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The Face!

Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 01/03/2006 - 2:23pm.

It was a busy night at the restaurant in Olympia and many diners were ordering lobster. With each order, the man in the kitchen grabbed a fresh lobster, and while skewering it on the cutting board yelled "The Face! The Face!".

No one asked why he yelled this, they were all too busy with their own work. Diners were happy with their lobsters and the restaurant had a record night.

Now that I've heard this story, I am left pondering why that particular refrain ushered each lobster to their tasty death. Is it an arcane Olympia lobster prep ritual? Was the lobster prepper channeling the lobster's last thoughts?

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I don't have an answer to

Submitted by stevenl on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 6:17pm.

I don't have an answer to this enigma, but whenever I think about it, it chills my soul. I won't be eating lobster any time soon. But, then again, maybe the chef was a Dadaist.

Witness

Submitted by Sarah on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 8:30pm.

When a witness told me this story, I could tell that it was a story that had to be told, anyone who heard it had to tell someone. I have no clue why. And now I wonder if the story is easier to take if we find out that the chef is a Dadaist, or does that make it even more chilling?

And here we are 2 months

Submitted by stevenl on Thu, 06/15/2006 - 6:38am.

And here we are 2 months later, and this story still sticks to the sides of my brainpan. Iiiieeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Make it go away! Make it go away!

I forgot

Submitted by Sarah on Thu, 06/15/2006 - 8:35am.

But you made me look and now it all comes back, including the fact that I still don't know anything further about this true story. I think his coworkers were afraid to ask.

Y'know, I might write stuff

Submitted by stevenl on Sat, 01/13/2007 - 1:11am.

Y'know, I might write stuff out of my head about Giant Richie Rich heads or a monkey in an iron lung, but this is far more bizarre since it is based on something that really happened. After will_is_ok's "Fudge" post, this one is my 2nd fave OlyBlog post. Every now and then, for no apparent reason, I'll find myself yelling out loud, "The Face! The Face!" and then look around to make sure no one noticed. It was particularly embarrassing when I did that while being an observer during a facelift surgery.

Take a look, then wonder.

Submitted by stevenl on Wed, 01/17/2007 - 11:56pm.

Take a look, then wonder.

iiiiieeeeeeeee!!!!!

Submitted by stevenl on Tue, 04/17/2007 - 10:54am.

Had a beer with that guy a

Submitted by Mike on Thu, 04/19/2007 - 8:09pm.

Had a beer with that guy a few years ago at Ben Moore's. Haven't seen him in a while. When you see him again, tell him Mike says Hey! I think his name is Claude.

Just be careful not to shake

Submitted by stevenl on Sat, 04/21/2007 - 3:44pm.

Just be careful not to shake hands with this guy. Or attempt to share a pitcher with him, he'll drink almost all of it-- he's so shellfish.

"pincers of power..."

Submitted by bubba z (not verified) on Sat, 04/21/2007 - 4:28pm.

make sure not to share a pincer with him, eyether..

Deep

Submitted by stevenl on Thu, 08/02/2007 - 6:14am.

I was recently placed into a state of deep hypnosis, and when asked to recite the most horrifying, bone marrow-chilling things I have ever read, I included Sarah's "The Face!" post word for word, apparently with much drama. My rendition was filmed and will be appearing on DVDs in stores soon, available in the scarey movie section. Needless to say, there were other frightening passages of OlyBlog origin I used, but let us revisit these in small doses.

Hmmm

Submitted by stevenl on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 6:06am.

I just realized that I have not had any lobster in a meal since this was originally posted. Nor will I. This is my pledge.

I haven't either!

Submitted by Norm on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 1:39pm.

Shellfish

Submitted by stevenl on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 5:50am.

Worth the trouble to eat? Or just a messy pain? This was a debate topic between William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal up in a sound booth at the 1968 Democratic Party Convention in Chicago. Or maybe I just had that image in a dream. Or maybe I'm just making it up.

At any rate. Shellfish. Worth the trouble to eat? Or just a messy pain?

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