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| King of Jordan loves his Domino’s pizza |
| 2004-06-13 |
| From the gossip column of the Washington Post: Next time you visit the king of Jordan, we know exactly what you can bring him as a gift: Domino’s pizzas. When King Abdullah was visiting Washington in May, he asked for 14 pizzas to take back to Amman, U.S. News & World Report’s Paul Bedard reports in his Washington Whispers column. His embassy called two stores, one in Crystal City and the other in Georgetown, with varying instructions. The Crystal City order was to be cooled before being boxed so they could remain fresh. (Good call -- soggy pizzas are the worst.) The Georgetown branch was asked to include "five times the sausage," according to a Domino’s rep. The Secret Service picked them up, paid the $180 tab and left the king’s $80 tip. And there’s no stopping Abdullah’s cravings. Just last week he sent his personal jet to retrieve five more. He’s the king of the country; can’t he open his own chain? |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #14 That is one of the places I can picture myself retiring to... Its a nice place - safe, clean and stuff works, but expensive by the standards of the region, although not by Western standards. Also a lot of westerners don't like the climate - hot and humid all the time, but you get used to it. |
| Posted by: Phil B 2004-06-13 10:05:56 PM |
| #13 Zenster - I'll take your word for Domino's taste; don't eat it myself. I'd rather patronize the local pizza restaurants. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-13 9:25:32 PM |
| #12 Domino's = Melted crayons on cardboard. A meal fit for a |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-06-13 8:38:51 PM |
| #11 According to their website, Domino's offers Italian sausage on their pizzas. Which definitely ain't made of chicken. It may be different in Detroit or Hamtramck, but I doubt Crystal City worries about halal sausage. Wonder if he likes pepperoni? :-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-13 8:20:20 PM |
| #10 I just would like to know if the Secret Service agents put a little Domino's flag on the roof of their armored SUV when they went to deliver the pizzas to his Majesty... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-06-13 8:07:56 PM |
| #9 Oops! Sorry RC - I wasn't paying attention. I was empathizing with the Harley Kid, though I don't really much care for him otherwise. At the end of my tour I was actually dreaming about Italian Sausage pizza. Now, life is good. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-13 7:56:57 PM |
| #8 Awwww, I hate to spoil the fun, but over in Islamallamaland they use "beef sausage" which tastes nothing like shit what you're used to. Perhaps, but the pizzas were ordered from the Crystal City and Georgetown Domino's. Unless things are much worse than I thought, those areas aren't yet Islamallamaland. Yet. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-06-13 7:52:34 PM |
| #7 Cool! Been through there a coupla times, but not long enought to really have fun or get myself caned, heh. That is one of the places I can picture myself retiring to... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-13 7:35:06 PM |
| #6 Singapore. |
| Posted by: Phil B 2004-06-13 7:31:28 PM |
| #5 Phil B - Where (as approximately as you wish to be) is here? Lol! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-13 7:28:03 PM |
| #4 Here they use chicken sausage to make the pizza halal, and Burger King use turkey bacon - one of the world's great dumb ideas. I refuse to eat either. I wonder how many others are like me. |
| Posted by: Phil B 2004-06-13 7:22:11 PM |
| #3 Awwww, I hate to spoil the fun, but over in Islamallamaland they use "beef sausage" which tastes nothing like |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-13 7:11:27 PM |
| #2 Shhhhhh |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-13 6:56:46 PM |
#1 asked to include "five times the sausage"Waaaait a minute. Isn't King Abdullah moslem? And doesn't sausage contain pork? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-13 6:40:06 PM |