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Re: Rumble at Carl's Jr.
Posted By: Faux Pas, on host 38.164.171.7
Date: Thursday, January 25, 2001, at 11:40:41
In Reply To: Rumble at Carl's Jr. posted by Ellmyruh on Sunday, January 14, 2001, at 13:02:02:

From Michael J. Nelson's review of _Volcano_:

And just what does Carl's Jr. mean? Carl's Junior ... what? Carl's burger is junior? Or is it referring to persons younger than Carl? If Carl's restaurant is junior, then there'd need to be a larger restaurant named "Carl's Sr." to put it in the proper context, and there's no "Carl's Sr." Again, nitpicking, perhaps, but you just can't go around naming things nonsensically and expecting everyone to buy into it. If I named my store "Clean White Cotton Underpants," and then you come in and discovered I sold nothing but custom kitchen cabinets, you'd be upset, and you'd have every right to be! Or if I called my restaurant "Phil's Double," and then just left it at that, with no explanation, I'd be hurting a lot of people. That's how I feel about "Carl's Jr." I'm hurt and angry.

-Faux "just got a new book today!" Pas