If you read any publication for long enough, you’re bound to learn the quirks of its writers. For some reason, many of our stories somehow land on three subjects: spaghetti, clams, and poop. Thankfully, none of the three have come up at the same time, but they do show up in weird places.
Jason wrote an Exhaust Leak about his weirdest press trip, the little Pickman pickup truck. At some point in that press trip, which was really just Jason sleeping on a couch, he mentioned having communal spaghetti with the Pickman crew. The entire comment section was pure gold. Spaghetti Cat, who has the perfect username:
This is the reason Jason carries a can of emergency clams.
DialMforMiata:
“So, you wanna make that spaghetti (raises an eyebrow) Vongole?“
AssMatt:
How is there a tag for Weird but not Spaghetti or Shrimp?
FormerTXJeepGuy:
There should be a tag for weird spaghetti at this point.
Consider it done!
Anoos:
[C]ommunal spaghetti dinner
How did you all fit in the shower?
Stef Schrader:
I’m not eating the spaghetti unless it’s green (which is magical) or served to me in the shower, sorry.
Tbird:
I’m beginning to notice a spaghetti theme to this site….
IRegertNothing, Esq.:
Communal spaghetti, hopefully not eaten in a communal shower.
DialMforMiata:
What happens in Zion stays in Zion.
Finally, we arrive at Brian’s piece about how the Fisker Karma is eternal. Scott:
How does Henrik Fisker keep getting people to invest in his companies despite his track record? Is hypnosis involved? Just curious.
William Domer:
Good karma?
Manwich Sandwich:
An Ocean of Good Karma…
Have a great evening, everyone!
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I was an engineer at a gm assy plant 20 yrs ago. A sign was posted on the lav on the production floor. It read “no eating on the toilets.” No lie.
It’s a necessary sign for some people. My dad drives a log truck and he has said that when he goes into the porta-potty on the landing, he sees food wrappers lying on the floor. And I do not think those get cleaned often, being way up a logging road. Some people are just completely unhygienic.
Re: the headline, I would suggest spaghetti with a good bolognese or marinara. Spaghetti and Fecal Matter might work as a band name, but it sounds like a terrible entree.
As the autopians amateur arbiter of allusions to alimentary exhaust, I find that the title promises the straight poop it doesn’t deliver, and cannot in in good faith add it to the catalog of what’s got the shit.
Sorry.
As for the intersection of alimentary paste and bathing hygiene, that Venn diagram is fully represented in all its voluptuous horror.
Mercedes, some of the wet bathrooms in the little RV’s you review are so small someone could actually eat shower spaghetti and Poop poo at the same time. The tiny sink would be great to serve the shrimp from to boot! All three fetishes satisfied simultaneously, in one room! How handy dandy is that?????????
I can’t read the member-only post, but I see that my credit card was billed $5.00 in December. Can someone get this fixed?
Please email Matt. Sometimes, the systems get all silly-like and forget that you’re a member. matt@TheAutopian.com
The issue appears to be fixed.
Hey, we have a “Weird Spaghetti” tag now!
Content of interest to Pastafarians ?
Pastafarians! I love it. But do I have to wear it on my head like dreadlocks or can I eat it? Preferably Bolognese. Or maybe with pesto?
“If you read any publication for long enough, you’re bound to learn the quirks of its writers”
Understatement of the (very short) year.The Autopians writers quirks have their own quirks. But as our buddy Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe says “Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks” and you can’t argue with Johann, so carry on!
Yes, as we learned in 2008, you don’t mess with the Johann!
Jason has made it clear enough he doesn’t keep kosher (and living where he does surrounded by so much good southern BBQ it’d be a true sacrifice) but I am led to wonder if he has a personal policy of only eating shrimp if it’s served from a wheeled conveyance by an auto manufacturer.
I have Jason pegged as more of an ethical culture type, but there do seem to be a lot of mollusks and crustaceans in his diet of choice. Next thing you know, he’ll author a memoir of driving around in a car with mohair and flaxen upholstery titled “Look Back in Angora”
Although I wonder if it’s less specific to those and just any foodstuffs with funny sounding names.
And anything old enough to have mohair upholstery also needs to have, at a minimum, an amber brake light with STOP in red on it to catch his eye.
Have you tried the sacrificial vienna sausages?
No, but the Fried Calamari is delicious.
That might not be seafood.
It could be hog bung!
Only when showering in Austria.