Profiled: Midtown Lunch’er “Jenn”
Every Tuesday I turn over the site to a different Midtown Lunch’er for his or her recommendations for the best lunch in Midtown. This week it’s Jenn, a magazine minion who claims that Midtown Lunch may be responsible for her current state of employement…
Name: Jenn
Age: 22
Occupation: Magazine Publishing Minion
Where in Midtown do you Work?: 43rd & 6th Ave.
Favorite Kind of Food: The foods I inhale the most often fall into or across the following gastronomic categories: Spicy, Asian, Deep-fried, MEAT+BREAD, Molten Cheese, Foods That Can Be Eaten While Walking, Anything Topped With a Fried Egg, and Stinky Lunches That Cubicle Neighbors Secretly Complain About (sorry!). More specifically: cheeseburgers, hot dogs with everything on them (two Gray’s, one to eat on the spot, one for the walk home), cheesesteaks wit onions, carnitas tortas, prosciutto-mozzarella heroes, fried pork dumplings, sweetbreads, bi bim bap, okonomiyaki, lox with extra capers, rice balls, paratha rolls, sardines and rice, soon dobu, pa jun, breakfast burritos, mushroom pizza (with the canned slice mushrooms), potato/corn chips, charcuterie, ma po tofu, bento boxes, strong curries, sushi and ahi poke, banh mi, little onion rings, Difara’s, fideua, crab cake sandwiches, stinky cheese, fried oysters, shawarma kebabs with extra hot sauce, English breakfasts and Chinese food from my parents’ restaurant and my grandma. Also can’t forget condiments because with just a slather or a drizzle can make all the difference– favorites include: Sriracha, Dijon mustard, Chiu Chow chili oil, cocktail sauce, and garlic mayo.
Least Favorite Kind of Food: Garden salads and raw celery
Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Midtown: $5 bento boxes (especially the salted mackerel), inari, green tea beard papas and rice balls from Cafe Zaiya (on 41st btw. Mad+5th) I’m a slave to my mid-afternoon rice ball break addiction. Tuna Avocado over rice at Chiyoda (on 41st btw. Mad+5th) when I’m feeling un-poor, paratha rolls and chicken biriyani from the Biriyani Cart (on 46th & 6th), ma po tofu or roast pork over rice at Hing Won (on 48th btw. 5+6th), oyako don from Yagura (also on 41st btw. Mad+5th), veg combo from Minar (on 46th btw. 6+7th), Cubans and chicken sandwiches from Margon (on 46th btw. 6+7th), mini cheeseburgers with a pint of Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout from Stout NYC on 33rd btw. 6+7th (more of a Happy Hour Meal). The day I had a mentaiko rice ball and miso soup from Washoku (on 37th btw. Mad+5th) for $2 was a very, very good day.
“Go-To” Lunch Place You and Your Coworkers Eat at Too Often? Pret, Hale & Hearty, Red Flame on 44th btw. 5+6th (A company favorite for impromptu lunch meetings, the Red Flame Wrap with chicken, cheese, and honey dijon is way better than expected).
Place(s) you discovered thanks to Midtown Lunch? Since I’m a relative Midtown working noob, I’ll have to credit Zach for almost all the places I go to–he’s been my gastronomic guru from the start. But the first time I put my Midtown intel to use was when I got a Cuban from Margon the day before my interview for the job I hold now. I was unemployed and disillusioned, gazing longingly at the 9-5ers, wondering when I, too, could have health insurance and business casual street meat. Lo and behold, the next day, I got the job and my first post, detailing the meal, had gone up on Serious Eats New York. Clearly, I owe my current state of employment to Midtown MAGIC.
If you could work anywhere (just because of the lunch) where would it be and why? Honolulu because it’s a floating smorgasboard of the best Asian food. I’d gorge on ahi poke, sushi, Korean plate lunches, loco moco, malasada, linguica, garlic shrimp, Spam musubi, manapua, fried saimin, teriyaki burgers, Puka dogs, and open-faced avocado sandwiches (take a slice of toast, top with a buttery Hawaiian avocado cut into big thick slabs, and sprinkle with sea salt)– all while perfecting my island tan. If you’re not convinced yet, just check out Kathy YL Chan’s blog, and start drooling.
Is there anything you’d like to ask the Midtown Lunch readers? Sake Bar Hagi (on 49th btw. 6+7th) has become my favorite post-work bar for the cheap drinks and awesome izakaya goodies. There’s Blarney Stone, Rudy’s for the free hot dogs…but, Midtown Lunchers– any more suggestions for good cheap drink/food spots? (Aside from the ones posted on the Midtown Lunch happy hour column.)
