Needless to say, it wasn't the "Melon" that concerned me....

[ladyvyola]

So the waitress at the diner had a fairly strong accent.

ME: What are today's soups?
WAITRESS: Vegetable, French Onion, Melon Crap, and Cream of Turkey.
ENTIRE TABLE: ....
ME: What was the third one again?
WAITRESS: Melon Crap.
ME: Uh....
HALF THE TABLE: Oh! Maryland Crab!

For the record, the Cream of Turkey was fabulous.

Comments

[unhappytriad.livejournal.com]

Heh. I had a similar experience in Boston with "Pol Pot" (pulled pork--where I'm from we pronounce it "bobbycue").

[ladyvyola.livejournal.com]

Ah am familiar with "bobbycue" as well as "babuhcue".

My real problem was that I was concentrating on the "Crap" part, assuming that the "Melon" part was accurate and that they had some sort of cold fruit soup available. It slowed my comprehension down.