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Date Posted: 22:47:34 06/07/09 Sun
Author: Hedda
Subject: Re: Greece is the word
In reply to: Gute N. Berg 's message, "Re: Greece is the word" on 21:15:00 06/07/09 Sun

Wow, the humor in that post was on the same high level as the "dimmy-crat" and "pickle heiress" references in every Sunday Trib.

I don't think the piece was really about bringing Giant Eagle's version of Greek food to your home. It was a nose-in-the-air, look-what-I-found-when-I-was-in-Greece snob piece that matters little to 99.99 percent of P-G readers. And there are 1,000 or so more relevant topics that could have been covered -- none of them the local McDonald's.



>People can think about Greece, imagine Grecian fare
>without actually getting on a plane, I think. Some
>people have really active imaginations and can let
>their minds go to Greece even if they are in
>Bloomfield. And you can buy Grecian food here, at
>Giant Eagles in the international foods aisles even,
>and maybe even reconstruct the food at their homes
>here that is talked about in Greece. I think local
>bookstores might even have some Grecian food cookbooks!
>But I think everyone missed the point. She really
>wrote about "Grease," on Broadway (Grease is the
>word), starring Taylor Hicks (right, the bomb-out
>American Idol winner from a few years ago who is
>really 63 years old).
>Or maybe some would like it better if she just
>reviewed the McDonald's of the Damned, at Stanwix and
>Liberty, Dahntahn, over and over and over. (Hey, those
>breakfast McGriddles 'n' 'at are still pretty good,
>yinz guys, so wait till they go on sale and pop over
>there and grab a couple for $3.)
>Or China could review food in China, or just stay and
>review food in Millman ... er, Millvale.
>
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>>Oh, ineffectual Millman defender, please be advised
>>this was NOT a travel article. It was a "hey, PG
>>readers! If you ever get to Greece, eat in these neato
>>places! I did! See where I get to go while you Yinzer
>>shlubs are hanging at LeMont, Primanti's or Eat 'N
>>Park?"
>>
>>Betcha the piece made Shribman's or Allison's day. You
>>know how those highbrows are!
>>
>>>OMG...a newspaper running a TRAVEL ARTICLE????
>They've
>>>got to be kidding! This is outrageous! I am
>>>shocked...SHOCKED! I am writing a strongly worded
>>>letter to the editor!
>>>
>>>>Is the P-G kidding? China Millman writes a lead
>>Sunday
>>>>article on where to find the best meals in Greece?
>>How
>>>>many P-G readers are going to Greece? Is this paper
>>>>deliberately trying to be totally irrelevant as part
>>>>of some giant inside joke?
>>>>
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>>>>a>

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  • Re: Greece is the word -- Kahn D. Sension, 01:50:18 06/08/09 Mon
  • Re: Greece is the word -- Amused, 09:14:33 06/09/09 Tue

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