[Husker] Time's Up, Bill

[Bob Beach]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Reichenbach" <reich at inetnebr.com>
To: <marklandin at gmail.com>; <reich at inetnebr.com>
Cc: <baseballguy at neb.rr.com>; <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Time's Up, Bill


> Okay, analogies can be fun.  I'll revise mine.  Suppose I go to a fancy
> restaurant, Chez Husker.  I order the house specialty, beef victorious,
> which I have been enjoying for years and which has been widely
> recognized as excellent.  My order comes and it doesn't taste good;
> it's too salty (even though I like salty food) and it's overcooked
> (even though I ordered it rare).  I ask what has happened and the
> waiter says that they have made some improvements recently, including
> a new head chef, Kevine Cosgrovier, with a wonderful reputation in his
> previous job and new apprentice cooks who were highly recruited by
> other establishments.  Now, I am not an expert cook, but I know enough
> to say that the food is too salty and overcooked.  I'm not too happy,
> but I'm a loyal customer so I come back the next month.  Again, I order
> my favorite dish, the house specialty, but again it is overcooked and
> salty.  I tell the waiter, Rober Desbeach, that the new chef isn't
> doing a good job (understanding that it was prepared by one of the
> apprentices upon instructions from the head chef) and that the food is
> overcooked and too salty.  The waiter tells me that they've received
> many complaints and retorts: "What do these people know about cooking?
> Do they think the know as much about as Kevine Cosgrovier?
> Preposterous!"  I'm thinking that may be true, but the proof is in the
> pudding, which wasn't very good either.




     That is really really good, Steve.  I am very impressed.  You are great 
with analogies.  Much better than you are with football analysis.  Keep up 
the good work.  I am sure there is someone out there wanting to hire someone 
that does good analogies.

Bob Beach

Man is never too old to learn.  Man only becomes too old when the process of 
learning stops.