A brief barbecue tale:
Recently, I was at a highbrow, foodie conference in Austin. While killing time in the lobby between sessions, I noticed that the woman next to me had a Kansas City Barbeque Society sticker on her laptop. That got my attention, because the majority of attendees were…well, unlikely to sport KCBS stickers.
I made an innocent comment about it and the woman, in her 50s or so, asked if I was a member. I said no, unfortunately, I’d let my membership lapse.
Her: Oh, that’s too bad.
[Silence]
Me: What’s your affiliation with KCBS?
Her: I’m the executive director.
Allllllllrightyyyyyyy!!!
Shortly thereafter, she got up and left as I consoled myself by (silently) disparaging the sugar-sauced up product those KCers push. In other words, I was lamenting a missed opportunity.
The lesson here–what’s a little membership-related fib between barbecue brethren?
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