Totally agree about the Sake Bar Hagi. One of my favorite paces in Midtown… shame it’s not open for lunch. Mamacita… we may need to hit that up soon for a Happy Hour post! Got any recommendations for Jenn? Feel free to post them in the comments.
And as always, if you want to be the next Profiled: Midtown Lunch’er, or you’d like to nominate somebody in your office email me at zach@midtownlunch.com.
Posted: 12:15 pm, February 17th, 2009 under PROFILE: Midtown Lunch'er.
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86 Comments
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I think I’m in love…
Let’s share a dark beer and some smelly cheese sometime.
Props on the sardines, too.
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The photo gives me the creeps.
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You had me At English Breakfasts…
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damn reading about all your favorite foods is making me hungry ;)
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I’m 5′4!! I swear!
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You all seem very much in love with her. But watch out! Not only is she a cannibal, but her cannibalism is not even curbed by familial relations. She ate her own grandmother, for goodness sake!
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The first midtown lunch midget!!
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Jenn is ML’s unicorn. Nice try Zach!
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that wasnt very nice mamacita. Wow, someones a bit jealous i can see.
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Mamacita!!! ….well i nevva!
To paraphrase Lou: LOL
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Tee hee….
(where’s Wayne?? Bossman??)
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Can you convey my request for presents this year directly to Santa, or do I have to sit on his lap and tell him personally same as all previous years?
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Biryani Cart: Sandwich Land (huh?) now has an ML sandwich special called Burger 46. It’s a burger with caramelized onions and glazed with BBQ sauce for $5. I ordered one, but they gave me what seemed like a regular cheeseburger instead. Two thin patties each with cheese on top. It was ok, but nothing special. Too much lettuce too thick bun, and the cheese wasn’t melted enough.
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i remember a few weeks back when mamacita was all enraged when some person on this board called her some not nice names. What gives her the right to comment on this persons physical stature? I agree with Eric above.
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…..jesus mary and the gay one….i see the gay PC mafia are in.
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Fred is the new Wayne ;-)
And Eric/Robert: Quit flirting with me!!
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Sour grapes, mamacee. Not very becoming. Just because the male readers are in love with this week’s featured ML’er. (I confess, I am. She had me, oh, at the spicy stuff, and again with the fried, once more with the melted cheese, I was a goner with the cheesesteaks and ma po tofu, and if I were a bit younger I’d be shopping for a stone on 47th street right now after reading that her parents own a Chinese restaurant! *sigh*)
C’mon mamacita. I DARE you to post your own pic here, so we can compare height (and other features). Wuss.
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Cerebral Wayne: Jenn might just be the most versatile Tuesday Freak yet. Knows the goodness of Brooklyn Chocolate Stout, lists condiments under faves, okonomiyaki, sweetbreads, Hawaii, sake bars…giddy up
That Other Wayne: Schwiiiiiing
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Jesus, since when did everyone lose their sense of humor.
And personally I am outraged that you would consider being vertically challenged a insult. Really such narrow-mindedness… tisk tisk…. -
not for nothing, but Jenn is hot. Just saying. If i were mamacita id refrain from your dare of posting comparison pics. Dont think it would be much of a contest.
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And Stevenp, I would but I have enough stalkers already.
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No way mamacita would post a pic now. Her nose just grew 2inches.
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Sriracha, beard papa’s, Rudy’s… be still my heart…
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If it pleases you, I would totally do her. Wayne can watch. But only if he pays.
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Mamacita,
C’mon Zach’s son reads this stuff, keep it G rated.
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I didn’t get where I am today by paying for live interracial lesbianic midget action
Throw in a goat and it’s a different story
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mummmm goat tacos….
Anyone want to hit up the Sake place Friday?
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Poor Jenn……..:)……does a foodie profile…now it seems she’s to star ina lesbian midget romp DVD.
Funding for the camera,lights et al on way to your paypal acc,mama.
May i suggest chucky’s 73 VW camper van as a location.
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Tiny, cute and interesting, like a human quail egg, lol.
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Wow, after reading the list of “favorites” all I can say is don’t be the one to follow Jenn into the restroom. That said, if the crown of her head was a little flatter she’d be the perfect woman (vocal chords can always be severed).
As far as Mamacita pix goes, she’d give Jenn a run for her money anytime, anywhere, anyway, anyhow.
