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The cheap theater, Ancheaux's, Mellow Mushroom,
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Oculus Spirit [81925]
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The cheap theater, Ancheaux's, Mellow Mushroom,
May 3, 2018, 9:35 AM
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Clemson House, Knickerbockers...
It's not the Clemson I knew anymore.
Peppinos and Nick's are still holding strong.
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Welcome to middle age, here's your membership card.***
May 3, 2018, 9:38 AM
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Oculus Spirit [81073]
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next, is still finding funny stuff from 30+ years ago
May 3, 2018, 9:48 AM
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that noone else even knows what that stuff was.
I'm looking at you, people who still reference old SNL skits.
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I was on a conf call teh other day and some dude said
May 3, 2018, 9:55 AM
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something about a land shark, and he wasn't talking about the beer. That was like 10 seconds of silent comfortableness, because everyone on the call was under 35 (except for me..and him), and had zero idea WT F he was talking about.
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Re: I was on a conf call teh other day and some dude said
May 3, 2018, 9:58 AM
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I'm just under 35 and have no idea what he was talking about.
Are you sure he didn't say "mudshark", because I know what that is, thanks to Otisman.
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Oculus Spirit [97729]
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Teacher skit was surprisingly modern. Plus....
May 3, 2018, 10:19 AM
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THERE IS NO FUNNY STUFF to post anymore, that isn't 30 years old. I post the teacher skit because it's a rare spot of good humor in an otherwise humorless PC society.
I found the teacher skit because I read articles where SNL was raked over the coals by the PC crowd for airing it. So naturally I found it and watched. And naturally, if it's attached by the PC crowd, it's funny.
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Oculus Spirit [81073]
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The teacher skit is funny.
May 3, 2018, 10:22 AM
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But its not 30+ years old. And I'd guess most younger folks have seen it.
Listen to folks references and you can pick out how old they are pretty quick.
If you are referencing obscure skits from a comedy show from the mid 70's, nobody under 40 is going to know WT F you are talking about, and its going to sound weird and embarrassing.
Just like it did in that conference call.
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Kids today don't look back enough, IMO. And that's the
May 3, 2018, 10:32 AM
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problem. I'm 40. I know the humor if someone says "Who's on first?". Even though that was 40 years before my time, I know the humor. I've seen the skit. Reference that to a kid today, and they're clueless. Reference Eddie Murphy (I just posted) and they're clueless. Again, 40 years, it's the kids.
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I'd disagree with some of that.
May 3, 2018, 10:38 AM
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Kids today not only know all of "their" music, but they know all of mine, as well.
When I was in college I had no idea what 40's or 50's music was.
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They can't help it that music sucks now.***
May 3, 2018, 1:41 PM
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Went over to a friends house a couple weeks ago.
May 3, 2018, 1:44 PM
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Their 17 year old daughter and her boyfriend were over. They seemed like pretty sharp kids (his family is rich, so that's nice for her I guess), and know a ton of "old" music. The boyfriend was all about some grunge and Nirvana. The girl named off some Zeppelin stuff she liked. But what do they really, really like? Rap/hip-hop. They were playing stuff I had never ever heard of. She said that's all her friends listen to.
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I guess I can relate, I know most songs if I hear them, but
May 3, 2018, 1:52 PM
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couldn't tell you who they're by or when they came out. Listen mostly to rap, except on the boat...and usually that's just whatever comes on no shoes radio. As previously mentioned, I'm kind of a psycho in that regard though, I'll drive around all day in the boat or car with the radio off. My wife would play music 24/7, I'd be OK if I never heard another song.
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I don't listen to much music anymore, unless I go so
May 3, 2018, 1:58 PM
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see a lave band. If its on, and not annoying, I'll leave it on.
I think that's how I know I officially got old.
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I listen to music all the time.
May 3, 2018, 4:19 PM
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About 85% of it is over 10 years old. But I do listen to some new music. Spotify is the way to go BTW. I'm done forking over $1.69 per song to download it.
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Knickerbockers gone too? Dang***
May 3, 2018, 9:43 AM
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I wonder how long it will make it?
