Chapter VI: Booger King

Something odd happened when I went to Burger King with Kohei last night. It was around 8:00 PM, well within Burger King's operating hours, and there was a sign that said OPEN, yet all the doors were locked. In fact, there were people inside, eating. We were unable to enter though, and took the drive-thru.

I know some convenience stores only use the reinforced window after a certain hour to hamper robbers, but this was a Burger King, at eight o'clock, in suburban Orange County, across the street from a public library --which was still open. Very strange. The only explanation I can think of is they must have closed early to prepare for a Satanic ritual of some kind, probably involving child sacrifice and cannibalism. And maybe incense.

Anyhow, on the subject of fast food, my uncle used to call cheeseburgers "cheese neowgers," to the great merriment of the younger generation. The reason for this was that the "bur" part of burger is phonetically identical to the word "bird" (when spoken in an Oriental accent), and the Chinese word for bird is neow.

Also, the Chinese for McDonald's sounds very similar to the Chinese for "sells cockroaches." This may or may not be a coincidence.

Also, when I was really little, I called Happy Meals "Happy Milks." However, this had nothing to do with being Chinese, and more to do with being four years old.

On the subject of Satanic rituals, I saw someone using a CoinStar at Ralph's yesterday.