Hobo Egg
Here at the HolyJuan house, the only way to get our kids to eat eggs is to make Hobo Eggs for them. I'm sure it's because it is cool looking and interactive. Here's how we do it:
Ingredients:
Slice of bread
Butter
Egg
Tools:
Knife
Plate
Frying pan
Spataula
Narrow glass
Grab a slice of bread and put it on a plate:
Butter it, one side only:
If you try to butter both sides, you'll get most the butter sticking to the plate. Just butter one side.
Now, get your narrow glass. Make sure it doesn't breach the crust or you will have a broken dam egg situation. A shot glass is too small. A tumbler is too big. I suggest a Star Wars glass. "Egg or egg not, there is no egg beaters.":
Now, force the glass down through the bread to create a tiny bread circle:
Now, go back in time and put your frying pan on the stove on medium heat. Good! Now, drop a dollop of butter in the pan and wait for it to melt. Drop the circle of bread on it butter side up:
Now do the same with the bread. Get enough butter in the pan to make a bread sized pool of melted butter and drop your big slice of bread on it butter side up:
I usually add a little more butter in the middle, just to make sure:
Now, add the egg. Crack it first:
Flip both:
Make sure you don't cook the yolk all the way though so the small round piece can be used for dipping:
And that is how you make a Hobo Egg!
Next week, Pressed Duck.
Ingredients:
Slice of bread
Butter
Egg
Tools:
Knife
Plate
Frying pan
Spataula
Narrow glass
Grab a slice of bread and put it on a plate:
Butter it, one side only:
If you try to butter both sides, you'll get most the butter sticking to the plate. Just butter one side.
Now, get your narrow glass. Make sure it doesn't breach the crust or you will have a broken dam egg situation. A shot glass is too small. A tumbler is too big. I suggest a Star Wars glass. "Egg or egg not, there is no egg beaters.":
Now, force the glass down through the bread to create a tiny bread circle:
Now, go back in time and put your frying pan on the stove on medium heat. Good! Now, drop a dollop of butter in the pan and wait for it to melt. Drop the circle of bread on it butter side up:
Now do the same with the bread. Get enough butter in the pan to make a bread sized pool of melted butter and drop your big slice of bread on it butter side up:
I usually add a little more butter in the middle, just to make sure:
Now, add the egg. Crack it first:
Flip both:
Make sure you don't cook the yolk all the way though so the small round piece can be used for dipping:
And that is how you make a Hobo Egg!
Next week, Pressed Duck.
The Saddest Spoon OR Beloved Silverware Found
My co-worker, Hugh, found this spoon below at the Goodwill Store. (Side Story - We have a project that requires a large amount of spoons and he went to the Goodwill to buy them. As he was checking out with every spoon in the store, the lady said, "You can't buy all these spoons." Hugh asked why. She said, "Because then we won't have any spoons if someone else wants to buy them." In the end, he lied and said he was buying them for an old folks home kitchen and she bought it, so he bought the spoons.)
The backside says, "To my First, Last and Only True Love"
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| The bottom of the handle has a small hole for mounting or possibly a necklace. |
The spoon is engraved, "Susie, Will You Marry Me?" along with the date in 2012.
The backside says, "To my First, Last and Only True Love"
I see two scenarios:
Scenario One: This poor schmuck asked Susie to marry him and she said, "No way, spoon boy." He then gave the spoon to Goodwill in the hopes to write off his misery on his taxes."
Scenario Two: Susie said , "Yes," but that when they moved in together the spoon was lost when they gave away all their worldly possessions, because with this kind of spoon loves, they only need each other and this piece of silverware. So if you know the owners, let me know and we can try to get it back to them.
I really hope it is scenario two.
Jury Duty - By Tom Lynch
Tom Lynch (@DIGcomic on Twiiter) heard I was going to be on jury duty next week and created this drawing. I absolutely love it.
My coffee at work
Empty mason jar
Fill with ice
Add coffee
One creamer
Two creamers
Top off with more ice
After three of these I vibrate until about 2:00 a.m.
July 30th is Annual Update You Laminated List Day
I think everyone is aware
that July 30th is the Annual Update Your Laminated List Day!
As you all know, a
laminated list is the three famous people with whom your spouse/significant other will allow you
to have sex with, if ever the opportunity presents itself. If you happen to run
into one of your three famous people and they are drunk enough to let you jump in
the sack / couch / Robert Downey Jr.'s limo with you, then you have
permission to have guilt free sex with any one of the three people on that list.