May 3, 2018, 9:49 AM
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Its just another pizza joint now. I mean before it had a cool building and location.
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Oculus Spirit [78892]
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think it will be fine
May 3, 2018, 9:53 AM
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maybe. I mean there is only Joes, Todaro, Columbos, Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, Dominoes, Peppinos, Amici, Little Ceasers, Your Pie, ...
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I hate pizza, but Todaros is still the best out of all of
May 3, 2018, 9:56 AM
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those.
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thought you were a regular at Joe's
May 3, 2018, 9:58 AM
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with all of the other old doods
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We used to ride the golf cart up there and get drunk
May 3, 2018, 10:11 AM
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on happy hour.
It was the only way I could keep my wife from crying every day because she hated it so much.
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Unless the Jesus looking stoner works there too, it won't be
May 3, 2018, 1:29 PM
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the same.
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Its trash on bread.
May 3, 2018, 1:28 PM
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But aside from that..Lots of all-nighters in data centers drove me to that.
Ever work late? What do they always feed you? Pizza.
They could have been feeding me Kobe beef prepared medium rare, and any normal person would get sick of it after a while.
And now, there's just a Pavlovian reaction that every time someone mentions pizza, it makes me think I'm going to be working straight thru for the next 3 days.
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you can put anything on a pizza
May 3, 2018, 2:07 PM
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anything
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Thats great.
May 3, 2018, 2:10 PM
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It still sucks.
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you must hate dough***
May 3, 2018, 2:40 PM
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I have no idea how that Pizza Hut stays in business
May 3, 2018, 10:09 AM
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It hasn't ever been crowded since it opened. We went once just for something different and the service was so bad that we didn't even end up having to pay.
Joe's pizza is also so overpriced I'm not sure anyone ever goes there a second time.
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I think the 'hood keeps Joe's in business
May 3, 2018, 10:12 AM
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the 'hood and their grandkids.
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It's gotta be that, cause for the money Rick's Pizza Pub
May 3, 2018, 10:20 AM
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or Guy's is 10x better. We went once, it was definitely pretty good...but about double the price of our usual places.
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I thought about it and then I was like
May 3, 2018, 2:03 PM
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Pendleton but their pizza is good
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Mellow Mushroom is a memory for you young'uns.
May 3, 2018, 9:50 AM
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Pizza back in the glory days came from Chanelo's.
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I miss that place. Was it them who had the subs
May 3, 2018, 9:54 AM
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named after sports coaches? Can never remember if it was them or Columbo's.
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awwww yeah, but my go to was the Danny Ford.***
May 3, 2018, 9:57 AM
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What kind of meat was that? Horse?***
May 3, 2018, 10:24 AM
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I don't know. I do know it was awesome late at night
May 3, 2018, 11:20 AM
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when you had the munchies.
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Not a new phenomenon. Gone from my day:
May 3, 2018, 10:13 AM
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The Red Carpet, The Study Hall, Chanelo's, Capri's, The Corporation, The Library Club, The Bookstore, Lester's Tiger Den,(all bars and restaurants), both movie theaters, the Y showing movies...
Nick's, Sloan Street Tap Room, and TTT still holding strong.
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The Red Carpet was TTT, wasn't it?
May 3, 2018, 10:16 AM
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I mean after it was a Pizza Hut.
And you forgot Slugs.
The Study Hall is back, and really better than it ever was.
But I know what you mean.
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Have you been to the roof top bar at the new SH?***
May 3, 2018, 10:21 AM
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I have.
May 3, 2018, 10:34 AM
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I like it.
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yes, it is pretty nice up top
May 3, 2018, 10:41 AM
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and my Clemson coed neighbor works the downstairs and that is a plus
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Gets crowded on game days.
May 3, 2018, 10:48 AM
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We tried to take some friends there last Nov for Florida State game...couldn't get in.
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Sloan Street Tap Room can't be too long for this world
May 3, 2018, 10:18 AM
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Jimmy Howard should give all of us who like to drink a lot of beer hope though. If he can survive this long, so can we.