C, keep the mystery and keep ‘em guessing.
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I thought Bossman had been banned here
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no he’s in long island, even worse :-O
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Bossman, you forgot the part about no teeth and super-sized ears.
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I have made a few telephone calls to my associates and can indeed assure you of a paying audience of upwards of a dozen gentlemen of fine pedigree and refinement.
My description of Jenn’s vesitigial arm sealed the deal, if that interests you.
The potential of that third arm does, in fact, interest me.
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He had to leave….broken hearted.
there is a rumour he stalks the treats truck…just for a chance sighting…of she who must not be named.
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mama cita sounds like a man
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The Tuesday Profile comments are utterly pointless. Every week they get more moronic and perverse. Half the comments on here are no better than drool that comes from DocChuck’s fingertips.
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I like this Lunch’er… hot physically… and digestively lol…
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My dearest “ben,”
Thank you for your kind words at The Feedbag, though it was cowardly of you to post them as “anon.”
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I don’t read The Feedbag and I don’t know what “anon” posted about you. It wouldn’t surprise me if someone else had an unfavorable opinion of you, nor should it you. If I did post on another site I certainly wouldn’t do so anonymously. Unlike you, I have no trouble saying what I want without hiding behind aliases.
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Port 41 has $1.50 PBR Pounders and Popcorn/Hotdogs for the taking. Bartenders are in bikinis and the place smells like a sub-par strip club (aka vagina and old beer)
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BenBen meet Wayne. Wayne, meet BenBen. You both will get along fabulously. ;-P
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BenBen – M and I have been talking about Port 41 for awhile
I’m nominating it as the venue for the free ML drink-off after Zach makes his second million off the site
(first million needed to pay for Harry’s college bill)
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Is Jenn thoroughly freaked out by now?
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I think Port 41 is out of bounds by ML standards. But, since we’re talking about it, it’s great in a “full of drunks during work hours”, “located in the seedy underbelly of the port authority”, “skipping work and drinking at 2:30 so I don’t want to run into coworkers” and “that girl shouldn’t be in a bikini” kind of way.
The first time I went, there were two guys sitting at the far end of the bar arguing. It went on for 10 minutes before I realized they weren’t arguing with each other, just both (aggressively) talking to themselves.
Pitcher prices are good. And free hotdogs for the brave.
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“The Tuesday Profile comments are utterly pointless. Every week they get more moronic and perverse. Half the comments on here are no better than drool that comes from DocChuck’s fingertips.”
Pot, meet Kettle.
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Fuck meet you.
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Am I the only one that read that and thought “jerk store”?
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Best Female profile…in well ever….lovely looking..eats everything.
And we turn her into a Midget Porn Queen.
Genius.
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My dearest ben,
For the sanity of the rest of us here, please remove that wad of panties from your crack.
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Aww! What about Blondie and Brownie!! They were awesome profiles.
There was also that fruit gal, her melons were fabulous. -
I think my work here is done. :)
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I don’t know if that’s such a good idea, Doc. That wad of panties might be the only thing holding the giant stick up his ass.
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Stick?
You give him too much credit.
Did you miss the youporn video with the straight pin and sledge hammer?
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My one and only adventure to Port 41 cemented in my brain that it is amazing.
Bringing someone’s mother and grandmother there ? Check.
Grandmother wanting a hot dog ? Check.
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Isn’t sake bar haigi the one below Sapporo and featured on “No Reservations”?
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@blondie – yup. it was less crowded before that show too… I fucking hate it when cool spots are featured and then end up being crowded and unbearable. ;-)
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Any chances Amused and DocChuck have the same IP address Zack? Couldn’t help but notice how in one of the comments made above, Chuck referenced a post on the on the feedbag, which upon reading coincidentally had a commenter named Amused who had a rather intimate knowledge of Chuck’s history and liked to use the name “McBeagle”. When are you going to bring back Sarah Hellerman, Chuck?
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“Any chances Amused and DocChuck have the same IP address Zack?”
Not a chance, ben. Believe it or not, more than one person on this planet thinks you’re a dullard. Sorry to dash your dreams like that.
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You guys are totally off: The guy with Jenn is a basketball player at Seton Hall, and she’s a nice 5′2″.
Mamacita@1:43pm – Sorry, you’re in line behind me, and I’m not allowing you to cut ahead!!! And Wayne, you DON’T get to watch. You’d never recover your self-esteem. ;)
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Whatever Chuck. I find it fascinating that an Amused over at the Feedbag and an Amused her at Midtown Lunch both have taken to championing the same degenerate, using the same sort of language he uses. I suppose Zack is the only one who’ll ever know.
