>This might seem normal, what with the time zone change and all, but the whole POINT of the Phil Hendrie show is for callers to call in and yell at Phil's "guests"--and how can you do that if many of the stations are apparently carrying the show on tape delay?

Radio programs are often shifted as you get further and further out west. For instance, the Opie & Anthony show (pre-whups) was regularly aired an hour or two off to hit an affiliate's drive home slot. In NYC, the show is (was) on from 3 to 7 and gets insane ratings for its slot. If aired live in Seattle, it would be on from 12 to 5 -- nowhere near the coveted "everyone is in their cars and they're listening to our radio station" time.

> I passed through Arizona and didn't see Faux Pas.

I find this hard to believe. After all, Arizona is such a small state --

Oh, I see what the problem was. I-70 doesn't go through Arizona. You must've been in Utah.

> However, I was clearly lied to, as the buffet was intensely disgusting and not anywhere near as good as I was expecting.

This is true of all buffets. By advertising this as the best buffet, what your bus driver was saying was, "If you want some crappy food that's better than really crappy food, go here."

>...and again passed through Arizona without seeing any Pas.
>
> I made it back to Utah around 7pm, and decided I didn't want to go any farther.

Dude. You were in Utah all the time.

>I tipped the waitress well, because like Will Riker says, "When the train comes in, everybody rides!" (Bounus points if you can name the episode that quote is from. Extra bonus points if you hate it as much as I do.)

If it's Riker, that means it was a ST:TNG episode, which means I probably hate it as much as you do.

> -- Dave

Yes. Yes, you are.

-Faux "It was nice to read about your trip on the special bus." Pas