Althouse: At the Salad Days Café...

June 15, 2013

At the Salad Days Café...

... let us try to get along.

16 comments:

edutcher said...: Rodney King.

That didn't work out so well.; 6/15/13, 10:01 AM
Joe Schmoe said...: 'let us...'

Oh that's delicious. You have the right to romaine silent...; 6/15/13, 10:25 AM
kentuckyliz said...: Salad days used to refer to when you were poor and couldn't afford meat. Now produce is expensive and cheap meat is cheap, so salad days has lost its meaning.; 6/15/13, 10:40 AM
kentuckyliz said...: Dave Ramsey goes on about rice and beans.

What's poor people food where you live?

Pinto beans and cornbread (savory white crispy Southern cast iron skillet style). Onions and maters from the garden. Mmmm.; 6/15/13, 10:41 AM
bagoh20 said...: "What's poor people food where you live?"

Cheetos and incredibly huge cans of beer.; 6/15/13, 10:53 AM
bagoh20 said...: Once when I was broke, I had like 2 bucks to shop for food, and it had to last , so I bought a giant bag of beans (pinto I think). I boiled them in water and ate that every day for about 10 days. I discovered that no matter how boring the food is you can still crave it when you're hungry. I also learned that no matter how little income you have you can still save a little up for important things like tequila on Friday night.; 6/15/13, 11:02 AM
jacksonjay said...: What's poor people food where you live?

Skittles and Arizona Iced Tea; 6/15/13, 11:04 AM
traditionalguy said...: I'll go over to Costco and get a several gallon size Jars of salad dressing. Which ones do you like best, besides Ranch?; 6/15/13, 11:33 AM
Chip Ahoy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 6/15/13, 11:58 AM
Chip Ahoy said...: What is poor people food around here? Garden salads. But it's rich, Baby, rich. (screwed up my link); 6/15/13, 11:59 AM
Ann Althouse said...: The original meaning of "salad days" isn't about being poor. It's about being young and fresh. It's from Shakespeare: "My salad days, / When I was green in judgment, cold in blood..."

Cleopatra says it, referring to her escapades with Julius Caesar. There was no poverty involved.

If people later imagined "salad days" meant the days when they had to eat salad... that was like any number of expressions that have been misunderstood.; 6/15/13, 12:20 PM
edutcher said...: If I were him, I'd be a little concerned.

81% of Chinese Say Grant Snowden Asylum & Extract More Info From Him.

Something about that word "extract".; 6/15/13, 12:53 PM
edutcher said...: Riddle me this, batguys, what does it tell us when Leno tells the following joke to observe LBGTQIWXZ$JKL (no longer Gay) Pride month Americans, regardless of their sexual orientation will be spied on equally?; 6/15/13, 1:00 PM
Ruth Anne Adams said...: Even Queen Elizabeth II had salad days.; 6/15/13, 1:42 PM
edutcher said...: This should instill confidence, only 47 Senators show up for NSA briefing.; 6/15/13, 4:31 PM
Clyde said...: Oh, lettuce alone!; 6/15/13, 7:04 PM