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Those bathrooms are terrible.
May 3, 2018, 10:47 AM
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I took some friends who were visiting in there when we first moved up..the girls left.
The guys stayed, drank natties and BS'd with Jimmy.
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Just don't eat the popcorn, you'll be OK
May 3, 2018, 10:50 AM
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It is a fun place to hang out and catch a buzz.
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On a bet I ate an eathworm off the floor ....
May 3, 2018, 2:09 PM
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in that bathroom. Now that is repulsive.
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holy chit dude
May 3, 2018, 2:16 PM
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you're as good as dead. That probably wasn't an earthworm.
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Yeah it was. Who knows how it got in the ground in there?
May 3, 2018, 2:44 PM
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That had to be one of the worst bathrooms in AMerica. I am lucky I never got sick I guess. I was 18 going on 15 back then.
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Charles & Al's Barber Shop - relocated but still around
May 3, 2018, 10:32 AM
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that's where I go now (not very often, but yeah)
C LI N T'S Barber Shop is RIP tho.
(Some of y'all will remember the annual defacement of his sign)
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Remember the record store next to Clint's?***
May 3, 2018, 10:40 AM
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Manifest records
May 3, 2018, 10:46 AM
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At least it was when it closed.
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The worst night by far to be working at BollWinkle's.
May 3, 2018, 11:37 AM
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The tips were feces. BUT...the chances of canoodling a sorority chick was upwards of the 95th percentile. Of the numerous bars I worked at over the years, that was the least fun overall. But it was still fun.
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Wait, lets not pretend like Mellow Mushroom
May 3, 2018, 11:22 AM
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was really that big of a part of Clemson lore It wasn't even there when I got there.
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Good question. How long does a place have to be open
May 3, 2018, 11:25 AM
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to qualify?
Places that did not last long during my years there (or soon afterward) - Sourdough's and Taco Tico in the Mini Mall - heck - the Mini Mall itself. The Canteen in the Logia - I have no idea when that closed.
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Well, I don't have a good answer for that.
May 3, 2018, 11:32 AM
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A place can have an impact without being around for 20 years. Maybe Mellow Mushroom being a chain gives me more pause than it only being around 15 years give or take.
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From the Clemson wiki...
May 3, 2018, 2:04 PM
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It was Chick filet for a while, and a sub place (Lil dinos?) and then maybe a taco bell , but I could be confusing that with the one from East Campus.
Wiki:
The canteen was a university-operated snackbar and small convenience store that was located on the fifth level of the Johnstone Hall complex, in the Union area, directly underneath the Loggia. As originally constructed in 1954, both it and the main entrances to Harcombe Commons dining hall faced a concrete assembly area for the still-military college. This area was dug out in the mid-1970s for construction of the Student Government offices and the Union gamerooms.
The canteen offered standard hamburger, hotdog and soft drink fare. A popular order was the "suicide", a half-cola, half-lemon-lime mix that seemed to enhance the carbonation. Breakfast orders were also served, and it was Tiger Band tradition for many years to go get breakfast there after Saturday morning practice on game days. In the days before ATMs, the canteen was one of the few places available to cash a check on campus (another being the student bank at the Bursar's Office in Sikes Hall). Some school supplies and garb were available from the dry goods counter. A jukebox was on the premises, and a television was mounted on the south end of the dining area. The first commercial video game to appear in the area arrived in the winter of 1975 when an Atari Pong game was installed in the canteen.
By the 1980s, the military school-heritage canteen had become outdated, an anachronism left from another era in school history, and it was eventually closed as the long-time managers aged and retired. The space was farmed out to the contract companies and remodelled into the eatery it is today.
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I didn't even go to Clemson
May 3, 2018, 2:11 PM
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But if you are putting a chain restaurant that MauldinT will stand you up at as part of your famous school bars/restaurants that speaks to larger problems.
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Whoa, whoa, WHOA.
May 3, 2018, 2:52 PM
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I'd categorize MauldinT as more of an annoyance than a problem.
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