is, so, for the uninitiated:
For the first time in recent US history, millenials are less likely than previous generations to own their own homes. While there is no one explanation for this phenomenon, the biggest single factor is almost certainly financial. House prices have increase substantially faster than the wages needed to pay for a mortgage (between 1984 and 2004 the median house price in the US nearly tripled, while the median household income didn't quite double). Add to this the greatly-increased costs of early-adulthood education (so a lot of millennials enter the workforce with significant debt, let alone a down-payment) and the general decline in job security (making a mortgage harder to qualifier) and it starts to become clear why home-ownership may not be possible for millennials in the same way it was for their parents.
Of course, math doesn't typically sell ads very well, so somewhere along the way some commentators decided that the real reason millennials couldn't afford to buy houses was because we are somehow exceptionally bad at managing our money. Despite this assertion having no basis in fact, "financially imprudent" is a much easier explanation to understand than "economically disadvantaged" (especially in a country that bills itself on its supposedly-unrivalled economic advantages). It also absolves the reader of any implied responsibility for finding a solution ("it isn't our economy causing this problem, it's their spending habits"). Thus "avocado toast" (a dish that, as Tim mentioned, existed long before millennials were eating it) became the code word for "a generation of people who are so financially reckless that they're wasting the American Dream on overpriced consumables".
Needless to say, for those of us striving to achieve what our parents had (but without the same balance of resources), comments about "avocado toast" can come as a real slap in the face, literally adding insult to injury. I'm more than happy to make jokes at my own expense; what I don't much care for are insults, even ones that are oblique and "just a joke".
Don't worry, there probably aren't many millenials reading this
I used to take this approach, too. Over time I came to realize that "not many" is never "none", and that it's really easy for me to hurt people without intending to. I also realized that part of the reason there "aren't many" {insert name of group here} in my circles is because I was acting as though they weren't there.
Every so often someone in the Basement mentions their desire to increase the diversity of talent in our industry. In my mind, part of the path to that goal is acting with decency even towards the people we think aren't within earshot.
-Russ
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I used to take this approach, too. Over time I came to realize that "not many" is never "none", and that it's really easy for me to hurt people without intending to. I also realized that part of the reason there "aren't many" {insert name of group here} in my circles is because I was acting as though they weren't there.
Every so often someone in the Basement mentions their desire to increase the diversity of talent in our industry. In my mind, part of the path to that goal is acting with decency even towards the people we think aren't within earshot.
-Russ
I was born in 79, so the joke halfway applies to me, lol
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Some Avocado Science:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/how-marketing-changed-the-way-we-see-avocados/
And someone's POV on this "issue".
TRIGGER WARNING
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/millennials-avocados
"Avocado in 15 languages". That is impressive, but the author DISPARAGED ALL OF CANADA by declaring the pronunciation in "Canadian" as "eh-vocado".
Now what?
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Some Avocado Science:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/how-marketing-changed-the-way-we-see-avocados/
And someone's POV on this "issue".
TRIGGER WARNING
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/millennials-avocados
"Avocado in 15 languages". That is impressive, but the author DISPARAGED ALL OF CANADA by declaring the pronunciation in "Canadian" as "eh-vocado".
Now what?
You could write that same article on how marketing changed a ton of things.. bacon, mouthwash, milk, beef, etc.
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{...} And someone's POV on this "issue".
TRIGGER WARNING
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/millennials-avocados
"Avocado in 15 languages". That is impressive, but the author DISPARAGED ALL OF CANADA by declaring the pronunciation in "Canadian" as "eh-vocado".
Now what?
It's just like Scott Helmke says:
It's absolutely OK to make fun of yourself. {...}
I might have to start saying "eh-vocado", though, because apparently I've been pronouncing it wrong all these years. Now I'm not sure, though: when you mix it up with tomatoes and onions, the resulting dip is pronounced like "whack-a-mole", right? :D
-Russ
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It's just like Scott Helmke says:
I might have to start saying "eh-vocado", though, because apparently I've been pronouncing it wrong all these years. Now I'm not sure, though: when you mix it up with tomatoes and onions, the resulting dip is pronounced like "whack-a-mole", right? :D
-Russ
2 e's on the end Russ. "Whack-a-molee" ;D
Chris.
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2 e's on the end Russ. "Whack-a-molee" ;D
Chris.
See, now I'm glad I checked!
-Russ
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2 e's on the end Russ. "Whack-a-molee" ;D
Chris.
