One of my signs of the apocalypse.

Last night after discussions of the possiblity of being a house boy and on my way to pick up Damon so we could hang out before he leaves town for two weeks, I passed a greasy diner quasi-Sonic's/Checkers type restaurant that had a sign out front with the following announcement:

TRY OUR NEW GHETTO FRIES

I nearly had an aneurysm and crashed the car. The use of that word will be the death of me, I swear. What the fck does that sign even mean? And why, oh why, do people use that word in such flippant privileged stupid white ways?

P.S. I was not even driving through a "ghetto".

For those who are curious...

I did a google search and found a couple interesting things, including a message board discussing the consumption of the "ghetto fries" from Max's.

Someone wrote:
The ghetto fries are fries with Merkts cheese sauce, Max's BBQ sauce, some oregano and onions. I got it without the onions as I am not a fan.

It took a bit to get as they were cooking up a batch of fries. I was heartened by this show of freshness but alas the fries even though just cooked had a almost rubbery quality to them. I suspect they may have been fully cooked previously and merely dipped in to heat them up. Not much cheese and the sauce was very sweet. I would not order this again.

Then someone replied:
Thanks for the demystification of "ghetto fries"
Just what is it about these fries that makes them "ghetto" anyway.Is it the bbq sauce and onion that gives them their "ghettoey goodness" somehow I just don't ghet it.


( here's a photo of the sign itself! )

I think my journal's done with this topic of conversation. We now resume our normal televised schedule.

Lullaby

( W. H. Auden )