Thorin at Denny’s? Really?

Breaking at TORn: Denny’s is Middle Earth’s diner. Trading cards to be collected. Servetus blinks.

[ETA: for non-U.S. readers unfamiliar with the concept, here’s the Denny’s home page.]

~ by Servetus on October 23, 2012.

Posted in Armitage as victim, capitalism, liking food, me, morality / ethics / norms, reality, Richard Armitage, silliness, The Hobbit, the hype, Thorin Oakenshield, TORn

22 Responses to “Thorin at Denny’s? Really?”

*Is desperately trying to choke back snarky comment about Moons Over My Hammy.*

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jazzbaby1 said this on October 23, 2012 at 4:15 pm | Reply
- G-d, I know.
  
  I lived for two years in a town where Denny’s was one of the better major restaurant choices and ate there a lot and when I left I resolved I wouldn’t anymore — haven’t been in a Denny’s since May of 2001 …
  
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  Servetus said this on October 23, 2012 at 4:16 pm | Reply
sadly fayetteville does not have a Denny’s

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Jo Ann said this on October 23, 2012 at 4:24 pm | Reply
- Maybe Armitage will do ads for the Grand Slam breakfast.
  
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  Servetus said this on October 23, 2012 at 4:25 pm | Reply
The joke in our family is that nobody *goes* to Denney’s, they *end up* there.

The last time I ended up at a Denney’s was at back in June, at 2am, during my last stint as a roadie with a band. No other place was open. LOL

“… we’ll have somewhere to go to kill some of the time until December 14th!”

Ok, we need somewhere to go. But, really, Denney’s?????

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zan said this on October 23, 2012 at 4:35 pm | Reply
- I think that’s exactly right. It’s the place where you go b/c nothing else is open at that time of day or it’s the best option in the place you happen to be.
  
  However, I was just reading their website — they are listed by a magazine for African-American entrepreneurs as a top 40 corporation for cultural diversity, and they are also the largest single sponsor of Save the Children.
  
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  Servetus said this on October 23, 2012 at 4:38 pm | Reply
  - Well, they just went up a bunch of notches on my respect board. 🙂
    
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    zan said this on October 23, 2012 at 4:51 pm | Reply
  - The suspicious side of my nature wonders how much of their current ranking is the results of massive damage control given their fairly steady “history” of race related issues.
    
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    Obscura said this on October 23, 2012 at 5:51 pm | Reply
    - Interesting. I’m tempted to ask, “what history?” but I want to keep this blog politics free …
      
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      Servetus said this on October 23, 2012 at 5:52 pm | Reply
    - Maybe you could explain generally?
      
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      Servetus said this on October 23, 2012 at 5:53 pm | Reply
      - I vaguely recalled some incident about people of color receiving exceptionally poor service in the relatively recent past and did a quick Google search and found that there are a series of such allegations dating back to the early ’90’s with Denny’s. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not.
        
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        Obscura said this on October 23, 2012 at 5:58 pm | Reply
What, were McDonald’s and Burger King already booked with merchandising? I was really looking forward to fighting a 7 year old for the Thorin Happy Meal toy! 😦

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Obscura said this on October 23, 2012 at 5:52 pm | Reply
- Yeah, I have to say I feel like I’m somehow getting taken here. I would have bought a lot of Happy Meals to get the “right” toy but I don’t know how many Grand Slam breakfasts I want to order.
  
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  Servetus said this on October 23, 2012 at 5:53 pm | Reply
  - Yeah, that requires getting out of the car and actually sitting down at Denny’s…at least you can just swing through the drive through at McD’s and grab the happy meal – and, you can sub and iced coffee for the soda (for an upcharge)! How cool is that!
    
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    Obscura said this on October 23, 2012 at 6:01 pm | Reply
This city actually has TWO Denny’s!! I suppose that makes us “world class”? Now, trying to imagine a Denny’s in Hobbiton. Or Dibley…A take-out stall in Nottingham Castle? Nottingham menu, please. Slab of half-cooked boar’s head, bowl of pottage all-day breakfast…

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fitzg said this on October 23, 2012 at 7:48 pm | Reply
- yeah, I assume it will be mostly breakfast stuff as Bilbo is hot on breakfast 🙂
  
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  Servetus said this on October 23, 2012 at 8:32 pm | Reply
Because of the ingredients they use, I cannot eat at Denny’s. There aren’t any locally. If there were a Thorin toy in a Happy Meal or the BK equivalent, I might be tempted…

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Leigh said this on October 23, 2012 at 8:14 pm | Reply
- Plus you could always give the food to a beggar or something.
  
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  Servetus said this on October 23, 2012 at 8:32 pm | Reply
  - In a town where one hardly ever encounters a beggar, I’d simply show up at the home run by the Hermanitas with a cartload of food in time for lunch.
    
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    Leigh said this on October 24, 2012 at 7:45 am | Reply
    - I’m glad that’s true — what one hears about Spain in the news lately suggests a different story. Glad the Spanish are watching out for each other.
      
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      Servetus said this on October 25, 2012 at 4:32 pm | Reply
Oh there’s more…a whole Hobbit themed menu? Wow!

http://blastr.com/2012/10/dennys-thinks-youll-be-wi.php

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Obscura said this on October 23, 2012 at 9:23 pm | Reply
Giggles! I saw the Middle Earth tweet earlier about this and added it to my Hobbit merchandise section on my blog sidebar. Ha!

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Gratiana Lovelace said this on October 23, 2012 at 9:57 pm | Reply