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I bet the guy in the photo is Larry Bird
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basketball player?
my money was on dwarf bowler, attaining a firm grip
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OMG blog comment drama. With sockpuppets. Lives can be obtained that-a-way————>
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@zach and disregarding the rest of this nonsense: that place is good and cheap? it always looked expensive to me, and then there was the whole problem of the roaches i would notice waltzing out of sapporo in the morningtime.
oh, and one of those links is wrong? this one: “my first post, detailing the meal, had gone up on Serious Eats New York.” is going to http://midtownlunch.com/blog/2009/01/20/washoku-cafes-official-grand-opening-is-today/ and confusing me.
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ben
I admit that your bizarre conspiracy theories and fixation on DocNut are mildly amusing but not much else about your work is. Your attempts at witty comebacks are unbelievably pathetic, dude. “Fuck meet you?” That’s more than sad.
I don’t know when your mom gets home from work, but why not fire up a doobie and chill out some. You need it. Don’t forget to put a towel in the crack in the basement door.
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@blondie – shit. was supposed to go here:
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thank you darling
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Amused has posted as DocChuck once before
Ava Dart posts as DocChuck on this site all the time, and has also posted those “The DocChuck who posts on this site is not the real DocChuck” posts as well…. under the name “Gertrude”
Don’t worry folks, accounts with required sign in are coming in the next few months… that will put this username thing to bed.
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Amused, DocChuck, Ava Dart are the same effing person, as I’ve been trying to say. Excuse me for getting pissed off, but this shit is annoying.
Just for clarity, what about Sarah Hellerman?
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Oh shut up Ben. Do you see what you’ve done? All your fucking whining now has Zach imposing log-in rules. Which will only decrease commenting. Grow some already.
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@Ben – The original Sarah Hellerman is long gone. I think that person only shilled once. The person who posts now as Sarah Hellerman is only making fun of that original person… and that person also posts as a hamster and various other comedic personalities.
@Mamacita – It shouldn’t decrease commenting… it just means that you will have to go through the process of signing up every single one of your aliases! :-)
Listen… this site is all supposed to be in good fun. Nobody should be taking any of this seriously. The sign in may not happen. We’ll see…
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I agree.
I have ‘ Angela’ from the zen burger revue stuffed and mounted over the billiard room hearth.
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Did someone say nuts??
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Oh, and just for the record… Amused and Doc Chuck are not the same person. The person who posted as Amused today, posted as Doc Chuck once in the past. There are probably 10 Doc Chuck’s. In theory, the sign in will be so that there is one person for every alias. And once you register that name, it’s yours… so that we don’t get 5 people posting as Doc Chuck.
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I bid £5 for stevenp.
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Then I’m claiming DocChuck as a login at the onset and promptly burning the password.
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Precisely, how are you going to make sure those that don’t use aliases are gonna get their own moniker? Sounds like much ado about nothing. Squeaky wheel and all that.
Whoever gets Bossman better represent…… don’t be screwing up the rep ;-)
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Oh, and shouldn’t you be drunk by now mamacita? Happy hour’s almost over you know.
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Never mind the guy trying to pawn off his Koala bear, who’s near Bed Stuy?
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ben, meee fuckin’ ow.
I’ll accept bids of €10m+ for Rudy.
I know, I know…. but im a cheap bastard.
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Jenn,
Are you flipping us off?
You have a cute as hell smile so I’ll look past that introduction.
Tell me Jenn, do you like smooth jazz?
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I shall be only too happy to snap up “ben” and continue your reign of vapidity! :-)
That would certainly be a challenge.
Cheers,
Chuck“I am NOT Amused!”
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She has very good taste…and I like the fact that she is open minded about trying such variety. Keen profile !
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Zach,
Did Jenn just kill it? 85 POSTS for a mid-town luncher from Tuesday to Wednesday? Has anyone ever come close to that in the history of the Tuesday profile?
Get this ‘lil hottie a chicken wing, a beer and a plaque or something…she belongs in the Hall of Fame, baby.
My dearest Jenn:
Well, aren’t you the most adoreable little imp?
My wife is a surgeon of some repute. She may be able to remove that 3rd (vestigial ) arm if it isn’t doing you much good.
She could probably do it under only local anesthesia and we could go out for drinks afterward.
I have deleted my screensaver collection, if that interests you. I have the only one I need now.
Cheers, Chuck, Phd