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La Mirada

On 6/17/2015 8:03 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:58:01 +1000, Jeßus
> > wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:33:52 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:28:59 -0600, La Mirada > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 6/17/2015 6:29 PM, wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:58:49 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 08:01:04 +1000, Jeßus
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 06:29:21 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bourdain has a team that tell him where to go and what to say.
>>>>>>>> Bourdain has become what he once (Kitchen Confidential) loathed: a TV
>>>>>>>> head.
>>>>>>>> Bourdain's a poser.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any other questions?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Which TV chefs /don't/ fit that definition (being a poser)?
>>>>>>> Not many... if any at all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> True, but in the book that started his fame, he describes how much he
>>>>>> hates those types.
>>>>>
>>>>> No real surprise there if he's made it to television. As he has.
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bourdain also has that NY manner going on as well, which I can't
>>>>>>> stand. He kind of creeps me out a little.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But it doesn't come naturally to him. He has a post-it note on his
>>>>>> bathroom mirror. "Note to self: remember that you're a tough, cynical
>>>>>> guy from the big city".
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes... that's the kind of thing I was referring to.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why don't you two shrimps take your jealous Auzzie snark and berloody
>>>> **** the hell off!
>>>
>>> Just because we're talking about an American (of French descent),
>>> doesn't mean it's an Australia vs. US thing, you defensive simpleton.
>>
>> LOL, who cares what it thinks? Would have been better to pretend it
>> *was* an Australia vs. US thing
>
> Generally, I ignore him, but sometimes it's too tempting.
>
Staying true to your roots here, eh "John"?