Comments on: Why was Trieste Cafe closed yesterday? http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10608 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:23:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bixby http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10608#comment-95415 Bixby Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:05:36 +0000 #comment-95415 I'm hungry.<br /> <br /> There, now I have achieved all the recent comments on the front page being mine. Muah ha ha ha.<br /> <br /> Moving on. I’m hungry.

There, now I have achieved all the recent comments on the front page being mine. Muah ha ha ha.

Moving on.

]]> By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10608#comment-95331 justpbob Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:46:49 +0000 #comment-95331 "It's not unusual for this to happen in that part of the world. After all, a well-known militant Palestinian movement was originally named after a chickpea dip."<br /> <br /> Heh!<br /> <br /> Teucer: The Man Who Made Gaza Funny. Mr. Brown, the Foriegn Secretary needs a man like this to break the ice (or the peace accord, depending on how the joke is translated) at the next Middle East Summit. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> “It’s not unusual for this to happen in that part of the world. After all, a well-known militant Palestinian movement was originally named after a chickpea dip.”

Heh!

Teucer: The Man Who Made Gaza Funny. Mr. Brown, the Foriegn Secretary needs a man like this to break the ice (or the peace accord, depending on how the joke is translated) at the next Middle East Summit.

]]> By: teucer http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10608#comment-95324 teucer Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:38:25 +0000 #comment-95324 There is a joke there - all the people and places of the supposedly historical event they're commemorating in their holiday are really names of Greek and near-Eastern dishes. Well, except Mythos, who some of you might know as Tzatziki. <br /> <br /> It's not unusual for this to happen in that part of the world. After all, a well-known militant Palestinian movement was originally named after a chickpea dip. There is a joke there – all the people and places of the supposedly historical event they’re commemorating in their holiday are really names of Greek and near-Eastern dishes. Well, except Mythos, who some of you might know as Tzatziki.

It’s not unusual for this to happen in that part of the world. After all, a well-known militant Palestinian movement was originally named after a chickpea dip.

]]> By: wayne http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10608#comment-95186 wayne Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:17:15 +0000 #comment-95186 I prefer couscous myself. I prefer couscous myself.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10608#comment-95000 Elizabeth Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:24:57 +0000 #comment-95000 I was going to guess that it was a former Greek colony, but, at least according to wiki, that isn't the case. The only thing that seems to tie it to Greece was this, "After the end of the Western Roman Empire (in 476), Trieste remained a Byzantine military centre."<br /> <br /> Eh, what can I say. I was curious and it's slow here at work. I was going to guess that it was a former Greek colony, but, at least according to wiki, that isn’t the case. The only thing that seems to tie it to Greece was this, “After the end of the Western Roman Empire (in 476), Trieste remained a Byzantine military centre.”

Eh, what can I say. I was curious and it’s slow here at work.

]]> By: grote http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10608#comment-94989 grote Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:13:12 +0000 #comment-94989 I've walked by it a few times....and I'm just wondering...if it's a Greek style cafe, why is it named after an Italian city? I’ve walked by it a few times….and I’m just wondering…if it’s a Greek style cafe, why is it named after an Italian city?

]]> By: Bing Cherry http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10608#comment-94982 Bing Cherry Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:02:59 +0000 #comment-94982 Oh, don't feel bad. It's just that Dick Cheney tried to shut down the Nation Archives Information Security Oversight Office in 2004 because they wanted to investigate him.<br /> Now, I'll doubt if the Triesta Cafe tried to look into Cheney's activities resulting the the closure of the Cafe for a day....but the humor in the joke (albiet not that much) was that he was involved in trying to shut down this cafe as well.<br /> Does that help? Oh, don’t feel bad. It’s just that Dick Cheney tried to shut down the Nation Archives Information Security Oversight Office in 2004 because they wanted to investigate him.
Now, I’ll doubt if the Triesta Cafe tried to look into Cheney’s activities resulting the the closure of the Cafe for a day….but the humor in the joke (albiet not that much) was that he was involved in trying to shut down this cafe as well.
Does that help?

]]> By: kwatt http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10608#comment-94981 kwatt Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:54:14 +0000 #comment-94981 If there's a joke there, it went over my head.<br /> <br /> Jakeeno's at 36/Chicago offered no such explanation, FWIW. If there’s a joke there, it went over my head.

Jakeeno’s at 36/Chicago offered no such explanation, FWIW.

]]> By: jderusha http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10608#comment-94976 jderusha Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:31:20 +0000 #comment-94976 That is hilarious. I now need to visit Trieste Cafe, after July 8th of course. That is hilarious. I now need to visit Trieste Cafe, after July 8th of course.

]]> By: Bing Cherry http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10608#comment-94975 Bing Cherry Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:25:34 +0000 #comment-94975 Something to do with Dick Cheney? Something to do with Dick Cheney?

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