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Hey guys, I've just been working in the outback for the past three months and I took the entire P&R series with me. I've just gotten back and watched all of Season 6. Just wanted to say I love this show. It's just incredibly well written, acted and has so much heart. There's going be a series 7, right? Also, is there some sort of Knope Waffle recipe I should be following? Because I really want waffles whenever I watch this show.
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Andrew_1985 posted:
Outlook is dire.
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Nov 28, 2013 04:09
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Andrew_1985 posted:Also, is there some sort of Knope Waffle recipe I should be following? Because I really want waffles whenever I watch this show. I always get jealous of the loving JJ's waffles. I've never seen waffles that look like that or are that crunchy in real life! I tried getting a couple of expensive waffles with ice cream in town, but they're always soggy as poo poo 
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Nov 28, 2013 11:55
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Hakkesshu posted:I always get jealous of the loving JJ's waffles. I've never seen waffles that look like that or are that crunchy in real life! I tried getting a couple of expensive waffles with ice cream in town, but they're always soggy as poo poo Are they soggy because you're putting loving ice cream on them?
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Nov 29, 2013 04:44
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notthegoatseguy posted:Are they soggy because you're putting loving ice cream on them? Naw, that's a thing waffle vendors typically do in this country instead of using whipped cream/syrup. It doesn't matter, though, they're soggy to begin with.
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Nov 29, 2013 11:09
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Pretty much the only goddamn way a waffle can be soggy is if it had been frozen before you put it in a toaster. Or I guess if you left ice cream on it for 20 minutes before serving it.
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Nov 29, 2013 14:27
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If the waffle isn't coming straight from a batter to a waffle iron to your plate it's bullshit.
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Nov 29, 2013 14:31
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WarEternal posted:Pretty much the only goddamn way a waffle can be soggy is if it had been frozen before you put it in a toaster. Or I guess if you left ice cream on it for 20 minutes before serving it. The hell? I'm pretty much nthing what Mu Zeta said in this case.
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Nov 29, 2013 16:39
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If you want some drat fine waffles and you live in the South, go to a Waffle House. It's a chain, but the food is cheap and awesome, plus they're open 24 hours. Best waffles I've ever had, and I've had Belgian waffles at some fancy-pants brunch places. Leslie Knope would even agree, and Ron would appreciate their breakfasts and cheap and surprisingly good cheeseburgers.
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Nov 29, 2013 19:30
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:If you want some drat fine waffles and you live in the South, go to a Waffle House. It's a chain, but the food is cheap and awesome, plus they're open 24 hours. Best waffles I've ever had, and I've had Belgian waffles at some fancy-pants brunch places. Leslie Knope would even agree, and Ron would appreciate their breakfasts and cheap and surprisingly good cheeseburgers. Oh my god I can only assume you are trying to get as many goons killed as possible. Waffle House looks and smells like a pit, the food is terrible, and you are probably more likely to be stabbed in one than a Hell's Angels rally.
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Nov 29, 2013 19:58
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Waffle irons are like 15 bucks at Target.
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Nov 29, 2013 20:20
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I'm rewatching seasons 2-5, because the first one is whatevs. I just realized that Ben is wearing his Letters to Cleo t-shirt after he's resigned in disgrace, and that he picked REM (late 80s, early 90s) for his song for his Claymation. I just love the characterization and consistency. So good. Oh and even some Eagleton residents from Filibuster! show up in the first Eagleton town meeting after the fence goes up. I think the description of Parks & Rec as a live action Simpsons is accurate, which makes sense considering some of the writers. Boywhiz88 fucked around with this message at 20:29 on Nov 29, 2013 |
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Nov 29, 2013 20:27
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Boywhiz88 posted:Oh and even some Eagleton residents from Filibuster! show up in the first Eagleton town meeting after the fence goes up. I think the description of Parks & Rec as a live action Simpsons is accurate, which makes sense considering some of the writers. Yeah, I definitely think it has a lot of the same tone and appeal as the early Simpsons seasons. It's not quite pushing as many boundaries, but I've definitely noticed a correlation as well. That's why I always find it so mystifying when people use the "Simpsons isn't worse than it used to be, take off the rose-tinted glasses bro  " argument. No, the talented writers just went on to do other great stuff instead, like P&R.
