From: prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid   
      
   There is a new (to me) UL making the rounds. The FOAF version I heard: A group   
   of little old ladies celebrate a birthday in a fancy restaurant. The   
   multi-course dinner was a gift; they are cheerful and enjoy themselves.   
   Animated   
   conversation and laughter, no dancing on the tables. As the leave they are   
   given   
   a letter to please open at home. This letter contains a stiff admonishment that   
   their behavior was unbecoming in such a fine a restaurant, and that they should   
   refrain from repeating their patronage, i.e. stay the hell away.   
      
   Another version I have heard was that guests had tried food off each others   
   plates, and had therefore been asked to stay away, also in writing, with the   
   letter being presented in sealed envelope with the bill.   
      
   So, I google: it is currently attached to a prominent chef (who admittedly   
   likes   
   the media spotlight, is in food shows, runs several restaurants, an ice cream   
   chain, and spice and food store chains). A newspaper report from 2011 has said   
   chef saying, "absolutely not, never". He is now offering 5000 Euros for any   
   such   
   letter. The report had stated that it had been attached to another TV chef as   
   well.   
      
   2011 makes it hardly fresh off the water cooler. But then ULs have generally   
   bee   
   on the decline, what with fools whipping out a smartphone and googling any- and   
   everything on the spot...   
      
      
      
   Thomas Prufer   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)