On 2/3/2010 21:43, Felice wrote:
> Dined out recently with a group including a 9-year-old boy who orders
> carpaccio as a starter. Waiter places in front of him some beautifully
> arranged tissue-thin slices on an oval porcelain platter. Kid smiles at
> waiter and says, "Five points for plating."
>
> Well, it was funny at the time. Maybe you had to have been there.


Not really funny to me. Wry perhaps, but not funny. I would have done no
more than mutter "holy shit" under my breath while wondering what the
kid's parents are like.