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Nov 29, 2013 22:49
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Boywhiz88 posted:I'm rewatching seasons 2-5, because the first one is whatevs. I was just watching the Filibuster episode and I didn't realize before but the guy at the arcade is Morris, the dude who was complaining about Donna tweeting spoilers of Death Canoe. I don't know why this kind of thing constantly impresses me on this show but it does
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Nov 29, 2013 23:43
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:If you want some drat fine waffles and you live in the South, go to a Waffle House. It's a chain, but the food is cheap and awesome, plus they're open 24 hours. Best waffles I've ever had, and I've had Belgian waffles at some fancy-pants brunch places. Leslie Knope would even agree, and Ron would appreciate their breakfasts and cheap and surprisingly good cheeseburgers. Waffle House waffles are mediocre to terrible, you need to branch out and try some better stuff. When you are drunk at 3am, Waffle House is acceptable, but it is nowhere near "best waffles". Alton Brown has a good waffle recipe to start with: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/basic-waffle-recipe/index.html
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Nov 30, 2013 00:09
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There's actually an Indiana-based chain called Waffle House that was formerly known as the Sunshine Cafe. Their food is by no means high end, but it isn't absolutely disgusting like the Waffle House chain is. Many of their locations, including the long time one in Bloomington, have closed, but there's still a few out there.
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Nov 30, 2013 00:35
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I was a regular at the Bloomington Waffle House. RIP.
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Nov 30, 2013 00:49
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Macaluso posted:I was just watching the Filibuster episode and I didn't realize before but the guy at the arcade is Morris, the dude who was complaining about Donna tweeting spoilers of Death Canoe. I don't know why this kind of thing constantly impresses me on this show but it does He's also the same guy who keeps talking about how you can download anything you want from the Internet in the episode with the video store bailout.
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Nov 30, 2013 01:35
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Boywhiz88 posted:I'm rewatching seasons 2-5, because the first one is whatevs. Actually, I went back to Season 2, looking for plot holes... It was not air tight. In the hunting episode, after it's revealed that Tom didn't have a hunting license, Ron yells at him saying that they're important. In the recent episode where Ron goes hunting with Donna, she suggests they need a license and they BOTH LAUGH. I sure hope someone got fired for that boner.
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Nov 30, 2013 01:42
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GigaPeon posted:Actually, I went back to Season 2, looking for plot holes... Also in Fancy Party (Season 3), they bring up that Ron has 3 ex-wives, which goes against the common mythology of 2 ex-wives named Tammy at that point. Morris is the writer Joe Mande, other cameos from writers include Harris Wittels as Harris the Animal Control guy and Megan Amram as one half of the hipster couple trying to buy Ron's cabin. Mike Scully has also played a citizen or two. The part in Filibuster where the teenaged manager yells at Morris though is loving great.
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Nov 30, 2013 02:15
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GigaPeon posted:Actually, I went back to Season 2, looking for plot holes... To be fair, Tom had just shot him in the head. Boywhiz88 posted:Also in Fancy Party (Season 3), they bring up that Ron has 3 ex-wives, which goes against the common mythology of 2 ex-wives named Tammy at that point. No, they just bring up that he's been married three times, since he had re-married and re-divorced Tammy 2. thexerox123 fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Nov 30, 2013 |
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Nov 30, 2013 02:29
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There's also "Pawnee Zoo", where Ron says the Pawnee gay club, The Bulge, is behind his house. If that's still true after what's been established about where Ron lives in later seasons, then that's one club, gay or straight, that I do not want to go to. Also, I can't remember when, but I'm pretty sure we've seen Jerry's name as "Jerry" written somewhere before the Gary-reveal.
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Nov 30, 2013 04:12
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El Tortuga posted:There's also "Pawnee Zoo", where Ron says the Pawnee gay club, The Bulge, is behind his house. If that's still true after what's been established about where Ron lives in later seasons, then that's one club, gay or straight, that I do not want to go to.
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Nov 30, 2013 04:35
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ChesterJT posted:Oh my god I can only assume you are trying to get as many goons killed as possible. Waffle House looks and smells like a pit, the food is terrible, and you are probably more likely to be stabbed in one than a Hell's Angels rally. You couldn't be more wrong about Waffle House. It's a much safer place than it looks. I've even seen quite a few of them with those 'Safe Place' signs for children. Which makes sense because Waffle waitresses would know how to handle the madman chasing your child. They deal with crazy people for a living. I have no idea why you would go to Waffle House before sunset though.
