In article >, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

> On Mon, 17 May 2004 13:45:30 -0400, Margaret Suran
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >According to today's news broadcasts, both on ABC and CNN, one of the
> >New York City restaurants is serving an omelet, that costs $1,000.-.
> >
> >Supposedly, it is made with a whole lobster and six ounces of caviar.
>
> I heard this on the radio this morning and was a bit surprised.
> Frankly, though I like caviar with eggs, I do not think I would like
> lobster with it.
>
> Besides... for *my* one thousand dollars, you can bet I want more
> excitement than two kinds of eggs and a chunk of something that looks
> like the exterminator forgot about it.
>
> Six ounces of caviar is what shoots the cost up, I assume, though the
> type was not specified. I get pretty snooty about caviar at those
> prices.

According to CNN, the same restaurant is offering a cheapo version for
only $100; no one has bought either omelet--we NYers are too smart for
that shit.

--
Rick