Why linguine is the best of all the pastas:
It cannot swell to the shape of a Ticonderoga pencil.
If you are Terry Thomas or Refrigerator Perry, you can floss with linguine.
It can never be confused with star pastina.
If you lose the leather laces on your White boots, you can substitute al dente linguine.
There exists a "Neat Guy Club" that knows that linguine is pronounced with an "a" sound at the end, not an "ee", and I am the President.
You can substitute linguine for street-sweeper brush thingies.
Anyone named Luigi or Rocco eats linguine, exclusively.
The word linguine rolls off the tongue in poetic fashion.
Mr. Clam likes Mr. Linguine the best.
God eats linguine for breakfast.
You can get three pieces of linguine out of one piece of fettuccini, thereby stretching your grocery dollar.
Al Gore invented linguine.
6 comments:
Is that "a" long or short? Paaleese be more specific!
I am....God Gore. I did not invent the Internets.
A word that ends in e should not sound with a; just saying.
if it's pasta (and it's got RED sauce on it - preferably accompanied by meatballs or sausage or mushrooms, a green salad, some garlic bread and a glass o' red), I'll eat it.
I don't question its physical attributes, shortcomings or its place of origin - I'm just grateful it's on my plate right now.
orzo???
Ken, it's a long a, kinda like "Pizzer", or "Ba Habba"
And mr.B...I'm with Di'ce...if it's pasta, it can never be wrong!
Now, go floss your toes with some spaghettini!
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