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Nov 30, 2013 05:48
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The most interesting thing about Waffle House is that they're so determined to be up and running no matter what that they're almost always the first thing working after a natural disaster. In fact they're so consistent with their emergency response and planning that the new director of FEMA has a scale used to measure the destruction of a disaster based on how long Waffle House stayed closed. Anywho, loving loved the last two episodes. I misunderstood Chris and thought he got Ben the job in Ann Arbor. Woops. I need more run discussing literary themes in my life along with Leslie/Jamm fun times.
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Nov 30, 2013 07:46
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Boywhiz88 posted:Also in Fancy Party (Season 3), they bring up that Ron has 3 ex-wives, which goes against the common mythology of 2 ex-wives named Tammy at that point. Also, Chelsea Peretti shows up sometime late season 4 in one of the meetings that April is trying to run while Leslie is campaigning.
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Nov 30, 2013 08:51
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I think there's a chance that Mona Lisa is better than Jean Ralphio.
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Dec 1, 2013 07:00
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Boywhiz88 posted:I think there's a chance that Mona Lisa is better than Jean Ralphio. I'd say in small doses like rafi from the league.
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Dec 1, 2013 08:03
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bobkatt013 posted:The entire cast will most likely be leaving after this season. I'm currently in deep denial that that's happening... 
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Dec 1, 2013 12:40
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One thing that really confused me about these recent episodes, since when was it established that Leslie losing the recall election means she'll be losing her P&R job also? When she was talking about how, between the recall loss and Ben's firing they'll both be unemployed and have nothing to do, that seemed like it came out of nowhere.
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Dec 1, 2013 22:17
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I noticed that except same thing while rewatching the recent episodes last night. Not sure what the deal is with that, because isn't she still doing P&R work full time technically, and City Council on the side? Weird.
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Dec 2, 2013 13:47
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If she's also fired from the Parks job she can go take over Animal Control and the show can go on another 5 years with Brett and Harris.
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Dec 2, 2013 13:53
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Mu Zeta posted:If she's also fired from the Parks job she can go take over Animal Control and the show can go on another 5 years with Brett and Harris. Animal Control was absorbed into Parks, remember? But I really do hope we get some more Harris this season. His running phrase of "down to clown" is great, specifically when Tom tries to hook him and Ann up in Operation Ann, and when he interviews for his job back in Animal Control.
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Dec 2, 2013 16:42
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Wasn't it so that she cut back on her hours in a major way during her campaign+council position and she wouldn't have a fulltime job left at P&R?
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Dec 2, 2013 17:02
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I can't believe we had a discussion about plot holes and no one brought up Ron claiming in one episode this season to have never told a joke. It came up multiple times, too, which made for a really bizarre plot point. Granted that whole episode was one of the weaker ones so I don't mind just ignoring it.
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Dec 2, 2013 21:35
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Like many libertarians, what Ron says he believes, and his practices don't always jibe. I wouldn't call it a plot hole.
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Dec 2, 2013 23:35
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Zedd posted:Wasn't it so that she cut back on her hours in a major way during her campaign+council position and she wouldn't have a fulltime job left at P&R? I don't remember this at all. If anything, I think it was the opposite, that they made a big point over how the council position is part time so she can still be the parks director. Even though I'd think that'd be a big conflict of interest itself...
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I'm also doing a selective (and mostly haphazard) rewatch, but all it does is make me sad that our dream of Perd-vert gangtags was so quickly extinguished.Chairman Capone posted:I don't remember this at all. If anything, I think it was the opposite, that they made a big point over how the council position is part time so she can still be the parks director. Even though I'd think that'd be a big conflict of interest itself... She agrees to cut back to ten hours during Jerry's Sweet Sixteen, but it's framed as voluntary and more of a leave of absence. I don't know that it got addressed post-election, but unemployed Leslie was a shock to me as well. E: Specifically, I can't remember Leslie doing any Parks and Rec work as opposed to council work that happened to be in close collaboration with the Parks gang. It's not like Chris has been impartial since the first episodes of Season 3, though, so conflicts of interest aren't much of a thing in Pawnee. Cockblocktopus fucked around with this message at 00:54 on Dec 3, 2013 |
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Nickoten posted:I can't believe we had a discussion about plot holes and no one brought up Ron claiming in one episode this season to have never told a joke. It came up multiple times, too, which made for a really bizarre plot point. Granted that whole episode was one of the weaker ones so I don't mind just ignoring it. Ron disseminating inconsistent and unreliable information about himself is never a plot hole.
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