There were three men around the fire, with the smell of coffee and of bacon frying. It was a two-bit camp in mighty rough country, with three saddle-broncs and a packhorse standing under a lightning-struck cottonwood. "Howdy," I said. "You boys receivin' visitors, or is this a closed meetin'?" They were all looking me over, but one said, "You're here, mister. Light and set."
From "The Man From the Broken Hills" by Louis L'Amour


Monday, February 9, 2009

Double Dip

First of all, credit for this post goes to Boundless Line, where the author, Motte Brown wrote about a bit he heard on the John Tesh show about double dipping.

John Tesh got his info from the show "
Food Detectives" from Food Network. Here's the summary from Tesh's page:

Food myth #1: Double dipping transmits germs. That’s TRUE. In an experiment that involved food technicians double-dipping, and even triple-dipping a bag of potato chips, scientists found the results disturbingly dirty. All it takes is one single bite to transfer more than 10-thousand bacteria from the mouth back into a bowl of dip.

Arguably, Seinfeld is responsible for bringing both the act and the term "double dipping" to the mainstream of social and cultural debate. Here's the scene from episode #59, "The Implant", from February, 1993:



As Timmy illustrates, once again Seinfeld proves to still be culturally relevant, prophetic, and accurate.

Incidentally, Seinfeld Episode #59 also gave us Teri Hatcher (who later would play Lois Lane and a Desperate something-or-other) delivering the classic line: "They're real, and they're spectacular."

But that's another blog topic...

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

You sure seem to know your Teri Hatcher...?

DBro said...

Not really a fan of Ms. Hatcher. I've never seen an episode of "Desperate Housewives".

However, her appearance on Seinfeld was memorable.

Spectacular, in fact.

Anonymous said...

In my next life, I am requesting that I come back as her :)

Anonymous said...

I think I am the "bizzaro" Teri Hatcher. You know, opposite hair color, eyes, and.... stuff -- keepin' it "real" though! :)

DBro said...

Oooh. Nice Seinfeld reference with "bizarro".

You're keeping it real, and, I might add, spectacular!