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   Inalt.flame.jesus.christ, Velvet Elvis said...   
      
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   > On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:32:02 -0500, "St. Jackanapes"    
   > wrote:   
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   > >In alt.flame.jesus.christ Evrum Delen said...   
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   > >> Oh, BTW, you familiar with Tim Horton's?   
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   > >I HATE that fucking chain!!   
   >   
   > It's unpretentious.  Unlike that other chain, if you want a large coffee, you   
   > order a "large coffee", not a "grande whatthefuck".  As an added bonus, they   
   > put the cream and sugar in for you.   
      
   That's not why I hate them. First, I hate coffee. That crap don't pass   
   my lips. Even with booze in it. As for chains, I hate that "other" chain   
   much more than I do Horton's.   
      
   Here's why I hate Timmy's: Here in Columbus there were several small   
   chains that were on their way to going nationwide. Columbus has long   
   been a testing ground for food franchise ideas to see if they can make   
   it big time. That's how Horton's owner Wendy's got it's start - right   
   downtown an East Broad St. We've been know as the fast food capitol for   
   quite a while. Back in the late 80's there were several small Columbus-   
   only chains that I think would have gone big-time. One of my favorite's   
   was Back Yard Burgers.   
      
    They had these tiny drive-thru only street side stores - and they   
   really tasted like something that you'd make in your back yard. A real   
   burger that resembled real hamburger - not that gray extruded shit that   
   McDonald's calls a burger. I just did a search on Back Yard Burgers and   
   found that there's a Southern US franchise, but this has nothing to do   
   with the franchise I'm referring to as far as I know.   
      
   Well, along comes Wendy's to spoil my hamburger heaven - the bastards   
   buy up Tim Horton's and they need to find as many places to put these   
   fucking dry-asses "dough-nut" stores as they can as fast as they can.   
   They ran around Columbus in a fucking whirlwind and bought up every   
   local independent hot dog store, every small hamburger chain, pizza   
   chain, you name it, those cunts at Wendy's bought it all. Within a month   
   all of my favorite food places were gone and being converted to Tim   
   Horton's. At the time I was a document courier, so I spent all day and   
   night driving all over the city and sampling all of the foods to be had.   
   Not after Tim Horton's got here.   
      
    You want something to eat quick? It's Wendy's, McDonald's, Burger King,   
   Arby's (who don't know how to make a sandwich) - they homogenized this   
   city - You used to be able to find fun and interesting foods here before   
   Wendy's flooded us with Horton's. And I'm not exaggerating about being   
   flooded. They crammed a Horton's in every fucking crack that they could   
   find. They're all gone today, because of the lukewarm response Horton's   
   received - I think because they flooded us all at one. Now you can   
   mainly find them in a Wendy's/Horton's store - one side is Wendy's, the   
   other half Horton's - a sort of Jeckell/Hyde smashing together. And to   
   be honest - Wendy Burgers are pretty damn good.   
      
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   St. Jackanapes   
      
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