Comments on: Cafe brazenly risks citation from department of sanitation

By: CLamb

CLamb — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:50:00 +0000

You lick it you bought it.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:50:00 +0000

It’s mad isn’t it? The sign should just say ‘don’t paw at the food’.

By: voiceinthedistance

voiceinthedistance — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 06:03:00 +0000

At least the midgets will be free from the spread of germs.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:21:00 +0000

Thus, pickups.

By: Warren_Terra

Warren_Terra — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:48:00 +0000

Not a bad point, but if you’ll notice, the consumer of cookies must lift the lid from the tray. Any germs liable to be transferred to the handle of the tongs would likely first be transferred to the lid handle (assuming no infectious agents on one hand holding the tongs that aren’t also on the other hand holding the lid), and would be picked up by the customer whether they touched the tongs or no.

By: secretdoubleagent

secretdoubleagent — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:30:00 +0000

In an unfunny vein, it’s my understanding that the use of tongs actually increases chances of spreading communicable disease, since multiple people will handle them, whereas (assuming some jerk doesn’t go pawing around the cookie jar) customers are more likely to only handle the cookie they’re taking if they use their hands.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:43:00 +0000

News to me, but I still use the subjunctive, prepositions and past participles like ‘stricken’.

By: Warren_Terra

Warren_Terra — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:41:00 +0000

Heaven knows, such does happen.

By: Warren_Terra

Warren_Terra — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:39:00 +0000

I resort to the unquestionable authority of some random contributor to Wikipedia! Beat that! (Less snarkily, I was taught that "homologue", "pedagogue", etcetera were the British-variant spellings. Although I may have been taught incorrectly).

By: bocomo

bocomo — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:09:00 +0000

joke signage? put there by customer?

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:04:00 +0000

Uh, some of us here in the US still use -ogue endings. As far as I know, it’s still considered standard English, even here.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:36:00 +0000

A forked tongue would probably be more efficient and less slobbery.

By: dragonfrog

dragonfrog — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:12:00 +0000

“Please wash your tongue before taking cookies”

By: voiceinthedistance

voiceinthedistance — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:11:00 +0000

What is this gibberish, are they speaking in tongs?

By: Warren_Terra

Warren_Terra — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:28:00 +0000

Maybe they thought it was an anglophilic spelling of “tongs” – much as the American English word “homolog” is spelled “homologue” in the Queen’s English.

By: Robert Drop

Robert Drop — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:11:00 +0000

I’m embarrassed how long it took me to understand what they were getting at. I first wondered if it was some sort of joke, responding to some health department complaint by being sarcastic…

By: Cameron Postelwait

Cameron Postelwait — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:53:00 +0000

probably tongs.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:17:00 +0000

So what do are you supposed to use to lift the cover?

By: Marc Caldwell

Marc Caldwell — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:56:00 +0000

That’s horrifying to imagine, specially when including non-human tongues…

By: theophrastvs

theophrastvs — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:49:00 +0000

obligatory Marx_brothers (“Horse Feathers”)…
Wagstaff: [Hangs up phone. Baravelli and Pinky arrive carrying blocks of ice. They deposit them in the wall safe] That’s a fine way to carry ice! Where are your tongs? [Baravelli and Pinky stick their tongues out] Looks like a tong war.