Jackasking A Question

Last night Emily and I went to the lovely suburb of Spring Lake Park, which is a good 25 minute drive from our house. Once there, we had grilled pizza, which, according to Emily, is a new grilling fad. But if you haven't had it yet, I highly recommend trying it out next time you want to grill, but are sick of burgers and brats. To learn more about grilled pizza, click here.

Our friend Rachel was also there and we talked a little bit about her experience at Carlos O'Kelly's with her fiance Gabe. Take the time to read Gabe's blog about his experience at Carlos O'Kelly's by clicking here.

So as Emily and I were drving home, we passed a billboard for Perkins. This made me think two things. First, I wondered why Perkins doesn't have an apostrophe in its name (McDonald's for example, does have an apostrophe). I am considering referring to their name to the Apostrophe Protection Society to see what they think. It's a snooty British site to use if you want to post apostrophe abuse (like the one pictured below).

Picture from "http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/examples_4.htm"


The second thing I thought was "Damn, there are a lot of shitty restaurants in the world." This includes chains like Carlos O'Kelly's and Perkins and holes in the wall like Wok and Roll (which Emily and I used to live next to) and a terrible sandwich shop I once went to in Dubuque, Iowa. But I am sure someone out there says, "Man I love those soggy subs from Dubuque's Shittiest Sub Shop! And someone out there, as you read this, is jonesing for a Perkins taco salad. I can hear them say "It's crazy! You can eat the bowl!"

So then I wondered, out of all restaurants and chains that are out there, what percentage of them can be classified by at least one person as his or her favorite restaurant? I should ammend that question to say, at least in his/her top five (it's hard to just settle on one restaurant, I think). I'd say the number is pretty high, maybe above 50%.

Then when we got home, we watched Sleepless In Seattle, a very mediocre movie. We have Netflix, which makes it very easy to rent movies that you only kind of want to see (as evidenced by this most recent rental). It's nice not to have worry about mediocrity when you watch a movie.

Anyway, the movie is easily forgotten, yet a nagging thought lingers in my mind... "My horse! My horse! My kingdom for a horse!"

Oh wait, wrong thought. I am sure there is a small town's worth of people out there who love Sleepless In Seattle enough to dub it their favorite movie or put it in their top five. Like restaurants, there are a lot of shitty movies, and yet I bet a high majority stand as someone's favorite. So I am left to wonder, which is the higher number: the percentage of restaurants that make at least one person's top five OR the percentage of movies?

Any ideas?