Interesting... I grew up in Michigan watching Canadian TV, and I like to pronounce it "Goo-ah-camo-lee". ;D
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Interesting... I grew up in Michigan watching Canadian TV, and I like to pronounce it "Goo-ah-camo-lee". ;D
In a previous century I worked for a U.S. band that played Canada several times and were featured on various Molson-sponsored concert broadcasts. I was never able to acquire a taste for their beers, one of the few things the band had in abundance...
I've fond memories of playing in Canada before mad cows and plywood made international relations things difficult. Can't we just get some bovine anger management going on? ;)
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I've fond memories of playing in Canada before mad cows and plywood made international relations things difficult. Can't we just get some bovine anger management going on? ;)
Tim, the "people" are fine, it's the politicians that are creating all the "difficult" as usual.
Just try French/English here in Montreal..........
Chris.
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Tim, the "people" are fine, it's the politicians that are creating all the "difficult" as usual.
Just try French/English here in Montreal..........
Chris.
Frenglish? Oh damn, now I have to learn 2 other languages...
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Frenglish? Oh damn, now I have to learn 2 other languages...
"Franglais" actually, French takes priority... 8)
No, what I was getting at is the various French and English on my street and region get along just fine. It is the Politicians that say there is a problem.
2 months ago the Provincial gubermint put 10 mil into the "Language Police"
In the middle of a Pandemic, restaurants closed, entertainment dead, hospitals overloaded.
I know quite a few places that could REALLY use that kind of cash....
Chris. (no shows in sight, BUT Genesis will be here for 2 shows in November....)
"Chui parfaitment bilinge. Je parle Francais et Bloke" Makes a good ice breaker...
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"Franglais" actually, French takes priority... 8)
No, what I was getting at is the various French and English on my street and region get along just fine. It is the Politicians that say there is a problem.
2 months ago the Provincial gubermint put 10 mil into the "Language Police"
In the middle of a Pandemic, restaurants closed, entertainment dead, hospitals overloaded.
I know quite a few places that could REALLY use that kind of cash....
Chris. (no shows in sight, BUT Genesis will be here for 2 shows in November....)
"Chui parfaitment bilinge. Je parle Francais et Bloke" Makes a good ice breaker...
I have the mental acuity to mangle only one language at a time... ;)
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I have the mental acuity to mangle only one language at a time... ;)
Better to master one, than to butcher 2 or 3..... ;)
Chris.
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{...} "Chui parfaitment bilinge. Je parle Francais et Bloke" Makes a good ice breaker...
...unless you're a hockey player, in which case it's 'Je parle Français et $#*@!" :D
-Russ
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Avocados went to $99 per case a couple of years, up from $32. We stopped guacamole until the price came back down.
It was at that point I was reading articles about Mexican Cartels branching out into Avocado and lime smuggling and piracy operations. . .strange days.
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...unless you're a hockey player, in which case it's 'Je parle Français et $#*@!" :D
-Russ
Bonjour, bonjour, comment ca vas. Je parle Francais 'cause dats da law. ;D
Chris.
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It was at that point I was reading articles about Mexican Cartels branching out into Avocado and lime smuggling and piracy operations. . .strange days.
Yeah, they just show up and terrorize the avocado farmers. It sucks.
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I thought that Doug's joke about avocado toast was actually making fun of how tired and overplayed that stereotype currently is. It's funny to repeat it because of just how absurd it is.
But I also agree with Russell's analysis of the social message behind the origination of the concept. That said, for a moment, ponder, perhaps Millennials are more willing to buy somewhat extravagant "little things" seeing as they aren't particularly well placed to splurge on the big things (house ownership etc). Humans will do what they can to make life worthwhile.
btw, being as I was born at the very bottom of the baby bust, I am largely without peer - For instance, I have a peerless view on the battle of the generations. I was also eating avocado toast before it was cool.
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I thought that Doug's joke about avocado toast was actually making fun of how tired and overplayed that stereotype currently is. It's funny to repeat it because of just how absurd it is.
But I also agree with Russell's analysis of the social message behind the origination of the concept. That said, for a moment, ponder, perhaps Millennials are more willing to buy somewhat extravagant "little things" seeing as they aren't particularly well placed to splurge on the big things (house ownership etc). Humans will do what they can to make life worthwhile.
btw, being as I was born at the very bottom of the baby bust, I am largely without peer - For instance, I have a peerless view on the battle of the generations. I was also eating avocado toast before it was cool.