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Frank Bennett (fgbjr@indieweb.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-Dec-2022 12:04:13 JST Frank Bennett
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@ChrisPirillo I think of it as Miyazawa's "Restaurant of Many Orders."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Restaurant_of_Many_Orders
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  The Restaurant of Many Orders
  
  "The Restaurant of Many Orders" (Japanese: 注文の多い料理店, romanized: Chūmon no ōi ryōriten) is a short story by the Japanese author Kenji Miyazawa. Synopsis Two gentlemen in Western-style dress go hunting in the woods, accompanied by two dogs and a guide. After a day of hunting, they have failed to capture any game, they have become separated from their guide, and their dogs suddenly drop dead. As the two gentlemen lament their losses and trudge forward, they suddenly turn to find a large Western-style house with a sign reading, "Restaurant Wildcat House Western-Style Cooking". The hungry gentlemen, though unnerved, enter the restaurant to encounter a series of doors that open before and close behind them. Each door is preceded by a sign, the first few of which bear double-entendre messages of welcome. The gentlemen interpret these signs, apologizing for the restaurant's "many orders", as indicating the restaurant's popularity and quality. Later signs bear commands (the Japanese 注文 chūmon having the same two senses as...
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  Chris Pirillo (chrispirillo@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-Dec-2022 12:04:14 JST Chris Pirillo
  
  twitter is the amazing restaurant under new management that now waters down drinks, swaps ingredients for cheaper alternatives, and constantly yells at staff in front of the customers
  
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