Guest guest Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 And ironically enough, on a vegetarian ... ! By way of background, I should mention that I am one of eight City Councillors in my municipality. We often have lunch meetings with lunch provided -- and I am astonished to report that three of the eight are now requesting " vegetarian. " Since two of us want " dairy free, " " vegan " -- once unspoken -- has become the word of the day. At a recent lunch meeting, the City Clerk announced that the white buns had milk in them but the whole wheat were vegan. I never thought I'd see the day ... But back to the story -- at one meeting, the supplier messed up and sent only one vegetarian sandwich. It had cheese in it. So, I would not eat it. In an effort to diffuse things (or perhaps to spare the poor secretary caught in the middle) my fellow councillor (himself lactose intolerant but not vegan) said, " You can just pick the cheese out. " To which I replied with our now ubiquitous vrg-parents retort: " Well, if there were cat in it, would you just pick that off ... ? " ~Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 That is funny! I can just imagine a city counselor making that remark, then snickering afterward. That's awesome that others are coming around though! Paul Falvo <pfalvo wrote: And ironically enough, on a vegetarian ... ! By way of background, I should mention that I am one of eight City Councillors in my municipality. We often have lunch meetings with lunch provided -- and I am astonished to report that three of the eight are now requesting " vegetarian. " Since two of us want " dairy free, " " vegan " -- once unspoken -- has become the word of the day. At a recent lunch meeting, the City Clerk announced that the white buns had milk in them but the whole wheat were vegan. I never thought I'd see the day ... But back to the story -- at one meeting, the supplier messed up and sent only one vegetarian sandwich. It had cheese in it. So, I would not eat it. In an effort to diffuse things (or perhaps to spare the poor secretary caught in the middle) my fellow councillor (himself lactose intolerant but not vegan) said, " You can just pick the cheese out. " To which I replied with our now ubiquitous vrg-parents retort: " Well, if there were cat in it, would you just pick that off ... ? " ~Paul Kadee Sedtal Build a man a fire and he'll stay warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll stay warm the rest of his life. " THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!!! " -Captain Picard, Next Generation, " Chain of Command part 2 " Check out my new , Classical 2 at http://launch.classical2/ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Small Business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Yay to Paul!! Once for using the " cat " line, double for using it on a vegetarian, and triple for helping convince so many council members to try vegetarianism. Good job! Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Paul, That response does seem to work well in a number of situations, although I also liked some of the alternatives that other folks offered, too. I would like to have seen the reaction of the people in the room. Hopefully, it was that look like a light bulb switching on and " ahhh, good point. " - Alan , Paul Falvo <pfalvo wrote: > > And ironically enough, on a vegetarian ... ! > > By way of background, I should mention that I am one of eight City > Councillors in my municipality. We often have lunch meetings with lunch > provided -- and I am astonished to report that three of the eight are > now requesting " vegetarian. " Since two of us want " dairy free, " " vegan " > -- once unspoken -- has become the word of the day. At a recent lunch > meeting, the City Clerk announced that the white buns had milk in them > but the whole wheat were vegan. I never thought I'd see the day ... > > But back to the story -- at one meeting, the supplier messed up and sent > only one vegetarian sandwich. It had cheese in it. So, I would not eat > it. In an effort to diffuse things (or perhaps to spare the poor > secretary caught in the middle) my fellow councillor (himself lactose > intolerant but not vegan) said, " You can just pick the cheese out. " > > To which I replied with our now ubiquitous vrg-parents retort: > " Well, if there were cat in it, would you just pick that off ... ? " > > ~Paul > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I hope it had some impact (in fact there were just three of us there at the time, not a crowded room). But it should be followed up with an explanation -- at a future opportunity I will explain to my vegetarian friend why simply picking off the cheese isn't a happy option for me. It is not just my not eating the cheese. It is not wanting it to be produced. ~Paul Alan wrote: > > > Paul, > > That response does seem to work well in a number of situations, > although I also liked some of the alternatives that other folks > offered, too. > > I would like to have seen the reaction of the people in the room. > Hopefully, it was that look like a light bulb switching on > and " ahhh, good point. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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