I would just think you're trying to be funny. If you keep a deadpan face, you might succeed.
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Yeah I'd just laugh like oh, this is clearly hilarious. Unambiguous. You would have to be way subtler to make me think my waiter had become dangerously unglued.
The key is to really make it sound like you're telling a story, offhand jokes aren't normally formatted like that.
"Be careful, a table accidentally lost their forks in the chicken, and I really used to like them... "
Do not give any details because in your mind it's self explanatory what you mean. If they ask how that happened, that's when you respond: "turns out soup is hot and wet."
Exactly. You gesture at a truth that is out of reach, build and release tension in rising waves, foster an ambiguous apprehension of threat.
Horror is put to much rubbish by the fine arts, but crafting a real sense of horror is an exceedingly subtle art.
What is the soup du jour?
"It's the soup of the day."
Mmm, that sounds good. I'll have that.
But I have to warn you. It's SO wet!
What is the soup of the day?
"Soup du jour"
Mmm, that sounds good.
This is an actual exchange I had.
Today's soup is liquid
Damn, I wanted a suspension of fine particulate solids in a liquid.
Langrangian soup is not on the menu
Tomorrow's soup is an ancient cloud of ambient consternation with a hint of mint
How is your shower, though?
OP had a hot wet shower.
Pinned in the gps.
Sometimes it's fun to give people a story to tell later. Keep on weirding!
And then the soup of the day is a gazpacho…
Do people actually do that? Ask the waiter how the soup is? Because what answer do they expect? "It's shit"?
I was a grumpy waitress for a year. I was bluntly honest when particularly grumpy.
Customer: What do you recommend?
Grumpy waitress: I dunno, I don't eat any of this shit. Do you think I'd look this good if I ate shit like this? But everyone who eats here loves everything we serve. It's all good for those who like this type of food.
Dude worked at McDonald’s Steak House.
It's spicy, salty, heavy on a particular ingredient, anything that might be off-putting to some.
Oooh okay, that makes sense. Thank you, I've been wondering :)
It would probably be a subscription service
You don't buy soup. You hire it.
I rent
Love when you post stuff like this
beckon closer with two fingers
whisper "Are you okay?"
Are you? Is anyone?
No? But I feel like I'm getting there. One day at a time.
Happy to hear it.