This year, I have done an almost complete revamp of my list. I tried to
avoid being extremely creepy, so this list is just mostly creepy.
1. Christina Ricci (Not sure she will ever
leave the list)
2. Milana Vayntrub (She’s the AT&T girl and my crushy crush.)
Father's Day Gift Tips
What NOT TO GET your dad for Father’s Day
1. Soap on a Rope (unless he’s in jail)
2. The DNA test (let’s just keep that between Mom and the Fed-Ex guy)
3. Anything with the word “soy” in it.
4. Used scaffolding
5. Beer in amounts more than 39 ounces
6. Rocking chair
7. Old Spice
8. Elvis anything
9. Chalk or anything that is written on with chalk
10. Lie detector
What TO GET your dad for Father’s Day
1. Carbide
2. Link to website on how to delete internet history/cookies.
3. A tie (it’s back in this year)
4. Bacon, 10 pounds (raw or cooked)
5. Anything that starts with Nintendo, has Station in the middle or ends with Box.
6. Salted anything
7. Bribe money
8. Boxed wine
9. Dashboard hula girl
10. “How to Pass a Lie Detector Test” book/pamphlet
1. Soap on a Rope (unless he’s in jail)
2. The DNA test (let’s just keep that between Mom and the Fed-Ex guy)
3. Anything with the word “soy” in it.
4. Used scaffolding
5. Beer in amounts more than 39 ounces
6. Rocking chair
7. Old Spice
8. Elvis anything
9. Chalk or anything that is written on with chalk
10. Lie detector
What TO GET your dad for Father’s Day
1. Carbide
2. Link to website on how to delete internet history/cookies.
3. A tie (it’s back in this year)
4. Bacon, 10 pounds (raw or cooked)
5. Anything that starts with Nintendo, has Station in the middle or ends with Box.
6. Salted anything
7. Bribe money
8. Boxed wine
9. Dashboard hula girl
10. “How to Pass a Lie Detector Test” book/pamphlet
The Secret Meanings of Road Signs
You've seen these road/traffic signs, but do you know what they really mean?
Short Cut
Many of us know this as “No Through Trucks,” but it really means “This is a short-cut to somewhere else.” Truckers know the quickest routes from point A to point B and neighborhoods get mad when trucks short-cut through their streets. The neighbors will clamor for the city to erect signs that politely ask the trucks not to come through, but at the same time give everyone else a clear marking for a short-cut. Thanks, suckers!
Crash Into Me
This is a directional warning sign. It tells you that there is imminent danger on one side of the sign and safety on the other. But which side is which? The safe side is the one where the black and yellow stripes point down. (In this case, the safe side is the left side. I think.) By the time you do the visual math in your head it is going to be too late. It’s best to play it safe and ram you car straight into the sign. Sure, your car is totaled, but it beats falling off a cliff. There is also no guarantee that the road worker dude installed the sign correctly. Until they start putting arrows on these signs, play it safe and ram it.
Snakes Following Your Car
This one is obvious, but I had to include it.
Left Hand Turn with Attitude
A U-turn is just an extended left hand turn. If you take the same precautions with a U-turn as a left hand turn, plus the additional lookout for traffic turning into you, U-turns should not be outlawed. In Ohio they are illegal, but only when you get caught. I would suggest the you explain to the officer pulling you over that you were making a left hand turn and got carried away. Ohio cops are pretty jovial.
Deer Jumping Over Your Car
My problem with this sign is that it fools you into thinking that the deer is jumping over the road and harmlessly over your car. I can see why any average driver would think that with the scale of this sign. Let’s take the car from the “Snakes Following Your Car” sign and put it on the “Deer Jumping Over Your Car” sign.
See! Right over the top. They need to make the sign with the deer standing in the middle of the road, staring dumbly straight at you, which is exactly what you see right before you hit a deer.
Please, Please, Please Go This Slow
If you see a yellow speed limit sign, it is just a speed suggestion. Some worry wart at the Division of Transportation will sleep soundly tonight, knowing that his road will be suggestively safer due to his request that you please go slower. I suggest going the posted speed limit and as you lose control of your car, aim for the little yellow sign.
Please Let Me In / Get Out of My Way
Yield is the only sign that has two completely different meanings depending on what angle you are looking at it from. If I am the one yielding, it means that I need to speed up to engage the traffic and slip into the stream of cars that will kindly allow me to merge into the happy community of commuters. On the other hand, if you are yielding to me, this sign means that you need to come to a complete stop to gain entry into MY lane. You are my bitch. Get behind me. Don’t try to speed up and sneak in because I can LEGALLY run you off the road.
