unrelated -- i was just in kossars bialys getting a couple of bagels. after i paid i saw the one lonely fridge at the back of the store with cream cheese, et al, which i had failed to notice as i came in, so i decided to grab some. but then when i realized it cost $3.75 for the half pound container, i put it back. but while i was returning it to the fridge, i decided to price the whitefish salad, which at $4.25 for the half pound seemed not entirely unreasonable. i wonder if the fact that something(s) had to die for my meal makes it seem more valuable. i ask the jew from central casting at the counter if it was any good, and he offered up a singular shrug before explaining that he buys his schmearables at the supermarket; theres are too expensive. as far as he was concerned, cheapliness, above all, was next to goodliness.
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- dave 1-19-2006 12:36 am