From: ddrewc@verizonSPAMBEGONE.net   
      
   On 2007-06-25 10:05 a.m., Joseph Nebus verbated:   
   > 	1. When was it that you realized you wanted to watch Conan's   
   > show regularly?  Was it a particular sketch or a particular stretch of   
   > shows?  If so, then who?   
      
   I think it was at home on summer break from college -- circa 1997 -- when I   
   lazily left the TV on after watching "The Tonight Show." The raciness of   
   the humor on "Late Night" surprised and often disgusted me at first, but   
   gradually I began to appreciate the way that Conan took more chances than   
   Leno and Letterman, and over time I began watching more of Conan and less   
   of the others. I found Conan more likeable than Craig Kilborn, and "Late   
   Night" usually had hipper, more cutting-edge musical acts than the other   
   shows on after 11:30.   
      
   I don't think a specific sketch made me a fan, but I certainly remember   
   Triumph's "for me to poop on!" rants, Conan and Andy's staring contests,   
   and remote segments such as the one Conan did from Ireland in the late '90s.   
      
   > 	2. When you order a value meal from a fast food place, how many   
   > special options or customizations do you feel you can safely get away   
   > with?  eg, could you bring yourself to say ``extra cheese, no catsup,   
   > pickles on the side, change fries to onion rings, add zesty sauce, no ice''   
   > without feeling ashamed, or do you feel like you're taxing the patience   
   > of the cashier and everyone behind you in line just by asking for the   
   > meal to be upsized (supersized, value sized, king sized, etc)?   
      
   And what does this have to do with Conan?   
      
   I haven't been to a fast-food establishment in ages, but when I did in the   
   past, I usually ordered my food without any modifications whatsoever,   
   except for the occasional upsize. Boring, I know. I don't think shame was a   
   factor in it at all -- I was basically content to stick to the standard   
   options. Chalk it up to the ignorance of youth. Now that I'm more   
   knowledgeable and discriminating about what I eat, I simply avoid fast-food   
   places altogether if possible.   
      
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