Don’t Be Polite
This looks like a normal four-way stop sign. It is actually the lurking place of people who think they are being nice. If you are the first one at a four-way stop sign, you get to go through the intersection first. If two people show up at the exact same time, the person to the right of you goes first (and you might be the person on the right so get moving.) If four people show up at the same time, it's every man for himself. But sometimes, you’ll be the second one to an intersection, and Mr. Nice Guy will want to let you go first. If you think you are being a good neighbor by letting someone go in front of you, you are mucking up the whole system. STOP IT. These “do-gooders” are just asking for an accident, waving their hand and smiling. Your job is to sit and wait for them to comply with the rules of the four way stop. Soon, they will begin to frown and wave their hand frantically. Finally, in disgust, they will peel out and shake their fist as they go by. I hate do-gooders.
You Are Lost
If you see this sign, you are lost. Immediately turn around and consult your iPhone directions. Again.
Short Cut
Many of us know this as “No Through Trucks,” but it really means “This is a short-cut to somewhere else.” Truckers know the quickest routes from point A to point B and neighborhoods get mad when trucks short-cut through their streets. The neighbors will clamor for the city to erect signs that politely ask the trucks not to come through, but at the same time give everyone else a clear marking for a short-cut. Thanks, suckers!
Crash Into Me
This is a directional warning sign. It tells you that there is imminent danger on one side of the sign and safety on the other. But which side is which? The safe side is the one where the black and yellow stripes point down. (In this case, the safe side is the left side. I think.) By the time you do the visual math in your head it is going to be too late. It’s best to play it safe and ram you car straight into the sign. Sure, your car is totaled, but it beats falling off a cliff. There is also no guarantee that the road worker dude installed the sign correctly. Until they start putting arrows on these signs, play it safe and ram it.
Snakes Following Your Car
This one is obvious, but I had to include it.
Left Hand Turn with Attitude
A U-turn is just an extended left hand turn. If you take the same precautions with a U-turn as a left hand turn, plus the additional lookout for traffic turning into you, U-turns should not be outlawed. In Ohio they are illegal, but only when you get caught. I would suggest the you explain to the officer pulling you over that you were making a left hand turn and got carried away. Ohio cops are pretty jovial.
Deer Jumping Over Your Car
My problem with this sign is that it fools you into thinking that the deer is jumping over the road and harmlessly over your car. I can see why any average driver would think that with the scale of this sign. Let’s take the car from the “Snakes Following Your Car” sign and put it on the “Deer Jumping Over Your Car” sign.
See! Right over the top. They need to make the sign with the deer standing in the middle of the road, staring dumbly straight at you, which is exactly what you see right before you hit a deer.
Please, Please, Please Go This Slow
If you see a yellow speed limit sign, it is just a speed suggestion. Some worry wart at the Division of Transportation will sleep soundly tonight, knowing that his road will be suggestively safer due to his request that you please go slower. I suggest going the posted speed limit and as you lose control of your car, aim for the little yellow sign.
Please Let Me In / Get Out of My Way
Yield is the only sign that has two completely different meanings depending on what angle you are looking at it from. If I am the one yielding, it means that I need to speed up to engage the traffic and slip into the stream of cars that will kindly allow me to merge into the happy community of commuters. On the other hand, if you are yielding to me, this sign means that you need to come to a complete stop to gain entry into MY lane. You are my bitch. Get behind me. Don’t try to speed up and sneak in because I can LEGALLY run you off the road.
Don’t Be Polite
This looks like a normal four-way stop sign. It is actually the lurking place of people who think they are being nice. If you are the first one at a four-way stop sign, you get to go through the intersection first. If two people show up at the exact same time, the person to the right of you goes first (and you might be the person on the right so get moving.) If four people show up at the same time, it's every man for himself. But sometimes, you’ll be the second one to an intersection, and Mr. Nice Guy will want to let you go first. If you think you are being a good neighbor by letting someone go in front of you, you are mucking up the whole system. STOP IT. These “do-gooders” are just asking for an accident, waving their hand and smiling. Your job is to sit and wait for them to comply with the rules of the four way stop. Soon, they will begin to frown and wave their hand frantically. Finally, in disgust, they will peel out and shake their fist as they go by. I hate do-gooders.
You Are Lost
If you see this sign, you are lost. Immediately turn around and consult your iPhone directions. Again.
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