Comments | marram: Not-so-silent Suffering

marram

Not-so-silent Suffering

Mar 30, 2009 22:24

Well, I now know what inspired the 'chuck' in Chuck E. CheeseMy youngest nephew turned 3 today, and my sister let him pick where he'd like to go for dinner. My sister then apologized to all 14 of the invited adults who had to endure the sadistic mouse factory of pseudo-pizza and noise. I mean, the pizza crust was actually sweet! Not to mention ( Read more... )

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chuck_melville March 31 2009, 07:24:26 UTC

I mean, the pizza crust was actually sweet!

That's an improvement. When I hung out at Chuck E Cheese's back in the 80's, the pizza tasted like cardboard.

But it was still edible -- kinda -- and the main reason my friends and I hung out there was for the video games, and because it was next door to a Putt-Putt Miniature Golf course -- which also had video games.

Many a quarter gave up its fiduciary in our endless quest for video games and cheap, barely edible pizza.

marram March 31 2009, 16:07:19 UTC

And then there's a completely different kind of Chuck! :)

I remember those days of trying to squeeze all the entertainment and eats out of every dollar! Thankfully, I can afford to be a little more picky these days. Well, at least a little more... Though, that doesn't guarantee that my tastes are all that improved!

carlhh March 31 2009, 17:16:29 UTC

If I ever have to go back to a Chuck E. Cheese again, it'll be 50-billion years too soon!

Which, coincidentaly, is the approximate half-life their pizza.

marram March 31 2009, 21:02:17 UTC

*chuckle* You'll get zero argument from me!