Posted: 4/15/2009 10:01:07 PM EDT
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Hello all!!! So i broke down and decided to give a try at the infamous dinner pic. Hopefully I made all of the requirements for the hivemind to score me on. Enjoy!
ETA: The girlfriend helped me out on this and gave me some weird looks about this  Sorry for the quality. It was taken at a goofy angle.
Dinner includes: Seasoned chicken breast cooked on the Foreman grill Melted three flavor Italian cheese One slice of fresh Tomato Packaged stroganoff (it's all I had) Jack Daniel's BBQ sauce (love that shit!!!) Beverage is Coke....maybe something adult was added 
Everything else: Colt 6920 carbine with XM-193 loaded in mags Sig Sauer P-226 .40 caliber loaded with Speer Gold Dot 155 grain. (Girlfriends issued duty gun) Springfield Armory M-1911A1 .45 caliber loaded with G.I. WCC ball 1965. 1943 national match Springfield Armory M-1 Garand loaded with G.I. ball. KA-BAR fighting knife. Standard issue eating fork. Napkin. Stapler. Measuring tape. Movie: Zombie Diaries. I give it a 3 1/2 rotting brains out of 5. 
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Quoted: Quoted: 1911 is not condition 1. x2.............and your spare AR mag is on the butstock so it will fall somewhere when you pick it up.........also the AR facing you.......6/10 no pics of gf sorry  are the AR mags even loaded?  also this is a dinner pic.........this was from valentines day(dumped the bitch shortly after) the dish was spagetti and meat balls......you can see the sides but you get the idea  
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Looks good, real good....exxxxxcept the stapler/measure device. 
8.25/10 He obviously respects tradition––Garand and vintage ammo. Fighting knife is traditional . . . so the "old school" inclusion of the stapler and measuring device makes this a perfect TEN! 
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Looks good, real good....exxxxxcept the stapler/measure device.
8.25/10 He obviously respects tradition––Garand and vintage ammo. Fighting knife is traditional . . . so the "old school" inclusion of the stapler and measuring device makes this a perfect TEN! Thank you sir
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Looks good, real good....exxxxxcept the stapler/measure device.
8.25/10 He obviously respects tradition––Garand and vintage ammo. Fighting knife is traditional . . . so the "old school" inclusion of the stapler and measuring device makes this a perfect TEN! I have to agree with that. The vintage ammo is a great addition. My only complaint is BBQ sauce conflicts with the Italian theme of the meal. 8.5. |
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wtf is the stapler for? 6/10 points added for weapons, points deducted for food Back in the day, it was the fashion to include a measuring tape for measuring group size and a stapler for putting up your target!! The first dinner pics were done while members were camping and staying near the place they were shooting. Geez, kids these days have no respect for those who came before and blazed the trails. 
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Foreman grill? Our caveman ancestors didn't go through the trouble of learning to control fire so you could cook on a Foreman grill.
Beverage is Coke....maybe something adult was added. Maybe this helped your score? Also, what the fuck is in your drink? You're a man damnit! Get that girly/faggy shit out of your drink right fucking now. Either use real ice or drink it warm.
The 1911 is not in condition one. You have a zombie movie right there so you know the risks involved with this venture, but you did not prepare properly. If you're going to include a stapler in the pic, make it a real one, that looks like a stapler my kids would use because it's cute. Now the knife, you did good there. If things go sideways you have the stabby option open to you. Your AR is facing the wrong direction. Makes for an awkward draw. Basically your zombie food. The Garand, hard to go wrong there. Nicely done, and for full disclosure I don't own a Garand (yet ) and I must admit that I am a bit jealous.
That's a napkin? You sure about that? To me it looks like a paper towel folded in half. I'm not saying that you can't wipe your face with it, but really it's not a napkin. The plate makes the portions look small and the food looks a bit bland. A generous helping of bacon would have done wonders here. So lets see here, time to tally the score... Well, I guess I'm going to give you an 8/10 since you did put up with all this utter bullshit. I really should get back to work.
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Quoted: is that a good movie? IMO, it wasn't very good. To give you an idea of what I think of it: I'd sell my DVD (which I bought on a whim just to check it out) to anyone interested. To the OP: 7/10 The stapler and tape salvaged your score (would have been a worse score without them). You need to clean up the clutter and take a more organized, focused pic if you want a 10. |
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Quoted from, "Arfcom Epicurean": While the judges recognize this gallant first effort by the chef, several problems appear in the presentation. The Czech judge noted the rather small portion on the plate, as well as a largely low-fat (chicken) entree. The US judge, from Texas, commented unfavorably on the use of bottled BBQ sauce. The Austrian judge thought that a more sublime use of firearms would have been better, perhaps keeping with one genre rather than both WWII as well as modern. Several of the judges thought the lighting insufficient, and the use of the tape measure puzzled many. While the DVD was in keeping with the theme, perhaps a more cerebral choice would have been more appropriate. Overall, the presentation showed great enthusiasm but lacked refinement. We have no doubt that subsequent presentations will continue to build on this bold, but somewhat overdone, effort. 6.5/10 Arfcom Epicurean |
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Originally Posted By ––bullseye––:
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is that a good movie? IMO, it wasn't very good. To give you an idea of what I think of it: I'd sell my DVD (which I bought on a whim just to check it out) to anyone interested.
To the OP: 7/10 The stapler and tape salvaged your score (would have been a worse score without them). You need to clean up the clutter and take a more organized, focused pic if you want a 10.
Agreed....it was done a little hastily. |
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Quoted: Originally Posted By ––bullseye––: Quoted: is that a good movie? IMO, it wasn't very good. To give you an idea of what I think of it: I'd sell my DVD (which I bought on a whim just to check it out) to anyone interested. To the OP: 7/10 The stapler and tape salvaged your score (would have been a worse score without them). You need to clean up the clutter and take a more organized, focused pic if you want a 10. Agreed....it was done a little hastily. The last straw for me was the obviously fake prop guns they feigned recoil with along with the badly dubbed stock gunshot sound effects... I actually shut the movie off a little over half way through and I have yet to put it back in to finish it.  ETA: Patriot; just realized I could interpret your post several ways...were you referring to the dinner pic or the movie? |
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5.3/10, and that's all for the guns.
Food & beverage rank a 0.0 (fake ice? really?) Not that there's anything wrong with "simple" food, but if it's simple, at least make the presentation attractive. Plastic condiment containers on a coffee table with a folded paper towel for a napkin do not a dinner pic make...at least not a successful one. The thing about successful dinner pics are they elicit the following types of comments: "Wow that looks great!" "Man, now I'm hungry!" "Fantastic spread!" "Looks great, I'd eat it" Now the guns & knife are great. Food looks bland & ho-hum, and the composition and lighting are mediocre at best. But, it's not total fail. Good guns. Make the dinner as good as the guns and you've got something. |