Saturday, July 29, 2006
And now a brief message from my mother...
| I got an email from my mother late last week. I'll let you read the complete, unedited email first. New inductees to the wonderful world of Krystals are Paul and Barbara. After all the talking and e-mailing including the blog site, they had to give them a try. As they traveled from Phoenix (burgatory) and came into the territory of their existence they did indeed stop at a Krystal in Louisiana and ordered up some burgers and a chili pup. Duly impressed, especially with the pup (Paul) they pushed onward to NC. We head south to Charleston in a few days and may be able to hit the one in Myrtle Beach. Will look for the cups and boxes. While I am no longer freaked out at the thought of my parents "surfing the web" I am however brought to tears of laughter when I hear they've been letting my grandmother read my blog. I suppose I should explain that Paul and Barbara used to live next door to my parents, in (as we all know) Eastern North Carolina. About 2 or 3 years ago, I guess, they moved way way way West to Arizona. While Eastern North Carolina (aka "Down East") does have the greatest barbeque on the planet they do not have Krystal. Thus the reason I came up with the term burgatory a few years ago to describe my trips to visit family. When the folks who actually work for Krystal used the term over at krystal-lover blog I felt I had reached the pinnacle of existance. However when I saw that my mother had actually used the term, I knew I had made it. While I am both glad and excited that Paul and Barbara have joined us all in our love of the small, square, and steamy, I worry about their future. Stuck so far west of Krystal Kountry (in far western burgatory) they will not have easy access to the tasty tiny ones. I suspect we may see a real life version of Smokey & The Bandit. (I included the link because I figure a lot of people may not remember the movie, and the few who do wouldn't remember the actual plot.) Come to think of it, maybe there needs to be a Smokey & the Bandit 4. I'll start working on the script immediately. I can see it now... Kenny can play the role of the Bandit (cause he's much younger and cooler than I am). He enjoys travel as much as I do, though I can't see him with a bushy mustache. He can drive a cool convertable with our favorite hot Krystal chiks, Jennifer and Tiffany. I'll drive the Krystal Cruiser of course with my pet dog "Chili-Pup". We'll travel all over Burgatory dishing Krystals to the hungry and unenlightened masses. We'll be chased by The Evil Kobayashi who attempts to eat our entire stock of burgers at every stop. And for the finale, all of the KLHOF inductees rise up like secret agents from where they have been hiding across the country to rescue the world from boring burgers. I smell an Oscar! |
