Debate Diner Gifts

Alexis Tsipras meets Francois Hollande

"You owe me five bucks."

"All of tonight's specials dance around the whole GMO thing."

"Must everything with you be a landmark decision?"

'When you asked me over for a home-cooked meal, I assumed you'd be making it.'

"You know why they make these straws so big? It's a scam to make you drink fast so you can finish quicker and order more."

"Let me get this, but keep in mind that you'll pay for it in other, more subtle ways later on."

"Oh sorry, those are the Ten Commandments. Hang on, I'll get you a menu."

"Those are insightful and legitimate questions about our country, Tommy, and if times were different, your mom and I probably wouldn't have to report you to the government for asking them!"

'Nobody goes there anymore.' 'Because it's too crowded.'

"Oh, c'mon! Who eats aardvark with a fork?"

'You're cute when you blow your cool.'

"Are we pessimists and our stomachs are half empty or optimists and our stomachs are half full?"

'All right, I agree with you.'

'And just how much is silver going for a troy ounce these days?'

'I'll be late for dinner - a shelf fell on me.'

"I'll have the chicken or the eggs benedict—whichever of them comes first."

"You ordered mammoth again?"

"The social conservative in me tells me to pay for dinner, but the fiscal conservative thinks we should split it."

'I hate them too. Listen, would you like to go out sometime? Dinner maybe? We could complain about the service.'

'I wouldn't say you're boring, Chuck, but you're the only person I know who records The Weather Channel.'

"You know, if lima beans, cauliflower and broccoli tasted like candy and ice cream, we wouldn't have to go through this every night!"

'Will you stop going BAAAAA every time I eat a piece of lamb!'

"First the porridge is too hot, then too cold... you're getting a lousy tip."

Dear, this is the third time we've had broccoli casserole since you declared an end of major hostilities.

"When you say 'the same', do you mean worse or better?"

Members of the legal fraternity at their favourite Chinese restaurant: So Su Me.

The Birth of Philosophical Thought Experiments.

"Oh, I don't eat turkey. One of my spiritual advisers is a turkey."

'Today I learned it's hard not to sound condescending when explaining science to a religious person.'

"Don't try to distance yourself from my choice of entrée."

"Do you two need a little more time?"

'Charles, what did I tell you about bringing your work home?'

The PARTISAN CAFE: "For or against section?"

'Mutter mutter...I was talking to my broccoli.'