tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post6114274242928514215..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: The Gobbler Is For SaleJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-60922439865368234772009-12-09T11:01:04.122-06:002009-12-09T11:01:04.122-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anon Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104701158693144160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-3930249996224092522009-12-08T15:30:37.620-06:002009-12-08T15:30:37.620-06:00Jim: I think The Gobbler was always about the expe...Jim: I think The Gobbler was always about the experience, not the food.<br /><br />Which is why the Historical Society or some other group - - does Old World Wisconsin still exist - - should buy it as a tourist attraction.<br /><br />Perhaps there are stimulus funds available.James Rowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-52851144211790358832009-12-08T12:41:12.088-06:002009-12-08T12:41:12.088-06:00I was there once in 1973.
Hungry.
Ordered a turk...I was there once in 1973.<br /><br />Hungry.<br /><br />Ordered a turkey sandwich.<br /><br />It was turkey roll.<br /><br />Inedible.<br /><br />Jimmy Hartwig was there, playing on the orbiting Hammond B3.<br /><br />It was "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" or Calypso music, or something else awful.<br /><br />AWFUL.<br /><br />It wasn' unreasonable to expect sliced roast turkey on sourdough toast, with a little gravy on the side.<br /><br />I could have ignored the bad sandwich if I'd heard Charles Earland or Jimmy Smith on that B3. <br /><br />But to go to the Gobbler and get neither was just wrong.Jim Boumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211745461377043118noreply@blogger.com