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Default Restaurant-reservation Pseudonyms

When I reserve a table for 3 at some restaurants, I use either Mr. Strange
or Mr. Weird. It's cute when they call "Strange party of 3" or "Weird party
of 3".. or "Swinger party of 2" etc etc..

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Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> aem wrote about making restaurant reservations:
>
>> I usually pick a name that's been in the news and add "doctor." I've
>> been Doctor Bryant and Doctor Jackson in honor of the Lakers and
>> Doctor Woods for Tiger. I was Doctor Huxtable for our best local
>> restaurant once and the hostess did a double take when I arrived
>> with that name (I look nothing like Bill Cosby). Next time we went
>> there I called and said, this is Doctor Huxtable but tonight call me
>> Doctor Bunker. When we got there it was wasted, as it was a
>> different hostess. -aem

>
>
> I've never appended "doctor," but once I made a reservation as
> "Senator Marcus Bibulus." (It was for a wine-tasting dinner, so I
> thought "bibulus" was appropriate.) I've also made reservations for
> the "Dunwich Group" (an allusion to H. P. Lovecraft) and "Captain
> James Walker" (from the rock opera "Tommy.")
>
> Anybody else do this?
>
> Bob