Joe H Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 (edited) Dan Steinberg, editor of the Washington Post blog, met a stranger in a cheese shop in Turin, Italy recently. His camera happened to be running for a blog feature he was doing on Italian cheese. Coincidentally, about half way into the two minute feature he happened to ask a man standing next to him, "You speak English?" This is the link to what will be an all time classic: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/olympics/20...ds_alone_1.html Edited February 23, 2006 by Joe H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenunda Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Dan Steinberg, editor of the Washington Post blog, met a stranger in a cheese shop in Turin, Italy recently. His camera happened to be running for a blog feature he was doing on Italian cheese. Coincidentally, about half way into the two minute feature he happened to ask a man standing next to him, "You speak English."This is the link to what will be an all time classic: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/olympics/20...ds_alone_1.html I saw this today. Fantastic! Moo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhberk Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 That was great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capital Icebox Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 (edited) I'm sorry, but what makes this an "all time classic?" Or even moderately amusing? A Washington Post blogger in Turin (for the olympics!) runs into a chef from Washington that he doesn't recognize. If a toupee had fallen off or cheese had been flung at someone, I could see it. But this is just video of someone not immediately recognizing someone else in a foreign city currently inundated with foreigners, plenty of which hail from our city. ETA: missed the context on the blog post. Still, far from classic. Edited February 23, 2006 by Capital Icebox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.H. Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I'm sorry, but what makes this an "all time classic?" Or even moderately amusing? The actual blog post gives background that makes this humorous, specifically that the Food section had asked him to track down Roberto Donna and he'd done nothing to actually accomplish that, evidently including not even looking up a picture of Roberto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMark Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Donna invited him for dinner at his mother's hosue, that is amazing. Also the lovely smuggness/arrogance(?) of Donna is so funny: "I AM ROBERTO DONNA OF GALILEO" like thats a royal title or something. I'm sorry, but what makes this an "all time classic?" Or even moderately amusing? A Washington Post blogger in Turin (for the olympics!) runs into a chef from Washington that he doesn't recognize. If a toupee had fallen off or cheese had been flung at someone, I could see it. But this is just video of someone not immediately recognizing someone else in a foreign city currently inundated with foreigners, plenty of which hail from our city.Yawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Delicious Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 The actual blog post gives background that makes this humorous, specifically that the Food section had asked him to track down Roberto Donna and he'd done nothing to actually accomplish that, evidently including not even looking up a picture of Roberto. Dan is a friend of mine and one hell of a fantasy football player. So he's got that going for him, which is nice. They should have asked him to find a back-up running back that would see significant carries due to injury...he would have found that guy no problem...picture or no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Gastreaux Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 I'm sorry, but what makes this an "all time classic?" Or even moderately amusing? A Washington Post blogger in Turin (for the olympics!) runs into a chef from Washington that he doesn't recognize. If a toupee had fallen off or cheese had been flung at someone, I could see it. But this is just video of someone not immediately recognizing someone else in a foreign city currently inundated with foreigners, plenty of which hail from our city.ETA: missed the context on the blog post. Still, far from classic. While "all time classic" might be a bit of an overstatement, I found it amusing. I actually laughed out loud when the camera panned around and Roberto Donna's face came into view. Thanks to JoeH for posting this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe H Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 I've been known to use a bit of overstatement from time to time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A.R. Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 I've been known to use a bit of overstatement from time to time.... That's an all time classic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Joe is too modest-- in case y'all weren't aware of it, he is entitled to use the letters MH after his name. Master of Hyperbole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Personally I can't wait for Roberto to wake up this morning and tie his shoe, so we can start yet another thread talking about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe H Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 Well, it would be interesting: why is he only planning on tying one shoe instead of two? Is there significance to this? Superstition? Did he tie one shoe or two on the day he cooked for Katie Couric? The day in the cheese shop? Were both shoes tied on each of the Iron Chef shows? Or only one on one? Or none on another? There is certainly much that could be said about this that would warrant its own thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Not if he, like many chefs and others who pack some girth on their torsos, wears clogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPW Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Personally I can't wait for Roberto to wake up this morning and tie his shoe, so we can start yet another thread talking about that. I thought it was a forum bylaw that no chef could have as many simultaneous threads as Landrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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